Originally Posted by
JTQ
That may be true.
I've been on 1911forum for several years and hadn't heard that. Admittedly, I spend almost no time on the Dan Wesson sub forum. However, I did go back and search for some of those comments in the Dan Wesson sub forum. They are there, but most are not from what I'd consider the more experienced members, though that doesn't mean it isn't a real thing.
On the other hand, if you search through the Ed Brown sub forum, you'll find some questions about galling, and Ed Brown makes a lot of stainless guns, and most would be considered fitted tighter than the Dan Wesson products, and most of the Ed Brown folks will deny there is an issue with galling with Ed Brown 1911's specifically, and modern stainless handguns in general.
I'll admit, I'm not a metallurgist, but my understanding is the early stainless auto loaders used the same alloy for both the frame and slide. This allowed galling to be a problem. My understanding is, since the 1980's, most manufacturers have used a different alloy for the frame and slide that has significantly limited galling to the point where it is practically nonexistent.