The level of angst about 1911s in general and Colt 1911s in particular in this thread has me looking like this:
That said, I have a fair number of 1911s (all Colts; more than one but less than one hundred) and I can say the new ones I have bought, including a 70 Series repro, have been virtually trouble free mechanically with one off-center spring tunnel and a few mag troubles that were easily fixed. As for new Colts; buy with confidence.


1991 ORM Combat Commander (Melonite) by Robert Miller


Series 70 repro with NOS military marksmanship team contract slide by Robert Miller


1991 ORM Government model (hard chrome) by Robert Miller