My opinion, for a production gun, hands down, yes.
Don't get me wrong, Colt has had some bad press and years but overall, I consider Colt the standard with SA right behind. They were an inovator in modern manufacturing with the onset of MIM and plastic injection. If there was a possible shortcut to save money and be more competitive in the market, Colt explored it. Colt learned what worked in the shop and testing and limited production sometimes they ended up with egg on their face.
Series 80s get a bad wrap in my opinion. Granted, it isn't really needed and it is the lawyers getting involved in something they don't need to poke there nose into. Alot of problems with the system come to light by someone wanting to improve a specimen by adding a trigger with a trigger stop without checking the Series 80 firing pin lock and timing as needed.
I own 4 Colts 3 S 80s and 1 Series 70. Bought 3 of them in the mid 80s. The Commander was picked up about 10-12 years ago for basically what I spent on a Gold Cup in 86. Probably 75-80% of today's "Production" manufacturers were not alive then. Tlock, this includes your beloved Kimbers.
Since leaving the service I attended a build class and have compled 4-5 builds on Colt, SA or Caspian frames and have another 3 that are in various stages of completion.
Don't get me wrong, Colt has had some bad press and years but overall, I consider Colt the standard with SA right behind. They were an inovator in modern manufacturing with the onset of MIM and plastic injection. If there was a possible shortcut to save money and be more competitive in the market, Colt explored it. Colt learned what worked in the shop and testing and limited production sometimes they ended up with egg on their face.
Series 80s get a bad wrap in my opinion. Granted, it isn't really needed and it is the lawyers getting involved in something they don't need to poke there nose into. Alot of problems with the system come to light by someone wanting to improve a specimen by adding a trigger with a trigger stop without checking the Series 80 firing pin lock and timing as needed.
I own 4 Colts 3 S 80s and 1 Series 70. Bought 3 of them in the mid 80s. The Commander was picked up about 10-12 years ago for basically what I spent on a Gold Cup in 86. Probably 75-80% of today's "Production" manufacturers were not alive then. Tlock, this includes your beloved Kimbers.
Since leaving the service I attended a build class and have compled 4-5 builds on Colt, SA or Caspian frames and have another 3 that are in various stages of completion.
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