Did your 1911 function flawlessly out of the box?

[c3 rolling]

I've purchased a new SA trophy match, SA EMP 9mm, SA Loaded, and a Kimber Custom II and none of them performed without hiccups out of the box. The Trophy match required feed ramp polish/extractor tuning, EMP feed ramp polish, SA loaded reamed barrel, feed ramp polish, new extractor/slide stop, and the Kimber also had a bit of warranty work (never became 100% though). All except the Kimber became reliable but required a some warranty work.

My question is, how many of my fellow cal gunners had a out of the box production 1911 that functioned flawlessly for a minimum of 1000 rounds? Some of my buddies never had a malfunction in 5000+ rounds through their SA/Colts/Kimbers so I'm starting to wonder if I just have bad luck or I'm in the norm.

Please only vote if you have ATLEAST 1000 rounds through your 1911 without a SINGLE hiccup. My loaded was reliable for hundreds of rounds before it took a cr@p.

[InGrAM]

I have never owned a SA, but all of my 1911's have performed flawlessly right out of the box.

The only one that I had problems with was a custom build Essex but that was my fault

[NSR500]

100% Reliable out of the box.

[five.five-six]

colt, SA ans kimber, probably 7k rounds through them, all have been quite reliable

[DCF]

I have a SA loaded and it's been 100% reliable. Only problem is I don't have 1000 rds of 45 so it's been may be 400 to 500 rds reliable.

[AeroEngi]

I have an SA 1911 TRP and it was not 100% out of the box. It took a trip back to SA and to a local gunsmith about a month later.

I had the extractor changed cuz the one that came with the gun was out of spec (too short), properly fitted firing pin stop and a brand new barrel cuz the original barrel had tool marks on the rifling. Terrible quality control for their most expensive production 1911. I'm a bit disappointed in SA's customer service. They wouldn't take the gun back the second time for the feeding issues and I had to put down $120 to get it running how it should've from the start.

Anyway, it's been 100% since I did the work but it's only been about 400 rounds. Before, I would have failure to feeds on every mag.

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[protoolsnerd]

Just got an STI Trojan in 9mm and it's been flawless through 500 rounds so far.

Can't say the same for the Rock Island 1911 in 9mm that i had. I really didn't like mags over 8 rounds

[doug-y-doug]

My Springfield GI doesn't run flawlessly, but it doesn't have all the fancy feed ramps and ejection ports.

[Low-Pressure]

My RIA ran 100% reliable out of the box. It performed better than I expected.

[puRe59]

SA Loaded 9mm and DW Valor. Both have functioned fine out of the box.

[ninjawho?]

My dw pm7 has run about 1500-2k with no issues...1of my top running pieces right out of the box....

[immaculate]

Les Baer TRS purchased new in 2005 - a little militec on it and off to the range it went followed by ~800 rounds at Gunsite. No issues, ever.

The only ammo i've ever fed it has been Federal American Eagle and Federal Hydrashok/Tactical HST.

[SixtyDashOne]

My Springfield TRP has had no issues in 5k+ rounds. My other two 1911s were Kimbers that both had issues out of the box but they seemed to have sorted themselves out within about 300 rounds.

[socal44]

SA loaded x 2. Both flawless. About 300 through each. All of it steel cased.
Oops, just noticed want people with "AT LEAST 1000" rounds. Please accept my apologies.

[The War Wagon]

My FIRST 1911, was a used Michigan Armament kit gun. It sucked donkey balls. Jammed on hardball - the FIRST round!

My SECOND 1911, was a new from the box Norinco 1911 (this was early '93, for reference ), and IT... sucked gopher balls. Jammed on hardball - the second magazine's worth!

I ALMOST gave up on the 1911 at that point, but I decided to stop being a cheap-azz, and buy a REAL 1911 next (in 1995) - a basic Springfield 1911-A1, NiB. It's run flawlessly from Day 1 - I still have it.

Ditto for a used S&W 1911 stainless I picked up on a whim (was looking for another 1911 at the time - just DIDN'T expect to find THAT model available, for only $575, at Gander Mountain!!! ) in 2008. It's run flawlessly since Day 1 as well.

Hope my Kimbers run as well. Shooting them is my spring project.