J.B., J.P., I must be one unlucky guy or somethin I dont know...
What I do know is that every pistol I own has at one time or another stopped dead in its tracks! Requiring a malfunction clearance of some type.
Maybe its because I have shot thousands of rounds thru them that caused this to be..
This usually involves reloaded ammo and lots of buildup of crap in the pistol during firing.
A box of factory ball ammo one day at the range aint running a piece hard to see if its good to go.
My old 1911 carry gun is a Kimber stainless CDP aluminum 5 in that is every bit as reliable as any other pistol I own.
I will admit I had to tune it up just a JB did his.
It was not ready out of the box even at a price of just under a thousand bucks. Sad...
Well I have had issues with nearly every gun I've owned at one time or another. But as you stated, they usually wind up being related to ammo (reloads), worn recoil springs from thousands of rounds, or just not cleaning it till it choked.
I really meant malfs where the ammo and maintenance are not at fault, and it's either the gun or mags.
One thing I'm about sick of is almost all 1911 employ the full length guide rod. I'm getting a serious itch for a stainless, 5" with the standard guide rod and spring plug.
My Wilson KZ-45 came with a standard short plug and I see no reason to change it. I'll admit it needed some tuning early on, but it's been absolutely reliable for the past several thousand rounds.