More Thoughts On the Convention
I got to handle a lot of guns this weekend, and I was very impressed with the product of every company except one. . .
The firearms at the Colt booth were very disappointing to me. I don’t really hang out at gun shops or gun shows, and I don’t think I’ve ever handled a Colt before. When I had the opportunity, I immediately sampled a range of Colt’s 1911s at their booth. I was struck by a discouraging realization that Colt’s product sucks. The triggers on their 1911s did not break cleanly or consistently. Their actions were not smooth. The finishes on the display guns were scratched and dirty, even for having been handled by thousands of hands. As I inspected the 1911s of other manufacturers, I was universally impressed by their quality. Each company had clearly picked the best of their product to showcase. In contrast to the excellent firearms on display by Springfield Armory, Kimber, and Smith and Wesson, it really felt like Colt was phoning it in. Colt is such an iconic company, and after this weekend I wouldn’t buy one of their new production weapons. It felt like I had met a beautiful and famous model, only to find out that she was dying of syphillis.