Just agreement on two things.
I got a Norinco used (so I didn't feel bad about sending money to China), and it has been utterly reliable with now over 700 rounds of mixed ammo, mostly GI ball. No bobble, no breakin, no FTF. Monotonous. Well within service accuracy, about 4" at 25 yards.
On the Llama, I got to look at one belong to a friend. Looks nice. Feels pretty good. Sloppiest, most poorly fitted barrel I have ever seen on any 1911 type pistol. Holes in the link way oversized, barrel skirts never touched the slide stop pin, barrel hood nowhere near the slide. Lots of hand filing and slop everywhere in the mechanism. I had to tell the poor guy that it would never shoot well unless he put a bundle of bucks into it and then I wouldn't guarantee anything.
Jim
I got a Norinco used (so I didn't feel bad about sending money to China), and it has been utterly reliable with now over 700 rounds of mixed ammo, mostly GI ball. No bobble, no breakin, no FTF. Monotonous. Well within service accuracy, about 4" at 25 yards.
On the Llama, I got to look at one belong to a friend. Looks nice. Feels pretty good. Sloppiest, most poorly fitted barrel I have ever seen on any 1911 type pistol. Holes in the link way oversized, barrel skirts never touched the slide stop pin, barrel hood nowhere near the slide. Lots of hand filing and slop everywhere in the mechanism. I had to tell the poor guy that it would never shoot well unless he put a bundle of bucks into it and then I wouldn't guarantee anything.
Jim