Is there such a thing as a CRAPPY 1911?

[jnevis]

Hey, hey, hey! Enough with the Glocks!
No...seriously folks, what I'm seeing is there are a couple of companies that maybe are just plain poor quality, then all I'm seeing is what looks like lemons, but I'm not seeing any mainstream models or brands that don't stand up. So that means that the design is JUST THAT GOOD

Got to love a design over 100 years old!

[tumblebug]

  J. M. Browing was THE MAN...

[MikeBjerum]

Hey, hey, hey! Enough with the Glocks!
No...seriously folks, what I'm seeing is there are a couple of companies that maybe are just plain poor quality, then all I'm seeing is what looks like lemons, but I'm not seeing any mainstream models or brands that don't stand up. So that means that the design is JUST THAT GOOD

Pretty much a matter of the only way to screw it up is through poor craftsmanship, and the design is even forgiving to a certain amount of that!

[2HOW]

MAYBE YOU SHOULD READ THIS   http://www.sightm1911.com/lib/other/why_the_m1911.htm

[twyacht]

Had an old LLama and it was sloppy and loose, poor accuracy, but did work. Bought it used and chalk it up to "get what you pay for".

My shooting partner's father still has his 1911 from WWII, it shoots anything in the mag, and will hit what you aim at. Ball,JHP,FMJ, old ammo, new ammo doesn't matter. Action like butter. I would love to own that one. My Kimber Ultra gets better every year, and my S&W 1911, is getting there, kinda like fine wine, or brandy, gets better with age. (and routine maint.)

“The 1911 pistol remains the service pistol of choice in the eyes of those who understand the problem. Back when we audited the FBI academy in 1947, I was told that I ought not to use my pistol in their training program because it was not fair. Maybe the first thing one should demand of his sidearm is that it be unfair.”
— Guns & Ammo, January 2002, Jeff Cooper.

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[CJS3]

I once bought a used Springfield Armory GI 1911, that the first owner thought was a POS. It had problems. Every time I figured out and fixed one problem, another would rear it's ugly head. Even when I finally sold it back to the dealer, I kept telling myself "if only you'd tried this. Ther ain't no such thang as a bad 1911".

[dj454]

Yes. I had an auto ordanance that was a real pos.Brass in the face, constants jams a real clunker.

[Michael Bane]

The design is just that good!

I saw an Auto-Ordnance in the mid-1990s where the slide seemed permanently welded to the frame...but that's execution, not design...

Michael B

[Ron J]

NO!  Like kissing a girl, some are just better than others.    

I have had two (only one now) and both were Colts made back in the early to mid 70's.  Great guns.  I always get the jones for a new 1911.  Someday I may actually get another.  Really can't say what brand I would get but it would steel and would not have any large sized print on the slide.  I think that is pure ugly when they brand their products that way. 

On my list would be Colt, Dan Wesson, and despite print that is larger than I would like on my slide, Para USA and Springfield Armory. 
 

[jaybet]

MAYBE YOU SHOULD READ THIS   http://www.sightm1911.com/lib/other/why_the_m1911.htm

Been there, done that. I'm just asking to see if there's any bad stuff out there and what seems to be the case is the only problem is sloppy manufacturing, or defects. The design seems to be perfect no matter who makes the things.