I bought one of the old "Collector's Armory" replicas back around 1985 or so, the ones that can be cycled and field-stripped like the originals (I still have it, by the way.) I don't remember it coming with instructions on stripping it, or where I learned to do so, but I don't remember having problems. Maybe its tolerances are loose enough to make it easy. It's certainly no PPK/S or Bersa (just two examples of guns I've had that are remarkably easy and quick to strip.)
I only recently got my first "real" 1911.. (I quote "real" only because it's a Tisas/ZiG from Turkey!) and have not yet tried to strip it. Think I'll do so tomorrow.. we'll see how it goes.
EDIT: Okay, I couldn't wait. I went and got both guns, the real one and the fake one. I did the fake one first, and then the Tisas. The Tisas was definitely a bit harder for this 1911-novice, as its spring offers much more resistance, and because the barrel link can actually fall rearward further than the one on the replica, making it a bit harder to line up. Still, I was within about four minutes in re-assembly. I know I could get that cut down by a lot pretty quickly with some practice, but that's plenty good for my needs.
Now, on to one of my Mk-II Rugers....
Nah... maybe another time.