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WildBill wrote:What's belongs to her belongs to her, and what belongs to you belongs to her.

Isn't that normally how it is? My wife, reading me the riot act =>

Crossfire wrote:Makes it hard when you have a mixed marriage. Right, TAM?

You with your Kimber, her with her fabulous Glock. I'm sure if you treat her nice, she will let you shoot it some day.

It ain't fair. I'm nice to her, AND she gets to shoot all my guns, and I've still only shot her Glock a couple of times. Pretty nice pistol though, in an ugly cousin kind of way.

I really like my Kimber, but I think the main difference between it and a Rock Island Armory is more in the "fit and finish" and quality of manufacture areas. But that said, I don't know that my Kimber is any more reliable than an RIA 1911, and a number of RIA owners on this board have posted to the effect that theirs function flawlessly, and that's what really counts. . . . .But Kimbers are really nice guns. So are Colts, and other premium brands. It's like choosing between a Ford Crown Victoria (RIA) and a Lincoln Town car (Kimber). Both are big, reliable, comfortable, and powerful. I'd rather be chauffeured around in the Town Car, but the Crown Vic will get you to the dance, and it's nothing to be ashamed of.

The problem (for you) is, once you get the 1911 bug, you're not going to stop with "just" an RIA. Heck, we've got 4 of them in our safe - Ithaca, Kimber, Springfield, and Taurus - and I'm not even close to the collection some members here have. You might as well face it. If you buy in, you're done for. . .

. . .and none of your Glock friends will ever speak to you again.