Here is what I know. I bought it because it was available for what I had. If I could have afforded a good Colt I would have purchased the Colt. Lots of guys like Kimbers but there are lots of guys who about gave up on them because there would not shoot and were not reliable. Not sure what the percentages would be on Kimbers but it sure scared me off.
The RIA looked like a working man's tool and it followed me home. I am somewhere around 1200 or so rounds into this one. The only mishap with it was a problem with a reload. My fault not the guns. Other that that one no fail to feed, no fail to eject. It has done everything I asked it to do every time I asked. Not sure how much better than "every time" you can get.
I agree on the Kimbers. I'd say it's 50/50 on the Kimbers from my observations. People who have had problems say customer service is terrible. Kimbers scare me.
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