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I've purposely never bought a high $$ over $500 firearm. This colt defender in .45 was my first and I followed advise that you cant spend too much to defend yourself. I had an issue in the parking lot after work today where I thought I might need to pull my CCW. Luckily I didnt, thankfully as well. I got home to unload and clean the gun and couldnt get the thumb safety down.

Turn out the pop rivets on the piece in front of the thumb safety on an $1000 retail gun have failed with less than 100 rounds of 160 grain through it. I am truly disapointed beyond words. I've run 1000's of rounds through Taurus's of all types and my Desert Eagle in .40 with NO problems. I've owned this weapon less than a month and its the most expensive weapon I own and I cant trust it.

Hopefully their customer service and repair is worth while. I will make updates as this goes forth. I expect to catch a little from the purists however this is no joke. If I would have needed that firearm it would have failed me.