Hello everyone, new here. Looking to purchase a 1911 again since I ended up selling all my pistols back in 2008. Had some nice ones too but due to a financial crisis I was going thru, I had no choice. Now, I am buying a few handguns again. Just picked up a SA XD-4" service and runs like a champ. I have always liked SA products. I also had back then a Kimber Custom II that I ran probably around 600 rounds thru it, so when I sold it the gun was just broken in. Had no problems with it at all. Fired great and really loved the way it performed.
I was really thinking about getting a Colt government this time around, but the salesman at the range where I shoot says that Colt with all it's problems going on right now were using sub standard parts and workmanship on some of there guns. This isn't confirmed of course, so I decided to go back with another Kimber Custom II again. The range was having a Black Friday sale so I got a pretty good price on the pistol. But now I have been thumbing thru all the threads here and on the internet, and the consensus seems to be more unhappy customers with Kimbers vs Colt's. I also like the idea of Kimber having a match grade barrel over the Colt's and the shorter trigger pull. I have not yet started paper work on the gun, just have a deposit down right now to hold the sale price until I can get a updated auto registration as a second form of ID to get this gun. I don't know if this is just CA or State wide but it's kind of a pain in the to get done for this.
But what my main concern is that I am going to be planning on reloading for my ammo once I get my Dillon press set up. With the tight tolerances of a Kimber, I am concerned that I am going to have some jam problems with the Kimber. Now I'm leaning towards the colt again, since I really haven't seen much negative feedback on there 1991 models. I know it's really a shoot here. Any manufacture is going to be producing a lemon during building them so what's clearly a better choice here for my needs? Any suggestions would be appreciated.
thanks,
martinbr
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