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About the only real problems that have ever existed with the use of stainless in firearms is metal galling. Overall heat and accuracy are not problems.
With early Colt stainless 1911's, mostly in 10MM, there were some galling problems until Colt switched to dissimilar stainless metal makeups and hardness for the slide and the frame. For example, using 410 stainless for the frames and 416 for the slides greatly reduced galling. I'm not sure that this is what Colt uses but at least one stainless 1911 maker used these two.
As for the response styles: With issues such as how fast a bullet spins, its been my experience here that sometimes acting dumb on a subject easily lures out the forum "intelligencia" who will perform at their arrogant best probably because they have no real life other than their keyboard and their following here. It's played out as predicted on two different occasions for me here, and both have been quite humorous as the "intelligencia" bare their souls for all to see how they really tick. Some people understand it for what it is and others don't. As I've said before, it is highly predictable and I'm pretty sure that the arrogance will surface again whenever.
Just an observation on a couple of components of this thread.
With early Colt stainless 1911's, mostly in 10MM, there were some galling problems until Colt switched to dissimilar stainless metal makeups and hardness for the slide and the frame. For example, using 410 stainless for the frames and 416 for the slides greatly reduced galling. I'm not sure that this is what Colt uses but at least one stainless 1911 maker used these two.
As for the response styles: With issues such as how fast a bullet spins, its been my experience here that sometimes acting dumb on a subject easily lures out the forum "intelligencia" who will perform at their arrogant best probably because they have no real life other than their keyboard and their following here. It's played out as predicted on two different occasions for me here, and both have been quite humorous as the "intelligencia" bare their souls for all to see how they really tick. Some people understand it for what it is and others don't. As I've said before, it is highly predictable and I'm pretty sure that the arrogance will surface again whenever.
Just an observation on a couple of components of this thread.