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Well, I'm tempted to try again seeing your suggestions.

My attempt above will take some time for me to forget (it was a lot of work to strip, grease, assemble, then degrease twice. I only use SimpleGreen degreaser and it wasn't that effective on the grease maybe a stronger degreaser would have made it easier), but once I forget... but once I forget it, I'll put some grease on the rails and see how things work.

But for now, I'll continue to use Breakfree CLP, which isn't too bad except for its smell and requiring that I reapply after each range session.

Somewhere along I hear people using grease as lube for their 1911s and having good results. Since I seem to be continuously lubing my 1911s (somehow oil don't stick and stay on it very well), I decided to give grease a try (I used this white Lithium based grease that's sold in bicycle stores).

My suggestion to you is: DON'T DO IT.

I geased everywhere I'd put lube on. Since it is hard to get grease inside the pistol, I detail stripped mine, degreased it, and put it everywhere lube is needed.

My gun feels pretty nice afterwards, and the grease stayed on it for weeks. Then I decided to go shoot it... Within 20 shots, the grease was completely black; the gun still cycles well. After 100 rounds, the cycle feel gritty, so I stopped. Removing the grease was much harder than putting it on. In fact, I still have grease inside my MSH (didn't feel like taking it apart).

I'll never do that again.