I will take my 1911 .45 colt Defender. John Moses Browning
was a genius and a Great American.
Agreed, the mechanism is just so elegant. I was surprised that the article said it was complex.
I've never thought so, and I'm perfectly comfortable stripping one down to pins, while I've sworn I will never remove the side plate of a S&W revolver again, because the last time, I had to take it to someone who knew how to put it back together!
Mark