My opinions of Gold Cups is mixed. We purchased a new Gold Cup National Match for our father back in the 70's. Our father never fired it and my younger brother received it when our father passed away. He took it out and couldn't get a single complete mag through it without a failure of some kind.

My brother finally got disgusted with it and traded it in on a SIG P220 in 45ACP. The SIG functioned perfectly right out of the box. I have one built using a Colt Gold Cup National Match parts kit on an Essex frame. It has always been reliable.