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Update: Springfield Armory resolved 1911 Garrison fitment, refinish, and the trigger is even a little lighter. Springfield Armory stands behind their guns whether they're made in Croatia or the United States. My twenty-two years of experience with Springfield Armory to include a few guns during...

You can hold your temper champ. One of the screws on one of my Elites was too tight and stripped. My torx wrench got boogered up to and don't know which failed first, but the torx head screw was screwed. The other 2 came out and I don't recall seeing red Loctite. Instead of heat, I put my slide...

Yep. I just don't have "mismatch" slide to frame fit like that on any of my guns made in Karlovac that are stamped with Springfield Armory brand. None of my "Karlovac guns" rattle or anything and they run smooth as butter. The triggers on the Elites are GREAT. I like Springfield Armory company...

Annihilator my friend, the SA XD guns are made at a factory in Karlovac, Croatia and the SA 1911 is made in at least one factory here in the USA. "Two factories" meaning separate factories, but both guns are SA. Is it proper for the slide on a 1911 not to fit flush with the rear of the frame? I...

Is your Tisas blued or is it Cerakoted black?

You said: "Comparing XDs to 1911s isn't relevant because as you correctly pointed out, SA doesn't make the XDs. And striker fired plastic guns have much more forgiving tolerances than 1911s." I said both guns are made on assembly lines; not so much by hand by a single craftsman. Regarding...

If fitting and tolerances are greater and more critical on the 1911, why don't any of my XD, XDM, or XDM Elites have fit and finish issues like this Garrison? I don't understand.

I agree with you that Springfield Armory has had excellent CS during the nearly 20 years I have bought and owned 16 XD, XDM, and XDM Elites.

Well, an XD is a gun manufactured on an "assembly line" similar to an "assembly line" used to manufacture 1911 guns.

They initially told me that slide fitment was within tolerance. Heirloom quality construction tolerance? I wouldn't do a piece of work and call it finished without the slide and frame fitting flush. If for some odd reason a finger knuckle were contacted with the back of that slide, in battery...

I own a blued Garrison 1911 that is 1 year old and never carried. The bluing had developed surface rust that I very gently used a soft oiled cloth to remove the rust and the bluing came off all the way to bare steel. The rear of my slide also overhangs the rear of the frame. The mag release...