Colt deviated from the original spec when they chambered 1911-pattern pistols in everything from .22 LR to .38 Super. My experience with 1911-pattern pistols is that the farther one deviates from the original design in terms of barrel length and cartridge chambering, the more issues arise. For example, 9x19 1911-pattern pistols are fun and really quite accurate, but every one of mine is ammo sensitive and need different magazines. Of course, some of them have ramped barrels (STI, David Sams) and some of then have frame ramps (two Colts).
Short 1911-pattern guns can be finicky. Some run while others do not, and finding what is the root cause can be frustrating. I have had Colt Officer's ACP models that run well and others than choke at least once per magazine with the same ammo and same magazines as the "good pistol".
From the late 1990s until about 2011, I pretty much shot and carried nothing but 1911s. Not sure on my total round count, but I have more than one pistol with more than 25,000 documented rounds through it. I shot Bullseye with 1911-pattern pistols, and those pistols are capable of delivering sub-three-inch groups at fifty yards -- but not in my hands. I have broken extractor hooks, broken magazine catches, cracked a slide, lost sights, damaged alloy frames (including a Robar-smithed Commander), etc. because everything breaks if you use it. It is a lot easier to fit any one of the corresponding Glock parts. I never had to lap a new slide to a Glock frame.