You got it working, that's what matters. I've owned 1911's that I dumped a lot of money in, that gave me fits trying to get them to feed bullets like the 185 grain Lyman 352389 with an 11 lb. spring. And they kind of did the same thing, they were not reliable. In my case, the problem was my hold was inconsistent, i.e. limp wrist. Anyway, like Shakespeare said,'all's well that ends well.'