Sorry - just had to ask. Sounds like some mechanical obstruction to the gun - if it were mine, it'd be on the way to Ruger without much thought about it. Have you tried manually putting a bullet in and seeing if you can see where it gets stuck?FWIW, I bought my son a Commander sized SR1911 last winter, and he's put quite a number of rounds through it. He's had no problems with it -- he holsters it in a fully kydex (as opposed to a kydex-leather hybrid) and isn't rubbing the sights against anything - no problem with the sights getting loose, yet. His experience has even convinced me that, funds permitting sometime, I may add one of them to my menagerie.[/quote]
Hey guys, a little late to the party. As my dad said, he bought me the CMD last year. I have only had one FTF and that was during my CHL qualification. I believe that it was my fault though as it was towards the end of the qualification and I had gotten a little weak wristed. I mainly use the Winchester White Box ball ammo for fun, and other than the one FTF, it has never had an issue. I have the Hornady CD ammo loaded in all of the mags and have never had an issue with the CMD shooting the CD ammo when I've rotated rounds. It has always functioned well with the Ruger 7rd, two Ruger 8rd mags, and two CMC 8rd mags that I have. I don't know of a round count, but it has been well abused. I had read multiple threads about the front sight issues, and took the chance because of how well Ruger CS responded to the issues, and that they had already identified the problem and taken care of it. I know some guys on another board had even asked to have the replacement sight replaced with their (Ruger) fiber optic sight when they sent their gun in for fixing and were given it because of the "inconvenience". FWIW, my wife has a Kimber Tac Pro and the quality, fit and finish of the Ruger is right there with her Kimber. It is my EDC in a Alien Gear 2.0 as well as in a Blackhawk Serpa for around the ranch. Every once in a while, Dad will still ask if I want to trade the Ruger for his XDS 45
. All in all, I love this gun. I've have/had several different pistols, including those little black ones that start with a G, and I would not kick this gun to the curb for any of them. I would highly recommend this gun for anyone wanting a 1911.