Well blacktored you are a very disillusioned individual. When was the last time you actually handled and shot a new Taurus? I have their 1911 in .45 ACP and 9mm and also a model 605 revolver (2" .357). I have a few thousand rounds thru the .45, about 1000 thru the 9mm only about 200 thru the 605. But out of all this shooting I never once had a single jam, stovepipe, or other malfunction. And both the 1911 will punch tight little groups off a rest. Trust my life to my Taurus? You can bet your sweet a$$.