Remington Golden Saber 230 gr. discontinued?

[LittleGator]

Horse'nround,

Thank you for your kind offer, sir. But my OP was not the result of a reliability issue with this pistol. It has functioned perfectly through about 600 rounds, including approximately 200 rounds of various JHP rounds. A little more background/clarification on my inquiry:

The pistol involved is a Springfield Champion Loaded Stainless (not made anymore). I purchased it about 6 years ago, and carry it from time to time. When I purchased it, I did a bit or research and selected 3 or 4 JHP rounds to try (Sabers, Gold Dot, PDX1, another I can't recall). I also ran the rounds through another 1911 I owned at the time. The Champion worked perfectly with all range ammo and all the JHPs I tried. The other 1911, not an expensive model, but with all the bells and whistles, would not feed the Gold Dots reliably.

Somehow at the time I came to the conclusion (totally unscientific) that the Champion seemed to feed smoother with the Golden Sabers. In addition to firing about 125 rounds of JHP through each pistol I also hand-cycled the rounds a number of times. Comparing the Golden Sabers with the Gold Dots, the Dots were shorter. The Golden Sabers most closely resembled ball ammo. Hence my totally unscientific choice of carry ammo.

Since the original testing, I have a total of about 600 rounds through the Champion with not a single issue. This includes about another 100 rounds of Golden Sabers (I fire off the carry rounds about once a year, and replace them with "fresh" rounds).

When I recently tried to replenish my carry load inventory (the Golden Sabers), I had trouble finding it on line. Fortunately, another member here (and elsewhere) saw my post and pointed me in the direction of a vendor who had plenty of it available. I just ordered a case at a very good price and with no shipping charges. I think I am all set for carry .45 for the next decade.

In any event, it isn't a reliability issue with the pistol. It has functioned out-of-the-box and without modification without a single issue (albeit not a high round count). It was more of a "I'm stuck on the Golden Sabers because I really like how they feed" thing. So, I was looking for something similar when I thought it was no longer available.

But, again, thank you for your kind offer.

Regards,