Dan Wesson builds the best production 1911 on the market

I'm reading your book Bill and am enjoying it.

I looked at the Kimber Stainless TLE II in 10mm. As much as I want one, I just can't get past the bad reviews.

I try and tell myself that it is possible the reviews are from folks that have no idea what they are doing, but in the end, I just don't have the money to burn on a bad gun purchase.

With that said, I'd tell you to get the Springfield.

For myself, I'm going to go with a Rock Island Armory in 10mm.

Good luck

The Springfield Range Officer is a very good choice in my opinion. Mine has never had a hiccup of any kind and other than a true full custom $5000 gun, I think the accuracy can't be beat.

I have the Custom TLE II 45 in Black, absolute pile of crap, mim parts in critical places, I spent as much trying to get it to be reliable as I did on the pistol. It started with failure to feeds, followed by chunking brass in your face, followed by failure to extracts, followed by the slide stop safety spring breaking. It sits in the safe collecting dust, for the amount of money I spent on Kimber pistols, I could have a full on custom Wilson or Ed Brown.

I think the SRO is a great pistol but I bought the LW. It was still a great pistol but I couldn’t get used to the feel. For me it was a non starter. Being one that doesn’t learn well I also recently bought the SR1911 in 9mm LW. Exact same issue for me and I now have a Colt 9mm all stainless sitting beside it. It feels wonderful in the hands by comparison.

It took me two to figure out I do not like lite weight 1911s. I know you already ordered a Dan Wesson which is an excellent choice but to anyone considering a LW from any manufacturer I suggest handling one quiet a bit and shooting it if you can. If you’re new to 1911s you’ll likely never notice but if you’ve shot them for years it may be a no go for you as it was me.

I have a TRP, 100% flawless.

Springfield actually has a gunsmith in their factory.


Kimber “custom” is a joke, they do not do custom work it’s just a laughable logo.

Kimbers do make great Kayak anchors though. I would not trust my life with one.