Well, it looks like BUL has come a long way in a short amount of time, if 20 years is a short amount of time....that's how long they were building Kimber and for the military in Israel and a very quiet company called "Magnum Research" making specialty firearms... I ran across them a few months ago at a gun store in Greenville SC where they had a beautiful new stainless steel 1911 flying the flag of the "Desert Eagle 1911U" ... it's an 8 shot with a 3 inch barrel that fires off 45ACP -- and it's been dead on the money quickly and quietly after 550 rounds -- besides it looks great with those G-10 grips in silver, grey and black wrapping around the handle.
I'm kind of a 1911 freak, I already have 3 1911's with big names.. but I was so impressed with my DE1911U, I'm having one built as we chat.... it's a BUL Armory 1911 Classic ULTRA with a 3.25 barrel in stainless, with a gold titanium nitrate barrel with the matching trigger and the G-10 grips in OD green in the "slash and burn" style, with the golden titanium Torx grip screws to match the barrel and trigger -- this is a custom Officer size 9MM to match my hand and grip........ for a lot less than $1,500 dollars.
Gilbert Perez is the distributor in this part of the country, he's super knowledgeable and patient. he's been a professional shooter for the last 30 years and knows his stuff
1-865-235-8629 Gparms.com