Not to long ago, I bought an Armscor 1911. I am new to 1911s, and got this as an entry level plinker. I've heard a lot of people express disatisfaction ( to put it mildly ) of the whole crop of cast Filipino pistols.
I don't know the model designation of my pistol. It has front slide serations, ambi safety,extended grip safety, external extractor, and Novak sights. I have been very impressed with about 500 rds through it so far. It's been very accurate ( at least by my standards), and very reliable, though I have only been using 230 gr. FMJ.
What I am curious about is what are the problems people are having with these cast pistols? Are the frames-slides cracking, internals wearing too quick, poor machining, parts out of spec. ?
At this early stage, I'm very happy with it. I am just trying to find out what problems I may have with it in the future. Should I gut the whole thing and replace with USA parts, or if it ain't broke don't fix it?
Thank you all.