It is not necessary to take the slide off your new 1911 and inspect/clean/lube it any more than it is necessary to stop at an unmarked railroad crossing and look both ways. In regard to the RR crossing, if you do not stop, you are betting your life that a train is not coming. It is much the same with your new 1911, if you do not inspect (may as well lube it also) the inside, you are betting that the quality control dept. did its job without error. Of the four new Colt 1911's that I purchased new over the years, all had quality issues that should have been detected and addressed but were not. Some were so obvious that a blind man should have seen it. You do not know what you might find on the inside. What are you willing to bet?
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