You sound EXACTLY like the kind of backroom gunstore hack that specialized smiths the world over make their money on . Nope . A supposed GUN SMITH , telling me than burned powder residue won ' t stop ANY gunWell , Glocks seem to be able to run till they melt before the gun powder residue stops them up , the Arex Rex Zero can go a thousand rounds without it stopping them up , funny that various 1911 s i ' ve fired don ' t last that long . what the fuck do you think the carbon buildup when you shoot is ? I bet you tell your customers to run their guns dry too . Never had carbon build up stop any gun except 1911 s , funny . Also , I not only reccomend lube , but have several write ups on which is the Best By the way , most of them have their place , in case you ' re wondering . Gold Cup TriggersAre series 80 or 70 triggers , which are still made currently , and not just by Colt . the disturbingly unsupported chambers when the 40 s first came outThat blew up with overpressured rounds . weakish locking blocks on 1 st and 2 nd gens that have caused a lot of high volume shooters to need replacement framesOr you know , replacement locking blocks . Pointing out that there ' s only two frame optionsI said THREE , off the top of my head , not two . There ' s a half dozen others , like CCRaceframes , ETC . My take away from your post is that you can ' t count at all . even if newer competitors have outpaced them slightly . If by slightly you mean halving the price , cutting the parts count into fourths , and taking the maintenance time of the 1911 out to the pasture and shooting it in the back of the head , as Outpacing slightly , then yeah . That ' s like saying Usain Bolt would out run me slightly . I simply take exception to the assertion that they ' re VASTLY better . Do you know what Vastly and Better mean ? Vastly meaning a significant amount , and Better means an improvement over something else . Vastly better is a perfect description of a modern polymer gun . Weight , capacity , size , modularity , safety , accuracy , price , advantage modern wonder nine . Even John Browning didn ' t like the 1911 .