Well, I have learned a great deal about 1911's just reading all these replies and I sure want to thank all of you for responding with all this info. I guess one way to put it would be "I didn't even know what I didn't know", but I'm learning a lot and that's one of the great things about this terrific forum. Y'all don't "look down your nose" at a novice, but really try to help and I'm certainly grateful.
I'd forgotten about the lifetime warranty and I am the original owner, so I'll be contacting RIA to see how they want to proceed about getting my "Rock" running correctly again.

Again, much obliged,

Buckshot Bill

Yep, let them fix it on their dime! Hope all goes well.

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