Peter, I will add, a while back I purchased 3 Springfield "loaded" 1911A1's, 1 parkerized, 1 blued and 1 stainless. Within 3 magazines all lost their rear sights. I called Springfield, they provided an RMA and their FEDEX account number, I got all three guns back in less than 2 weeks and they replaced the sights with night sights and included 2 8 round mags for each gun. I would say, that contrary to some peoples comments, Springfields always done right with me.