If you shoot a 1911 without a rigid wrist the gun can and usually will jam, either stove pipe or not feed completely, no matter what new gun you buy check to make sure you lock the wrist on the firing hand.

There are many 1911's out there and everyone has an opinion on them. A friend of mine owns a Charles Daily, they seem to be the only "cheap" 1911 that holds up over time, he has shot with me using that gun twice a week since he bought it in 1997, never a problem. There are over 5000 rounds through it. As for Kimbers, I have never seen a problem with them and neither did the US olympic team this year. A Kimber is as close as you can get to a hand assembled custom gun for an affordiable price. The fit and finish are excellent, the accuracy and reliability have been proven. Many government agencies and target shooters have flocked to the Kimber .If Kimbers are keeping a smith in business he must be performing enhancements, I personally have never seen one fail and have judged, observed, and participated in many matches using Kimbers as well as watching other shooters use Kimbers. The only real problem with Kimbers is that they are made so much tighter then other 1911's that you need to keep them clean and have a firm grip when firing. Pickup a Springfield and cycle the action, then do the same with the Kimber, you will feel the diff. Anyway there are many high quality 1911's out there and all mentioned so far in this posting are of good quality.

I am not really worried about the limpwristing, I feel I have a pretty good lock when shooting and I have let two other guys shoot it and one of them did limpwrist it and the result was several stovepipes. Personnally, I have never had a stove pipe, just the occasional fail to completely chamber which I am now blaming on ammunition like I first suspected. I was originally shooting Win. FMJ which didn't seem to do to good, then swapped to their new WinClean BEB, those really shot terrible, I can personnally say that I would never recommend anyone shoot these as they left alot of brass residue and unfired powder all over the internals of my gun. Worse than any ammo I have ever shot. Then went through a period with I think it was PMC??? Blazer FMJ and had varied success and I just recently started shooting their Brass series FMJ and over the last 150 rounds I have not had one hang-up or fail to chamber. So I am really thinking all the feeding problems I have had are due to ammunition differences/tolerances.

Once again guys, I want to thank you for all your help, suggestions, recommendations and replies. I appreciate your help.

Trade it in on a Springfield. Won't be dissapointed. Or if you want something a little different, an Argentine D.G.F.M. Both of these guns are great buys and function without a hitch. I think Kimbers are over priced and over rated. Or you can always go with an arsenaled mixed parts GI if you are looking for a shooter, but if you don't know what you are looking at you could get hurt. Either one of the first two would be my choice