I've posted several comments about this pistol here:
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=563967&highlight=metro+arms+1911:
I bought one earlier this year and the feed ramp had not been polished. Not knowing much about 1911's at the time (since I'm kind of a revolver guy), I didn't realize that was why it wouldn't feed ammo so I sent it back for repairs through my local dealer.
While waiting on it to come back, the dealer offered me another one he had in the case. It had a crooked front sight. The sight leaned to the left because it had been set into the dovetail improperly. I took it to the range anyway and it cycled just fine, and was accurate, but the sight bothered me. So I took that one back and we sent the slide off for repairs.
I waited two months. No pistol, no slide. In the meantime the FIRST ONE came back. The dealer offered to let me have that one. It had a list of repairs made by some gunsmith in Arizona. New barrel, new magazine catch, polished this, replaced that, the list went on and on to the tune of $250.
So, by this point the gun had spent more time gone for repairs than it had spent at my house. I was thinking about selling it because I just didn't care any more. But I hadn't spent anything on shipping or repairs, so I figured why not take this one to the range and have some fun before selling it.
Now it works perfectly. I can hit almost anything with it. I can hit my 3-inch steel spinners at 30 feet. The recoil is manageable and its a good size for concealed carry, although I only use it as a range toy for now. So it will stick around for a while.
Bottom line is these are not bad pistols for the price. But there are definitely quality control issues.