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Colts and GI guns were the only 1911's I ever trusted to carry. I still have the last Combat Commander I carried when I stopped using the 1911's and moved on. It still gets shot regularly too. I carried a 1911 daily for over 25 years. That last Commander over 10 years by itself.Well I can't agree more with this statement, in my 40+ years of handgun shooting I've owned maybe 5 or 6 Colts, everyone was a shooter.
Still own the series 70 gold cup I bought in the mid 70's and while it only functions perfectly with ball ammo I've never felt the need to have it modified. It is still one of the most accurate 1911's I own and unlike my Kimber's the old fashioned Colt Ellison adjustable sights have never needed replacement.
By the way I didn't troll the Glock people, I asked to keep this post 1911 orientated, they elected to put in their 2 cents.
When I started carrying a handgun, the 1911's were really the only realistic choice for an automatic, and of course, they were really starting to take off at the time, with Cooper, and just about anyone else we were listening to back then, were pushing them so hard.
The only thing I would have done to any I got, but especially the 70's and earlier era guns, was to (at first), give them to Austin Behlert (actually George Smith of EGW, he was working there at the time) and they would do a "reliability package" (T&P, etc) on them, and put some three dot sights on them. When George went out on his own, I started taking them there. They always did great work and the prices and turn around were reasonable. Hes a hell of a guy too.
Ive never been a fan of the fancy, "worked" guns, and always had the best luck with the guns that "rattled a bit" when you shook them. Ive never paid more than a $1000 for one either. Sold a few Colts for more than that though.
A 1911 that works and shoots properly is a wonderous thing. Unfortunately, there are a ****load of them out there, that arent so wonderous.