As I said it really boils down to what you’re going to use it for…
I do not dislike SA and I owned a TRP (Operator MC) for about 5 years, I thought it was the cat’s ass until I started shooting Kimber. In comparison the Kimber’s are more accurate then the SA’s I have fired and that has been the majority opinion of most of my buddies who shoot 1911’s. The big plus of SA is they bore their chambers slightly larger to reduce failure to feeds and so that they will feed hollow points. But when ever you do that, you are losing accuracy, and being more concerned about accuracy (vz using hollow points) I prefer a 1911 with tighter tolerances. Especially the chamber…
In a “tactical” since you want the friendly medium, you want the highest degree of accuracy with out diminishing reliability. I find that to be in the Kimber TC II, it maintains accuracy the equivalent of a ball-gun but feeds just about anything you put in it (with in reason). The TRP I owned never failed to feed except for a few faulty magazines, but as I said above the accuracy level was night and day (the difference between a 2-3.5 inch group (TRP) and a 1-1.5 inch group (TC II) at 25 yards) for a tactical gun that is huge…
The problem I find (not saying anyone here) is that a lot of people can’t shoot as good as the gun and due to this form opinions based on pure reliability issues (ie. Snuffy’s Kimber wont feed all JHP, but his TRP will so his TRP is better) and that is really not the case. If I am going to carry it in all elements and run any type of ammo and the accuracy can lack b/c your shooting 15 yards and in, well go with the TRP. If you are going to keep it clean and properly lubricated, shoot for accuracy out to 50+ yards and want to be dead nuts on, go with the TC II.:2c:
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