For someone who has never assembled a 1911 before, are they more difficult to build than an AR-15?
Yes but alot depends on the perfect storm of parts,sometimes you get lucky and everything works and sometimes your fitting everything
Go read that shlock to a soldier or a fireman or a football player or a bloody barber Theyll all knock your "this" right down your throat while sippin a beer and eating chicken wings.Then wipe their wee fingers on your pretty little pouch"