Maybe this thread has some hope to it yet.
With none of the questions answered from the OP, this is just a guess.
It might be the stainless steel slide galling with the stainless frame. That happens. More so with cast parts.
...and new parts.
Try some good lube.
What lube is best? That's worth another dozen pages here.
GFY
No his 1911 wasnt made with the super secret original blue prints that were lost in that cave in WWII that would make his 1911 run flawlessly.
