Originally Posted By: bubbatime
Originally Posted By: MParr
Ever wonder why our military went from Colt to FN for their M4s? Reliability problems in Afghanistan.
Proof? Because they both had contracts at the same time, and both were providing guns as the same exact time. Kind of kills your argument, but if you got proof, lets here it.
I have first hand experience that agrees with MParr. In my unit we had a mixture of newer Colt and FN M-16's for the lower ranking soldiers and support people. Everyone agreed the FN's malfunctioned less, seemed more accurate and the uppers and lowers fit together much tighter, even though the rifles were about the same age and round counts.
I own an older Colt 1911 Mark 4, Many of my friends own various Springfield 1911's and I will happily tell you the Springfield 1911's are head and shoulders above my Colt in every regard. The only off putting issue for me about the Springfield's are that they are made in Brazil but assembled and tested here.
I do agree that the Springfield Saint is probably too new to bother with yet. Nevermind the value/price point isn't great.