[Rick Lee]

I took my dad's Series 70 Commander out the week before last and just loved it. It's one of the good ones, really good. I'll put it up against my Dan Wessons. It cost $150 at Ray's in Dallas when I was six years old and helped my mom pick it out for him. But the first Competition 1911 I fondled after Jeff got his and posted about it here felt loose and rickety. It was another one that shouldn't have made it past QC. I can't remember exactly what the issue was, but the hammer did not work or feel right. That's when I gave up. I bought a SIG 1911 that day and it is every bit as nice as the TRPs or Gold Cups I was also looking at and for $200-500 less. I want to like Colt, but their name is simply a tax I'm not willing to pay.