I agree with everything you said. I once had an "older" P35 Browning with the regular hammer etc. LOVED IT! Stupidly sold it for a colt "Officers model" 45. One of the dumbest things I have ever done. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/doh.gif" alt="" /> This was WAY back in 1986. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banghead.gif" alt="" />

I went the "cheap route" and replace on the Colt 45 I had "built" because of the price. I looked at all the "big guns" in the gun business but couldn't afford at least twice the price for a gun I just wanted and would not shoot very much. Now if I was going to shoot a lot I probably would have saved up for a while. I put about 350-400 rounds through it without a studder. Works fine for me. But whey you're young (40 and just retired from the Air Force, and single) I wanted a new toy right then, not down the road 6 months to a year.