The Jiminez / Lorcin / Byrco guns are not as bad as they are made out to be on this board. I do not know when it started, but some time a few years ago KNOWING about firearms / sports or what have you became expressed by how much someone DUMPED on certain brands / rounds / etc...
I will re-iterate, GLOCK was thought to be "plastic crap that will melt in your hand, jamomatics that looked ugly" when they first came out. I ain't saying that the JA-nine is like a Glock, but I am saying that 90% of the people that dump on them have never owned one.
The first one I bought jammed... I bought it used and was pissed about it. Thought they were crap. Well, for fun I put in a new extractor, extractor spring and pin then I stripped it and removed the burrs and all that. Works like a charm, no issue. What is the point, these guns are EASY to work on, parts are cheap 95% of the time you have a problem, you get some new parts and you are square. Jiminez has a REAL warranty that they stand behind and the service is better than average. Try changing an magazine release spring on a Smith auto vs a Lorcin and you will see what I mean.
Some of the people here may forget that the 1911 wasn't considered "reliable" until a gun smith had smoothed the action, polished the feed ramp and magazine well, removed the burrs, installed a new hammer and so on.
So again, listen to the people whose first instinct isn't to through the gun overboard like an anchor...
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You people that are just dumping on these guns need to remember that you are buying the Anti-gun line. I don't like Black and Decker power tools, but when I don't have a lot of cash and need something that will work, I go to target and buy one... Guns and Power Tools are not a lot different, some times you have some cash and need something that works.