The religion of the day was that a box stock Colt 1911 wasn�t as reliable as a Glock would be considered today, and that some modifications needed to be done to make it reliable. The 1911 also came with skimpy sights of a type that are superseded by those on a lot of pocket guns today. Another issue is that shooters were using different kinds of loads for different kinds of shooting and the 1911 of the day wouldn�t run the lead 200 grain SWC loads without some modifications. (My Glock 30 won�t run them even today.) I think that the technology has improved and that stock factory guns are better than they were back in the day.
It was kinda goofy starting a �practical� match from the surrender position. In the real world the average competitor would have been dead before touching the firearm.
