For my first 1911 and having paid a little over $400 for it, I'm rather pleased overall. I bought it on something of a whim, having been coaxed into the purchase by a couple buddies who are big fans of 1911's. So I saw this one available at Bud's for a relatively low price, and it seemed like it would fit my needs pretty well (i.e. some first-hand 1911 shooting experience with my own weapon). So I wasn't expecting it to be the epitome of 1911 shooting. This was just an initial outing to see how it shot and to see if I liked it. But after a a couple FTF's on the first two mags, I was getting worried. I wanted to blame the factory mag, but I had an FTF with both a Chip McCormick and a Wilson Combat mag. Perhaps it was the Summit ammo, but the rest of it shot fine as did the box of CCI Blazer after that. Long story short, after shooting 100 rounds, I had no further FTF issues other than the ones encounters on the first couple of mags. What I did have an issue with was the rear sight orientation. The rounds were quite a bit left, which could have been me. My low-light vision is not the greatest, and I wasn't wearing my glasses, which I usually don't when I shoot anyway. However, I'm usually not that consistently left, either. At any rate once I corrected for the left hits, I was quite happy with the accuracy and feel of the gun. The last 20 rounds were especially nice to shoot. I appeared to have gotten into a rhythm. Whatever it was it just felt very natural. Recoil was not bad at all, and the function was quite smooth. I like it. I most likely just need to get the rear sight adjusted. And it would really help to have some type of dots or white outline on the rear sight. Again with my eyes the factory sights are not the easiest to see.
