Ready to make my first 1911 purchase

[Spanky]

I have had bad luck with kimbers over the past five years. Three out of five have had problems for me. My colts have always run fine, from 3 inchers to full size I never had a problem. I bought a Taurus as a cheap shooter to beat up on and it has also performed excellent, nice trigger and features for the money

[Mike from Texas]

Don't overlook the sleeper 1911 builder Dan Wesson, if you cab find one. I finally picked up my CBOB after 2 years of waiting. They have regrettably discontinued the CBOB for 2010 and replaced it with the VBOB which is retailing for about $2k. The only notable change I can see is that is has a forged frame rather than a machined one. I would love to find a matching 45ACP CBOB but they are far and few between and my budget is done for the time being.

The build quality of this gun blows my Kimber away.