What is your life [wife and kids] worth?, I have ask them.
I have often said the same thing. When one really thinks about this the answer will be Glock.
Glock is the gold standard in reliability. You can spend $5,000 on a 1911 and it MIGHT be as reliable as Glock but I highly doubt it. If it absolutely has to go bang every time you touch the trigger nothing else compares with a $500 Glock. Nothing.
It's a shame to. I really like the 1911.
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BS, one does not need to spend anywhere near 5 grand to get a perfecto functioning 1911.
I got banned on another web site for a debate that happened on this site. That's a first