I just got a new Colt 1911 Combat Commander XSE.
I field stripped everything lubed it up good, took it to the range. At this point there were no scratches at all on the pistol that I could tell.
Fired around 300 rounds through it.
Disassembled and noticed a long scratch almost from where the slide stop is inserted to the assembly notch it rests in ( the scratch seemed to correspond with the cutout on the inside of the slide stop).
Is this a normal wear point on the gun to where it would scratch after only 300 rounds? Or should i get a new slide stop?
im not talking about the "idiot scratch" that happens during re-assembly. This scratch is completely covered by the slide stop when the gun is assembled.
apologies as im sure this is not a very interesting post, i just dont like to scratch up my guns if I can help it.
Thank you very much for any insight you may have!