Originally posted by Tc300mag1 Ive heard the quailty isnt so hot on the auto ordnance they have some probs with jamming and cracked slides or was it frames
I heard about that too..long before Kahr bought them :target:
I had a buddy who looked into the Auto Ordnance .45 - he ended up getting a Colt.
He test fired two separate AO's, both jammed the slide on one magazine of regular hardball. The first one, the gunshop/indoor range operator managed to free with a mallet. The second stayed jammed.
I've steered clear of AO's since.
I figured I'd go with the original. My curent shooting buddy has the Springfield 1911A1 - decent pistol, not much more expensive than my 1991A1, but he has had the plunger tube come off the frame while shooting. Took us a halfhour to find it.
The only time my Colt hungup was when shooting Speer Lawman ammo - something about that stuff it doesn't like.
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Rock Island or Armscor - same manufacturer, they seem to be pretty good 1911's. I've got a couple right now and have had 3 or 4 of them over all. I've also seen Springfield govt. models at a local shop for 385 which isn't much more than an RI. One thing I like to point out when people start beating up the RI's for being "ferrin made" (Phillipines), quite a few Springfields are made in Brazil - by Imbel as I understand it.
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rock island is made in the phillipeans just like most of armscorp handguns but no they are not the same. rock island is now twin pines but imported through armascorp to the US.
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balister molina and the balister reguard are nice 1911 TYPE hanguns but for a true 1911 of that age you have to get a colt systema, the balisters have no grip saftey. witch makes them ideal for bulls eye shooters looking for a good frame to work up a good comp gun, the 1911's are usealy taken to a gunsmith and the grip safety is pinned down to allow for this type of competion shooting. there are grips now made by NIELLI (sp) that depress the grip safety on a true 1911 for this type of shooting.
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Dang it BRG3, ever since that post you made, every time someone mentions Ballisters now I think ballerina molester. Come to think of it that may make a nice secondary nick for Joe?
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what about a 
I like this stainless one here 
