Just found out that you don't want to ever have to pay for a new trigger, hammer, safety bar and mainspring. Bought my 83 second hand and sent it in because the safety bar wasn't working and I suspected it was due to the original owner messing with the trigger. That was about a two hundred dollar bill. Ouch!
I've never handled a 97 but compared to the Ruger I had in .45 Colt, the "stoutness" of my 83 and just the overall tightness of how everything fits together is pretty confidence inspiring, I guess you'd say.
Last edited by clampdaddy; 09/30/15.
