Bill:
I agree as to what the patent is all about, regardless the patent is long dead on the 1911 features.
Oh yeah, the GM Lordstown Plant is a short drive from me and they are talking shutting it down. The Ford plant up the road shut down some years ago. The entry rate for a sweeper at the GM Plant is $30 hr.
The problem being is that Colt can't manufacture a 1911 gun as inexpensive as RIA or Taurus can, just using the two posted examples. Now on the bright side there seems to be no shortage of 1911 guns in the offering. Everything from inexpensive to you can't believe it cost that much.
I won't knock the inexpensive versions anymore than I would call someone a snob for buying a high end Colt or Dan Wesson or even above. I figure you buy what you can afford, be happy, enjoy it and call it a day.
Ron
The patent covers features of the gun, not the gun itself.
"Colt is also a UAW shop paying UAW scale wages so what really drove the price of a Colt 1911 made in Hartford Conn? Did Colt price them out of reach or did cheap non union labor outside the US hurt Colt?"
Or, did UAW union labor rates and practices hurt Colt?? Those rates sure hurt the auto manufacturers.
I agree as to what the patent is all about, regardless the patent is long dead on the 1911 features.
Oh yeah, the GM Lordstown Plant is a short drive from me and they are talking shutting it down. The Ford plant up the road shut down some years ago. The entry rate for a sweeper at the GM Plant is $30 hr.
The problem being is that Colt can't manufacture a 1911 gun as inexpensive as RIA or Taurus can, just using the two posted examples. Now on the bright side there seems to be no shortage of 1911 guns in the offering. Everything from inexpensive to you can't believe it cost that much.
I won't knock the inexpensive versions anymore than I would call someone a snob for buying a high end Colt or Dan Wesson or even above. I figure you buy what you can afford, be happy, enjoy it and call it a day.
Ron