Originally Posted by
GARMASTERS
If this will be used as a "carry" gun and yours or other lives might depend on it, I would polish the feed ramp (but not change the angle) and throat the barrel back just enough that there is a minute setback of the barrel from the feed ramp. Polish until it looks like a mirror. When you can feed empty brass out of any magazine you've got it.
I’ve never had a 1911 that needed to be “polished” anywhere to make it function reliably. The unnecessary “polishing” of feed ramps and chambers is one of the quickest ways that one can ruin an otherwise fine 1911.
"Sights are for the unenlightened."
Rick
IDPA Certified Safety Officer
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