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cj2112 · 06-19-2005, 10:10 PM

Kimber makes a pretty decent 1911 for an off the shelf gun, as well as Springfield Armory, and Colt. I just recently sold my Kimber (hated to sell it, but I needed the cash pretty bad), and would purchase another one in an instant. Magazines are where the majority of reliability problems are w/ this particular type of gun. Stick with Chip McCormick's Shooting Star Ind. magazines and you shouldn't have problems.
I would not attempt to build one from off the shelf parts until I had owned one, and decided that I liked it enough to commit that kind of investment into another one.
As far as the external extractor, it's really not an issue as long as your not shooting steel cased ammo (such as Wolf) through it or your not trying to feed ammo through the ejection port (I dunno why any body would do this)

06-19-2005, 10:10 PM	#4 (permalink)
cj2112 Unbelievable Location: Grants Pass OR	Kimber makes a pretty decent 1911 for an off the shelf gun, as well as Springfield Armory, and Colt. I just recently sold my Kimber (hated to sell it, but I needed the cash pretty bad), and would purchase another one in an instant. Magazines are where the majority of reliability problems are w/ this particular type of gun. Stick with Chip McCormick's Shooting Star Ind. magazines and you shouldn't have problems. I would not attempt to build one from off the shelf parts until I had owned one, and decided that I liked it enough to commit that kind of investment into another one. As far as the external extractor, it's really not an issue as long as your not shooting steel cased ammo (such as Wolf) through it or your not trying to feed ammo through the ejection port (I dunno why any body would do this) Last edited by cj2112; 06-19-2005 at 10:13 PM..