re: is the a good 1911 for the price?

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and you can keep your gun in your console which is apparently harsher than the Sahara.

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Im glad that you finally understand. I was beginning to think that you were special.

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However, it is more common for a Marine to return the pistol to the PWS at Quantico for a rebuild after 10,000 rounds have been fired.[10] A rebuild entails discarding almost all of the gun's parts except for the frame, which prior to 2003 was a U.S. Government frame last manufactured in 1945.

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You were correct. The frames are old. However, just like Vette said, heres George Washingtons axe.

I bet you still drink out of the same soda cans that were around 150 years ago. Sure they might have been scraped and melted to make new ones, but its still the same metal. Not to mention, how many of those old frames never saw a single shot until 20 years ago?