I have seen many Llama 1911's over the years. They seem to be good guns. My dad bought a G.M. back in the early eighties and it stills works fine! We had one come into the shop a few weeks ago that had major problems!! but it turns out that it wasn't the gun's fault. The owner thought it would be a good idea to change recoil springs. He put in a Colt Commander spring. His gun was a 5" G.M. The recoil cracked the frame in 3 places. He said he never noticed the difference, and that the gun functioned fine!
The Mini-max is an Officers model clone. The magazines from a Colt will fit the Llama but not the other way around. ( the LLama mags. are a little wider than the Colts) I would use only Llama mags. for carry. As I said, the quality seems to be good for the price...... and as far as parts go, You could trip and fall over the parts avaliable from a variety or sources including The Gun Parts Corp. and Jack First to name a few. Some parts will interchange with other 1911 makers, but be sure before you end up with a gun like the one I mentioned!!!
CALVIN
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