I'm with you, '68
I detail strip every pistol, inspect, militec treatment , tune/adjust trigger and extractor and then shoot 200 flawless rounds before I deem it "carry worthy"
where we might differ is, i find no joy in any MALFs out of the box.
The "break in" period that 1911 manufactures expect us to settle for is a pet peeve of mine.
i think it's an excuse to send pistols out the door that SHOULD of been tuned to run right...right out of the box
I think it's bullony to have to shoot a couple hundred bucks in ammo to make an $800-$1000+ gun to run right.
Why do we 1911 guys (most anyway) accept that as "normal"???
I don't
and I personally won't trust a pistol that doesn't run right from day one
(unless it just a simple ext'r tweak or bad mag)
..L.T.A.