One thing about SS pistols that I've found over the years is that you need a lubricant made to keep the metal parts from galling ("sticking"). The #1 lubricant is military developed and issued LSA [Lubricant, Small Arms]. It was initially developed for the M16, which uses steel sliding on aluminum. Any gun show will have bottles of it; white bottles seem to work better than the brown bottles, but that may just be my subjective determination.
