Alright, I have been playing with this thing for several months now (since March I think) and once I work one problem out, another seems to arise.

First off the firearm is a Century Arms Chief 1911 in .45 acp.

The first problem was every few rounds as the slide came to its complete rear most position while cycling a round it would catch and fail to load the next round. The gun was equipped with an extended slide release and after reading a few websites recommendations, I swapped the original slide release for an Ed Brown stainless (standard, not extended) slide release. This seemed to have fixed the slide catching while cycling rounds.

Second problem, for some reason I was having problems with every couple of rounds chambering all the way into the chamber. Still haven't figured this one out after four boxes of ammo through it. Ran a different brand of ammo through it today and no jams or failing to chamber completely, may have just been the ammo but time will tell.

Third, as I was disassembling the gun for cleaning one day, I noticed the recoil buffer on the guide rod had a semi circular cut where the recoil spring rests upon it. Now I know this is a sacrificial part which is to be replaced as they wear, so I was not concerned. Granted this was only after about 750-1000 rounds and I was under the preminition that they were to go for around 5k, no biggie though, I just ordered more (Ed Brown by the way). Today was the first time I have shot the gun since I installed the new buffer and as soon as I returned to the house I disassembled and started cleaning. Once I got the guide rod out I noticed right away the the new buffer has the same circular cut as the old one but after only 50 ROUNDS!!! .

Can someone please tell me something that makes sense on this one? Am I shooting too light a recoil spring?? Anything please. I am about to the point of throwing this thing out the window. And yes, I know, I should have bought a better name the what I have now.