Bigfish, was it a Caracal?
Sounds close. Stainless with wood grips but they offered a GI model. Think the GI was model 100 and the stainless which I had was a 200 series.
Probably a Citadel
I have had a few 1911s.....an original M1911 from 1918, only fed it hardball ammo but never had a hiccup with the exception of a surplus mag that wouldn't feed right
A taurus PT1911 that functioned flawlessly and a RIA that is smooth as butter and functions flawlessly as well