Thanks for the warm welcome.
As an update I pulled the gun down and cleaned it last night and I did find some things that have me somewhat concerned. I'm out in the field right now so I can't post pictures yet, but I will when I get back. I'll do my best to explain in words but I know pics are needed.
First was that the area of the alloy frame where the take down pin is appears to have been deformed somewhat on both sides right above where the pin would go through the frame. For lack of a better term it looks like it was "squished" inward where the barrel assembly sits into. This might have been there before, they kind of look like tabs built into the frame that the barrel lock up area would butt up against. So perhaps just the wearing of the black off of them is making them stand out, but they do look like more deformation than built in to me.
Second there was some significant dimple like denting in the two long 1-1.5" recesses right above that area, not part of the frame rails but inside and below them. It almost looks like you put a BB on in there and hit it with a hammer, a couple circular like dents in the recess. Those I am sure where not there when new.
Third was that there was a lot of metal shards in the area of the frame where the recoil spring assembly sits into, and the smaller round void that sits directly behind it. It was not from the brass casings, It was silver and soft, I'm assuming from the alloy frame somewhere, however I couldn't find an obvious source.
It also appeared there was quite a bit of wear in the long tunnel void in the front of the frame, what I'd refer to as the dust cover in a 1911, mostly along the edges where the slide travels but also along it's inner round surface. That's probably pretty typical wear.
The gun was disassembled, cleaned, and lubed, before it's first range trip so I'm pretty sure none of that stuff was an issue before it's first range trip. It does concern me that the alloy frame seems to have taken so much wear/damage in it's first 150 rounds. Everything seems super smooth and tight once it was cleaned and lubed again. So maybe it's just part of everything seating in.
When I get some pics up maybe others can comment if it's normal wear or something to be more concerned about.
As another update, from doing more searching (helped once I figured out the search tool was only searching 7 days by default!) it seems like the wear I'm seeing is normal, and mine actually is less than some of the other posts I've seen so I'm not going to worry about it and just make sure to be even a little more liberal than I usually am with the lube, I run them pretty wet anyway and like grease on the high wear points.
I really only plan to replace the recoil spring and put another 100 or so rounds of WWB through it, about 60 more rounds of gold dots, and it if runs those 100% I'll only shoot a couple mags out of it now and then to cycle through carry ammo.
I still think it's a great little gun, it's very purpose specific and I'm sure that does not work for some people's expectations, but that's why there are hundreds of different guns to choose from!
