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<blockquote data-quote="diggler1833" data-source="post: 3613652" data-attributes="member: 48072"><p>Oh yeah, my experience with failures was completely magazine related. I'd be willing to wager a beer or two that ~ 15 percent or more of the 1911s that 'don't work right' actually just have bad magazines being fed into them. The problem is that guys are quick to go from their first range session to the keyboard to trash something before its been resolved.</p><p></p><p>I hate expensive guns with plastic parts though (ARs exempt).</p><p></p><p>I spent what a semi-decent 1911 is worth on a CZ TS2 at the beginning of the year because I wanted a target 9mm that had 20 round magazines before they eventually are banned...The stupid pistol has a plastic trigger. I was back to making ugly faces when I figured that out the first time. I've put maybe 50 rounds through it...every time I pull it out if the safe, it irks me (and the mag release), and I end up stuffing it back in. When someone makes a metal replacement I'll be one of the first to try it out.</p><p></p><p>Just a general rant of mine: Any pistol near or over $1K shouldn't have a single piece of plastic (in my opinion...YMMV). For what its worth; I'm fine with a striker fired gun that I spent $450 on having plastic everywhere. I buy those specifically so I don't beat up a $1,500+ pistol.</p><p></p><p>I'm hijacking this thread...sorry.</p><p></p><p>For overall quality of a 1911 manufacturer, I'll sometimes jump over to a forum like 1911forum.com and just scroll through a manufacturer-specific page or two to see how many trouble posts I'm seeing. Then I'll read a bit further into opinions on how the CS is in solving that problem. Everyone can make a lemon from time to time, how they handle it makes the difference.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="diggler1833, post: 3613652, member: 48072"] Oh yeah, my experience with failures was completely magazine related. I'd be willing to wager a beer or two that ~ 15 percent or more of the 1911s that 'don't work right' actually just have bad magazines being fed into them. The problem is that guys are quick to go from their first range session to the keyboard to trash something before its been resolved. I hate expensive guns with plastic parts though (ARs exempt). I spent what a semi-decent 1911 is worth on a CZ TS2 at the beginning of the year because I wanted a target 9mm that had 20 round magazines before they eventually are banned...The stupid pistol has a plastic trigger. I was back to making ugly faces when I figured that out the first time. I've put maybe 50 rounds through it...every time I pull it out if the safe, it irks me (and the mag release), and I end up stuffing it back in. When someone makes a metal replacement I'll be one of the first to try it out. Just a general rant of mine: Any pistol near or over $1K shouldn't have a single piece of plastic (in my opinion...YMMV). For what its worth; I'm fine with a striker fired gun that I spent $450 on having plastic everywhere. I buy those specifically so I don't beat up a $1,500+ pistol. I'm hijacking this thread...sorry. For overall quality of a 1911 manufacturer, I'll sometimes jump over to a forum like 1911forum.com and just scroll through a manufacturer-specific page or two to see how many trouble posts I'm seeing. Then I'll read a bit further into opinions on how the CS is in solving that problem. Everyone can make a lemon from time to time, how they handle it makes the difference. [/QUOTE]
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