No, it came without a barrel link installed. Or are you asking me to try closing the action with no link installed?
I have been fitting 1911 barrels for four years and I am still learning new things. There is a LOT going on in a 1911 barrel to achieve proper lockup engagement, angles, unlock timing, link fitment, hood fitment, etc. A drop in barrel is NOT drop in, in my opinion anyway. Way too much going on to be able to say it is going to work. Not only do you rusk malfunctions, but putting an improperly fit barrel in could damage existing parts or even be dangerous.
I have been fitting 1911 barrels for four years and I am still learning new things. There is a LOT going on in a 1911 barrel to achieve proper lockup engagement, angles, unlock timing, link fitment, hood fitment, etc. A drop in barrel is NOT drop in, in my opinion anyway. Way too much going on to be able to say it is going to work. Not only do you rusk malfunctions, but putting an improperly fit barrel in could damage existing parts or even be dangerous.
Many 'drop in' barrels do work just fine, that's pretty much what factory 1911 barrels are but then again you are not getting much more above and beyond a factory barrel so I never really saw the point. For beginners the Kart 'ez fit' barrels work great if you don't have access to machinery etc.
“Working” and being installed correctly are two totally different things.
“Working” and being installed correctly are two totally different things.
I'm not sure what you're trying to argue about. But, the purpose of the drop-ins are so that no 'installation' is necessary so if it works then I don't see the issue, again factory barrels are drop in. It is true that many 'drop ins' do try to have a little bit better fit than factory bbl's and depending on the mfg you may have to do minor fitting but it's hardly rocket science, in fact fitting a match grade barrel isn't rocket science either lol. I'm not particularly advocating for drop in barrels as I said before I don't really see the utility especially as they can cost almost as much as a match barrel minus the gunsmith fee etc. In the end I don't think anybody ended up helping the OP, hopefully he has been in touch with CM he has a good handle on it.
OP brought his 1911 over today. It is a High Standard. 1st fit check was lock up off the pin. Lets just say that even a .203 oversize pin will not fix this on his gun.
The hood had far to much clearance. The bushing was in serious need of replacement with a hand fit piece.
OP is a smart young man. He opted to leave the piece as built and not dive into that rabbit hole. He is also an engineer.