Those who expect their firearms to fail and just accept it as a quirk of that particular platform are, in my opinion, doing a great deal of dis-service to the rest of the firearms community. Stop accepting this, and demand better.
I've dubbed them "enablers". You don't have to be an "expert" to expect a 1911 pistol to run without malfunction straight out of the box (and, no, this doesn't mean that you still don't have to test-fire
any new gun with a sufficient number of different loads to verify reliability if you plan on employing the gun for self-defense). The car engine break-in analogy is a false one: break-ins for car motors have everything to do with possible longevity benefits and absolutely nothing to do with whether the car runs or not.
The first thing the enablers do to pardon a new pistol that doesn't run right is to blame everything but the pistol: bad or too cheap ammunition, bad magazines, feed ramp needs polishing, not enough lube or too much lube, recoil spring too soft or too heavy, "limp-wristing", etc. (which isn't to say that it's not possible that some of these things could be a factor in a malfunctioning pistol, only to argue that they often become scapegoats for excusing a poorly made pistol).
Then, of course, there is the idea that the 1911 pistol just requires more patience, more "break-in" round count and a higher level of expertise if you ever expect one to be reliable from the get-go. You need to tweak it and fluff it and buff it and, apparently, pray to it and to sacrifice a virgin chicken or a bleating goat or two to appease the 1911 gods. More excuses that would probably turn J.B. Browning's stomach if he heard them.
I've purchased, owned and shot more than a couple of new 1911 pistols that were 100% reliable from the start (and still are). Admittedly, my experience has been limited to only three brands over a period of fifty plus years, mostly Colts but, during the past few years, also Smith & Wesson and SIG 1911s.
I did buy a new Colt Government Model in 1968 that was a real stinker to get running right and actually never got to be totally reliable-but the rest of them ran without a hiccup
straight from the box. And there's absolutely no reason why any customer, "expert" or novice alike, after spending upwards to a thousand dollars and often much more, should not only expect but demand the same kind of performance. It's not too much to ask.