The 1911 is a good pistol. It served this country well. If you buy one and it fails, it can be fixed by you or if you cant, take it to some one that can, then you will have the finest hand gun made. There is only a few things that can go wrong with them. The market has made such a high demand for them and the talerances have become so tight that is why you can buy one that dosent function right now. the old military ones were called rattle battles for a reason, they were loose and reliable.