Quote Originally Posted by tomme boy View Post
I know a few of the guys putting Les Bers 1911's together. I shoot with one of them all the time. He caries a SA1911 even though he has several of Bears he put together. In one of the commercials you can see his toolbox with a SA sticker on it as he is fitting a slide to the frame.

Les does test fire every gun. But that is it. No accuracy testing for anything.
Every manufacturer out there is going to have a competition grade model as well as an entry grade. This is so everyone can sponsor a top name shooter who can win with their brand. The problem is people who think the entry level models are the guns winning competitions.

Obvious exceptions exist, I don't think Les Baer is ever going to have a $500 budget model and I don't think Rock Island Arsenal is ever going to have a competition / match grade model.