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Your new pistol was almost certainly fired a magazine or so at the factory, as a function test. If it hiccupped during the test, it was probably fired a bit more after whatever fix or adjustment needed was performed.
The ammo used has a bearing on how quickly the pistol gets dirty. Lead-bulleted ammo will dirty the entire mechanism more quickly than will jacketed ammo. There will even be differences in the dirtiness of various brands of jacketed ammo...the Russian Wolf ammo being particularly sooty.
Another aspect of how quickly a pistol gets dirty is how it is lubed. If every component in the pistol is liberally coated with oil, that oil will catch more of the ash, primer grit, burnt bullet lube, and other trash than if the pistol were less oily. This is not to say that one should run one's pistol dry, only that one should lube it where the lube provides slickness for parts in contact with one another and not just paint on the oil indisciminantly.
That said, don't worry overly much about keeping your 1911 spotlessly clean. Most of them will function well with an increible amount of black goo oozing out of them.
Rosco
The ammo used has a bearing on how quickly the pistol gets dirty. Lead-bulleted ammo will dirty the entire mechanism more quickly than will jacketed ammo. There will even be differences in the dirtiness of various brands of jacketed ammo...the Russian Wolf ammo being particularly sooty.
Another aspect of how quickly a pistol gets dirty is how it is lubed. If every component in the pistol is liberally coated with oil, that oil will catch more of the ash, primer grit, burnt bullet lube, and other trash than if the pistol were less oily. This is not to say that one should run one's pistol dry, only that one should lube it where the lube provides slickness for parts in contact with one another and not just paint on the oil indisciminantly.
That said, don't worry overly much about keeping your 1911 spotlessly clean. Most of them will function well with an increible amount of black goo oozing out of them.
Rosco