[The Saint]

1) Make and Model
-- M1911A1, WE
2) Date Purchased
-- 1Q 2007
3) Cost
-- $200
4) New/Used?
-- Used
5) Mechanical Problems
-- Misfires
-- Fails to function
-- Very sensitive to gas pressure
-- Slide fails to lock back
6) Esthetic Problems
-- Very vulnerable finish
7) Rounds Fired Between Failures
-- ~30 (Stop cycling properly)
-- (Repeated strip down and fiddling with internals; cold apartment)
-- ~1-5 (Refused to cycle)
-- (Replaced nozzle, valves, rubber; warmer gas)
-- No failure, excellent performance
8) Changes to Internals
-- Guarder loading nozzle (has made 93% of all problems go away)
-- Modded PDI piston head (had made 4% of all problems go away)
-- Tanio Koba Twist barrel
-- Firefly V-hop bucking
-- Stock TM valves
-- Stock TM gas rubber
-- TM nozzle retraction spring
-- Modded recoil spring
-- Modded slide stop retaining nub (slide now locks back consistently)
-- Shimmed looseness between various parts
9) Resale Date and Value
-- 4Q 2007, $380
10) Other
-- Only problem I couldn't fix was the rattling