A girl friend, years ago, wanted to try out My Colt Combat Commander, Yeah OK, She was an experienced shooter.
Fired one round and the pistol locked up.
She brought it over to Me and explained, I looked it over, the main frame was sprung as was the slide.
After I got it tore down, the barrel was shattered, no bullet stuck, just the shattered barrel.
I conceded that to the pistol having had a lot of rounds run through it and the barrel just finally crystalized.
Gave it to My Cousin, did`nt figure that pistol`d never be reliable again, His B.I.L. is a smithy, they worked it over, pressed the main frame back into shape and the slide too, picked up a new barrel, He has told Me several times that that 1911 is the sweetest shooting autoloading pistol He has ever owned and when He dies, that pistol is to come back to Me.
I havent fired the pistol since it has been functional but I hope that My Cousin lives a LOT longer and that when He does go, the pistol does get back to Me.