Valor Durability??

[SmokeyMonkees]

1911 is THE SERIAL NUMBER, but being 1913 is the year the Corps went with it, I'm almost as happy. almost.

In concluding my review:

Dan Wesson sure likes to cut steel then. The ejection port lowered to .390, the very thin metal left around the extractor after flaring the ejection port, and a very then dust cover on frame. I'm not an engineer, but I sure hope their engineer knows what he or she is doing.

Some of the parts are less precisely fitted. The rear of the ejector extends past the frame and the slide, while both the Kimber and the Colt were fitted flush. There is also daylight visible around the ejector when looking through the pistol, while the Colt and the Kimber did not.

The other criticism of the ejector is the extended length makes ejection of unfired rounds unreliable, while the Colt and the Kimber did not have that problem.

The grip safety is loose in the frame. The Colt grip safety was loose in the frame, the Kimber was tight.

The finish wore on the front of the extractor, which tells me that maybe some rounds were not being fed under the extractor. I will look for some stainless GI mags.

I had to adjust the sights. It was not just me. Other seasoned shooters were hitting the same point of impact. There was a spent case in the box and copper fouling in the bore, so I know the weapon was tested at the factory.

It is a nice pistol, but I can't say maybe I shouldn't have just bought a Colt and had the same improvements put to it.