Kimber has had some issues with quality control over the past few years. Some believe the problem is Kimber has grown too quickly and standards have slipped. Of course ,which is the way with these things, there are others who disagree.

My Colt Commander is a Colt and a very good pistol indeed. My Model 1911A1 Government is a Norinco (yes a Norinco) that was purchased new by my father in 1990. All cultural and economic snobbery aside the Norinco is a solid pistol - at least mine is. The Chinese just reversed-engineered the 1911A1s (made by Colt, Remington, Ithaca, Union Switch & Signal and so on during that war) that the U.S. sent over during WWII and sold it.