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Very nice finish, quality appears excellent, lots of aftermarket addons available - Owned one of these for 9 years. It's a great presentation piece. The aesthetics are wonderful. That being said, I did have some FTF/FTE issues in the first 1000 rounds. After a reliability job it got better, but I still had my doubts about carrying this as a SD weapon with the concern it could FTF when needed most. During range visits, I'd get about 1 FTE per 50 rounds. Tried multiple differ...
I own four of they, love them but they have issues. - They are light weight, reliable, accurate, with this said here are their flaws.
1) On two of the 4 that I own, the safety / slide release plunger tube has come loose and needed to be re-staked.
2) On the models with a aluminum feed ramp, you must be certain when using JHPs that they are not eating into the ramp. Nosler JHPs tore into the ramp on my Crimson Custom Carry II....
Awesome - The only issue is with the plunger tube for the safety / slide release is coming loose. Its a tack driver for such a short barrel. Doesn't share the issues with the other aluminum feed ramp models. This is my favorite CCW...
One of the finest handguns for under $1500 you will find. - I have this with the Crimson Trace grips, zeroed at 30 feet. Classic 1911 machine with fantastic fit and finish.
Dropped it 1/2 star due to needing a paper clip to field strip....