I bought a nearly-new 1911 from a friend a little while back. He'd bought it and then only shot it once because he has several other 1911s and prefers his Kimber. I bought it with perhaps 100 rounds through the gun. At that point, I field stripped it and cleaned it, and have put 200 more rounds through it since that cleaning (in two 100-round mornings of shooting). The first morning, I had no failures to feed or other malfunctions. Today, I had four failures to feed.
The gun is dirty from the 200 rounds and could use a cleaning. I've shot a mixture of Winchester White Box, Remington, Fiocchi, and one box of Blazer (either steel or aluminum cased, but not brass). All have been 230 grain FMJ. The FTFs were with Fiocchi and Remington.
I'm going to give it another cleaning. But should I be worried, or is this just typical during break-in? If the latter, how many rounds should I go before I consider break-in over?
The gun is dirty from the 200 rounds and could use a cleaning. I've shot a mixture of Winchester White Box, Remington, Fiocchi, and one box of Blazer (either steel or aluminum cased, but not brass). All have been 230 grain FMJ. The FTFs were with Fiocchi and Remington.
I'm going to give it another cleaning. But should I be worried, or is this just typical during break-in? If the latter, how many rounds should I go before I consider break-in over?