Josh,
You pretty much described JMB's tilting barrel design which encompasses almost every locked breech pistol ever made - Modern plastic included.
What separates the 1911 from most designs is controlled feed.
The lack of a hammer and hammer spring is a big factor in modern striker fired locked breech actions too. That changes the mechanics of the dwell time, and our ability as consumers to tune it.
Yeah, that's something I wonder about. I have one of the early Kahrs that has always left a slight swipe mark on the primers from day one, no matter what I use for a load and no matter how fresh the recoil spring is. Could have something to do with that great trigger, but there's apparently nothing I can do about it.....and probably, it's not a good idea to even try.
