1911’s in general, 9mm versions specifically

[Steve300xcw]

Any training concerns going from a Glock to never shooting a 1911 variant? Besides just getting used to a safety?

Scheels has Staccato HD's in stock plus a 200 dollar gift card deal going right now.

I'd probably trade my G34 towards it.

But being a Glock guy I can't see the big difference besides the ease of using Glock bags between a newer made Springfield Prodigy and the HD P4. Can someone break it down for me?

Plan would be to appendix carry it and for the money it'd almost replace my XMacro as my edc.

Plastic to a 1911 should be easy enough.

My only issues have been when I threw a cz with a decocker into the mix

 

[Sponge]

Diagnostic request for the 1911 crew-
I have a Smith and Wesson SW1911 45 ACP, 2004-ish production. Unsure of round count, <3000?

I'm getting this FTE every 50-100 rounds on the last round with mag inserted. Sometimes it hangs on the slide, and sometimes rebounds a little and jams the mag and needs to be pried out.

All shooting with Wilson Combat 8rd mags, appears to happen independent of the individual magazine used. mags are clean.

My theories:
Bad ammo - I'm mostly shooting old gun show Georgia Arms reman'd 230 gr stuff - I was given a bunch of this stuff, and if this is the consequence for free, I'll suffer that for range use.
Extractor - I'm not exactly sure how this should interact with the case, I've done some googling and reading, but IDK how applicable the tuning info in this thread and other sources applies to an external extractor.
Ejection without mag inserted is soft with the case going directly up 1-2 feet and falling back on the gun or nearby. Ejection with mag inserted is strong with cases falling back and right 5-ish feet.
I can get a picture of an empty case on the slide later if that helps.
Lube - seems to do this less often when freshly lubed, however, he picture above is ~150 rounds after a fresh application of Hoppes grease on all surfaces.
Limp wrist - I keep a strong and firm grip, but the occasion limp wrist may exacerbate the other issues. again, only happens last round with mag inserted.
Springs - an unknown. round count is unknown, but presumed to be 3000 or less

As an aside, I plan to get some additional mags, was going to get MecGars 8 rounders unless persuaded not to. Also, any advice or preference on 10 rounders?

 

[RockAndSage]

Lube - seems to do this less often when freshly lubed, however, he picture above is ~150 rounds after a fresh application of Hoppes grease on all surfaces.

Failures to eject as you describe, including with that casing getting smashed up, are most typically the result of the slide velocity going backwards being too slow. In a factory gun, that's most often an indicator of excessive friction between the moving parts, but can also be from the thumb riding the slide a bit, and limp-wristing, as you mentioned. In custom or tuned guns, it's most commonly from excessive spring power.

In a way, diagnosing weapon malfunctions is similar to diagnosing a car that won't start - always begin with the simplest things first. As in, starting with battery issues before concluding the starter needs to be replaced.

In otherwise good guns, as long as ammo and mags are good, about 90% of mechanical malfunctions are due to excessive friction - which means, insufficient lubrication. You've pretty much ruled out the magazine issue. On ammo, that could definitely be part of the problem, and hotter ammo might cause the problem to go away for higher round-counts - because hotter ammo leads to increased slide velocities. But you can also get increased slide velocities by reducing friction.

If you look at other comments I've made above, lightweight greases offer maximum reliability for the longest courses of fire, without cleaning or relubing. You can homebrew some up, you can use TW25b, or you can go with a cherry balms grease. All of those will work. But if you want maximum friction reduction, go with the cherry balms black rifle balm for this. It reduces friction to a greater degree than the others - I've seen it cause limp-wristing problems to disappear entirely, with women shooting heavily-sprung sub-compact .45s. I typically go anywhere from 2500 to 3000 rounds on one application in my Staccato C, DWX Compact, and ARs with it, as long as its applied heavy, and they're still generally chugging along when I add a bit more or decide to break them down, clean, etc. If you homebrew, try to find a moly grease (they're usually blackish in color), as that moly additive reduces friction further than greases without it.