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Unread 07-11-2012, 07:10 PM   #19
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I've owned other 1911 brandname guns in the past that were not worth taking home! These were not Colts..but other brandname guns.
Agreed. In the 80's, I wanted a stainless 45. I found a stainless AMT 45 at a gun show, used, with mag; $265 OTD. I fired about 20 rounds through it; all 20 cases were bulged...The chamber was not only oversize, but off center...I traded it in later for something, and later bought a new stainless Colt Gold Cup...That cost $600+ and was really nice...Except for the plastic mainspring housing!!! That went in the trash...
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