1911 models and clones do need some TLC.
I recently bought a used Star PD clonish .45 acp. This is a small concealable with a 4" barrel. And, like the boards said, it could be finicky feeding especially lead bullets.
Then I replaced the plastic recoil buffer and upgraded the recoil spring to 14#. (Wolff's has good prices on the springs.) Whole new gun: plesant recoil and feeds anything I put in it.
Food for thought if you have a cranky older gun that has had some ammo run through it. Those springs and buffers do not last forever and replacement in a cheap and easy job.
Tom
I recently bought a used Star PD clonish .45 acp. This is a small concealable with a 4" barrel. And, like the boards said, it could be finicky feeding especially lead bullets.
Then I replaced the plastic recoil buffer and upgraded the recoil spring to 14#. (Wolff's has good prices on the springs.) Whole new gun: plesant recoil and feeds anything I put in it.
Food for thought if you have a cranky older gun that has had some ammo run through it. Those springs and buffers do not last forever and replacement in a cheap and easy job.
Tom