I must say that I feel compelled to agree with Old Fuff in the strongest possible way. Further this does not just apply to 1911's, or even just firearms in general. I for one am sick and disgusted with the modern technique of manufacturing and remember a time when the Rampant Colt emblem along with that of other American industrial monarchs stood for the best! Now were just paying for the memory's, and in many instances not even that..........