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Originally Posted by Rick Lee
I recently got my dad's Series 70 Commander in .45 too. It's a good shooter and the best of the five or six Commanders I've owned. But my newer 1911s crush it. My Dan Wesson makes it feel like a junk gun.
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As you know, I'm a pretty big fan of the old Peacemaker. I've got a pretty good sized bucket full of them... With all generations covered, I have a pretty ready, pretty graphic, "hands-on" demonstration of their ebbing flow of quality. I'll have to say, with these guns at hand, the very newest - like two to three years old - are the best of the lot.
With that lineup for an example, I went out on a limb (and against my better judgement) and bought one of their new 1911 Competition pistols. I've run the gammut of their 1911's over the years and, suffice to say, my experience mirrors yours - and I became a Springfield and Kimber man. I wasn't expecting much.
Well, after a year or so of ownership, the new Colt is now the only full size 1911 left in the house. I still have a Kimber Ultra Carry, the small Officer's Model size version, but the full size Kimbers, Springfields, and one Ruger all found new homes. The new Colt is simply that good.