I finally hit just over 1000 rounds on this gun. I have shot Gold Dot 230gr, and various reloads of mine consisting of coated round nose 200gr, LSWC 200gr, and round nose flat point 200gr Bullets. So far I haven’t had a single malfunction.
The extractor was set correctly from the factory and piles the brass about 6’ away. This gun runs better than any other 1911 I have ever purchased. I cleaned it after the Range time today after officially logging 1086 rounds through it. Usually I clean my 1911’s why sooner than this one, but I wanted to see what this would do. I know it’s not a ton of rounds but it ran flawlessly and I’m sure it could have done more.
This gun runs on Wilson 8 and 10 round mags, colt 7 round mags, and even cheap gun show 1911 7 round mags. It doesn’t Like Chip McCormick mags though. They will work, but they won’t lock back when the mag is empty.
I have been lubing it with Lucas Extreme duty oil, and did change out the recoil spring for a Springco #14 spring just to try it out a few hundred rounds ago.
I have found that carrying this gun in a HolsterCo appendix holster cut for an RMR makes it virtually disappear even if it’s just under a t-shirt.
I am loving this gun, so much that my poor Beretta 92X isn’t getting any love right now.
Pictures from the smith.
“If you know the way broadly you will see it in everything." - Miyamoto Musashi
A better quality photo, my Iphone is getting long in the tooth.