Kimber can claim on their series II and Colt can claim that their series 80 triggers are not effected by the firing pin block, but the pressure of the trigger is what deactivates them. If theier was suposed to be a firing pin block in a 1911, John Moses Browning would have designed them that way.

I just ordered one of these this week http://www.springfield-armory.com/im...9109LLarge.jpg

For under $700 its hard to find a better value. I don't like the serrations at the front of the slide, but I can live with it. I chose this one after looking at colts and kimbers and shopping around for several weeks. Kimber would have been my second choice behind the wwII springfield model, which only costs around $400, but I would have had to pay another $100 for a KImber above and beyond what I paid for my Springfield. Colts dont do much for me- it seems that you are paying alot for the name more than anything else. Just my opinion.