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Originally Posted by Tim Hancock
I am not 100% sure on why the 1911's have so many jams compared to the Glocks at a typical IDPA match, but one factor may be the hundred plus rounds that are fired at a match without a break for cleaning. There are probably finicky aftermarket mag problems too as most guys bring quite a few with them (3-4 mags are required to finish some stages). Empty mags are dropped on the ground during a stage and then they get reloaded for the next stage.... A little dirt on a plastic Glock mag does not typically cause problems my guess is that the same does not hold true for a shiny oiled new Kimber mag.
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I know I've mentioned him before, but Ross Seyfreid (out of Oregon) won the world IDPA championship when it was held in South Africa some 20-odd years ago. He had a pair of matching 1911's that were built for him by one of the old 'smiths who knew what it was all about. This was back before the "race guns" took over, so his two guns would probably fit the "production gun" class these days. One can certainly buy guns today, right off the shelf, that are far more "custom" than his were.
Anyway, Mr. Seyfreid was adamant that he would not trust either gun in an important match - or with his life - if was clean. He insisted on putting several hundred rounds through them before he would have trusted them to have "settled down" and started to shoot consistantly.
I find it amazing that a combat sidearm that served our armed forces for generations, having earned an enviable reputation for reliability while doing so, can be so primped and preened as to render it unreliable. And shooters have been conned into not only accepting that, but paying vast sums for that... amazing...