I have a generally dim view of Girsan pistols after watching them fail rapidly while part of my rental range's inventory. One of the Beretta clones suffered a cracked barrel at 100rds. Eventually all 5 of them ended up gutted for spare parts to keep the actual Berettas running. I don't think any of them lasted for more than a year.
When we got a Canuck 1911 in 9mm, I felt certain that it too would join the other Turkish pistols in the scrap bin. However, several years later it's still chugging along. It's sloppy and it rattles like crazy (and it did right out of the box too), and the trigger was pretty crappy. The manual safeties have a ton of play in them and don't inspire much confidence, but they do function properly. It continues to run, and I wager it has seen more mileage than 95% of gun owners will put their 1911s through. I think it's a decent gun for the money, but don't expect much in the way of fit and finish.
