My previous comment aside, the Ruger 1911 took about 100 rounds before it stopped having the occasional FTF. Probably some super-tight 1911s might need more. I guess if you can afford a Les Bear, you can afford another $500 in ammo to break it in.
In the Ruger I was getting a FTF's about once a magazine when it came out of the box. Usually just needed a nudge to get it to go into battery, nothing as extreme as the OP's pics. To be fair, I started off with it the same way I start will all new Rugers and Glocks, I just take them out of the box and shoot them. No cleaning or lube until I've gotten a few hundred rounds down them.
With the SR-1911 this probably meant that I had more issues than I should have. When I did clean it I found some metal in the residue that was probably factory 'dust' and could have been the root of any problems. After that first 100 rounds and a good cleaning, it's never had any problems.
One of the reasons I bought the Ruger was because I heard an interview with them on Tom Gresham's show where they talked about recoil spring pressure for 10mm, and how hard it was to get it right.
If you set it for the low end, the ammo that's down around 40 cal loading, hot ammo will beat the gun to death. Flip that around, and the 'weak' 10mm loads will cause all kinds of malfunctions. Whatever they did with the spring seems to work though. After that break-in I've shot a range of 10, through it and never had it hiccup. I wonder is Springfield simply put too heavy a spring in?
In the Ruger I was getting a FTF's about once a magazine when it came out of the box. Usually just needed a nudge to get it to go into battery, nothing as extreme as the OP's pics. To be fair, I started off with it the same way I start will all new Rugers and Glocks, I just take them out of the box and shoot them. No cleaning or lube until I've gotten a few hundred rounds down them.
With the SR-1911 this probably meant that I had more issues than I should have. When I did clean it I found some metal in the residue that was probably factory 'dust' and could have been the root of any problems. After that first 100 rounds and a good cleaning, it's never had any problems.
One of the reasons I bought the Ruger was because I heard an interview with them on Tom Gresham's show where they talked about recoil spring pressure for 10mm, and how hard it was to get it right.
If you set it for the low end, the ammo that's down around 40 cal loading, hot ammo will beat the gun to death. Flip that around, and the 'weak' 10mm loads will cause all kinds of malfunctions. Whatever they did with the spring seems to work though. After that break-in I've shot a range of 10, through it and never had it hiccup. I wonder is Springfield simply put too heavy a spring in?
