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    I owned a Ed Brown Molon Labe a few years back. Absolutely nothing wrong with it, never had any issues. Then I purchased my first Nighthawk Custom and haven't looked back. You can just feel the quality every time it's handled and shot.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Chuck View Post
    "their parts tend to be better priced and better made than others like Wilson"

    Not in my experience.
    From the few Ed Brown safeties I've seen in the past year, I wonder how they even build guns at all with parts like that....

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    No more Browns for me. I had a Kobra Carry that has a badly peened slide stop notch. Justin told me "don't shoot it to slide stop. Count your rounds, reload with one in the chamber. Problem fixed". I shit you not, sold that and will not buy another Brown pistol or part.

    Buy a Baer, jump to a Wilson, or have a custom built by Chambers, Rogers, Yost.........
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    Quote Originally Posted by hk_shootr View Post
    No more Browns for me. I had a Kobra Carry that has a badly peened slide stop notch. Justin told me "don't shoot it to slide stop. Count your rounds, reload with one in the chamber. Problem fixed".
    Who is Justin?

    This response, assuming it was a direct quote, is absolutely unacceptable.

    I'd like to hear Ed Brown's official response on how they feel about their guns being shot to slide lock.
    Last edited by opmike; 11-02-14 at 14:08. Reason: Clarified a few points.
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    Quote Originally Posted by hk_shootr View Post
    No more Browns for me. I had a Kobra Carry that has a badly peened slide stop notch. Justin told me "don't shoot it to slide stop. Count your rounds, reload with one in the chamber. Problem fixed". I shit you not, sold that and will not buy another Brown pistol or part.

    Buy a Baer, jump to a Wilson, or have a custom built by Chambers, Rogers, Yost.........
    Between that response and some of the other issues above I am having second thoughts about saving up for a Kobra Karry.

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    No more Browns for me. I had a Kobra Carry that has a badly peened slide stop notch. Justin told me "don't shoot it to slide stop. Count your rounds, reload with one in the chamber. Problem fixed". I shit you not, sold that and will not buy another Brown pistol or part.

    I gotta call BS on this one.....show some pics of this badly peening, oh you sold it .....???? what he probably told you is they all ping to some degree if you don't like any peening don't shoot to slide stop. Problems with most 1911's is the owners shooting them , most should own a Glock, and I am not disparaging Glock's.

    Ed Browns like anything have their detractors and their proponents.

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    Quote Originally Posted by opmike View Post
    Who is Justin?

    This response, assuming it was a direct quote, is absolutely unacceptable.

    I'd like to hear Ed Brown's official response on how they feel about their guns being shot to slide lock.
    Good luck on getting a response from anyone at Ed Brown. The guy does not care about the internets or making any sort of official statement.

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    I'm guessing about this...but your slide stop may have come from a batch or lot that had less than satisfactory heat treating. Slide velocity increased by stronger recoil spring might cause peening. A remote possibility might be the link itself. I love 1911s but remember that competition shooters using them usually have three: one in the shop, one in reserve, and one that's being used.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hk_shootr View Post
    No more Browns for me. I had a Kobra Carry that has a badly peened slide stop notch. Justin told me "don't shoot it to slide stop. Count your rounds, reload with one in the chamber. Problem fixed". I shit you not, sold that and will not buy another Brown pistol or part.

    Buy a Baer, jump to a Wilson, or have a custom built by Chambers, Rogers, Yost.........
    My Kobra Carry did the same thing. Peened after after a few mags. They wanted me to pay the $100 to ship it back so they could look at it since i couldn't convince them it was defective.

    I worked at a mechanical testing lab and ran Brinell hardness on the slide that ended up being in the high 40s I think. It was six years ago, I just remember it being about 10% softer than what ordnance sprec was for the 1911A1. They still talked to me like I was stupid, even after I emailed them copies of the lab report.

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    Quote Originally Posted by samuse View Post
    From the few Ed Brown safeties I've seen in the past year, I wonder how they even build guns at all with parts like that....
    Why, because they required fitting?

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