I reread the thread today, and my 1911-type firearms continue to be Gummint Model COLTs. BTW, isn't "Gummint Model" a trademark of COLT? I notice some of y'all calling SA and other wanna bes "Gummint Models." I know SA copyrighted the 1911A1 name which caused COLT to call their cheapie 1991A1.
Be not deceived, SA is not the original Springfield Armory, which did produce the GI .45, to its eternal credit and glory. The 1911A1 built by the current pretender is not in the same league with the COLT Gummint Model (or a GI .45 with its hokey plastic grips). I suspect that the Gunsite Service Pistol (GSP) is not endorsed by Orange Gunsite and the redoubtable Colonel Cooper, but is a fraud perpetrated by the current Gunsite. Correct me if I'm wrong.
To prove I am not against SA totally, I do have an M1A from SA and like it. Don't think its worth $12-1300 though. My AR15s and Dragunov are more than a match for it.
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