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Originally Posted by Mericet
I would also look at the Remington R1 or the Ruger SR1911. Both should be in the $700 and less range.
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The Rugers can be a little hard to find as they just came out. They've gotten stellar reviews across the board and I intend to buy one eventually--but not a version 1.0.
Ruger has had some problems with their v1.0 spoons lately. The LCP and SR9 come to mind.
The Remington looks like a good deal to me. Some people complain because it has a "Series 80" firing pin safety. While that makes it less than 100% faithful to the original design, several other manufacturers exclusively make Series 80 spoons as well - SIG, Para, and Colt (though they do make a limited number of Series 70 spoons--aka no firing pin safety) immediately come to mind. Kimber and S&W are worse. They use the Swartz FPS system which, IMHO, is flat-out dangerous.
I'd avoid the Philippine spoons. Armscor, Citadel, etc. etc. etc. They're OK when they work, but the rate of problems out of the box is too high.
Oh, Tabs? What's an EMU? Do you mean TRP?