Abilene

A little late to this party.  I've only ever had 2 1911's.  A Kimber Compact Aluminum since 2000 that needed a lot of break-in.  And my Armscor (Cimarron) 1911 I got for WB.  It has been superb so far with nothing done to it.  That's a small sample, but another point of data.

I don't know if this is a legal procedure, but...could the shooter thumb-cock the hammer and then rack the slide?  Certainly this adds a little to your time though not much if you use the off-hand and for some folks it might help.

I have been using ACT-MAG's in my Cimarron (Armscor) which work fine but the lanyard loop on the bottom is hard on the palms.  So Saturday I bought a couple Mec-gars and broke the prime rule by shooting them in a WB match Sunday without trying them out first.  Fortunately they worked just fine!