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Would U like to have some wine with your whine. It is a nice fking spoon that I got at a good price relative to its retail and Dealer costs.

Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins

I think that lack of reliability in IDPA is a result of all the folks feeling the need to trick out their 1911's. They tend to want more accuracy out of them, and sacrifice reliability to get it. The guns are simply built too tight.

I've lost track of the number of guys I've seen showing up at the range over the years with these high dollar custom pistols that can't get through a whole magazine without jamming in some way. The owners invariably say "it isn't broken in yet...". Broken in my eye - that's what the 'smiths tell these guys when they take thousands of their dollars and return a gun that is less reliable than the one they started with. That, and now it has some god awfull cheese-grater sharp checkering on the front strap, bottom of the trigger guard, front of the trigger guard, and mainspring housing. You can't even shoot them without a shooting glove.

It's amazing to me what has happened in this market in the last 20 years or so. I know the 'smiths are simply meeting a demand (and making a fair living doing so), but I question the demand itself. I think it stems from guys' classic effort to "buy skill" and our need to have bragging rights in whatever circles we run. I see the latter at the range all the time - the "oohs" and "ahhhs" when such a high dollar piece comes out can be heard up and down the firing line. Then the guy starts to shoot it. He can't stay on the paper at 25 yards, the damn gun jams all the time, and everyone but me starts in on how "it just needs to be broken in...". He would have been far better off leaving the gun alone and spending those thousands on ammo.