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Not really, because all of my five currently owned 1911s are reliable and don't hit me in the forehead. Just shows that, made right, they work great. You can't, however, just pick one up out of the box and be highly confident that it will be problem free, and that's been explained already as a result of the fact that there isn't any such thing as "a 1911." It's a design pattern followed loosely or closely by dozens of makers from parts made by an even higher number of parts makers. You can only compare the one that's in your hand to a Glock, not "the 1911" to a Glock. A Glock is a product made by Glock out of Glock-made parts. Same with the Walther PPQ, the Sig P320, and on down the line. These are all actual products, vs the 1911, which is a design pattern. So it's perfectly fair and reasonable to compare the Glock 19 to the Sig P320 Compact, for example, but not "the 1911" to the Glock 21, Walther PPQ 45, etc., etc..