The 1911 is fairly easy to strip and actually even detail strip if you have the intructions. The only problem I ever have is getting that barrel link just in the right spot to put the slide release pin through it.
The Browning Hi-Power us much easier to field strip tho.
The most difficult pistol to field strip and put together again, in my opinion, is the 9mm Rohrbaugh.
Love my Hi-Power. Its so smooth its like a dream.
I’m with you on the link/pin thing, ugh! By comparison my Glock is a piece of cake. But ya know, that big stainless 1911 is still so much fun to shoot, I don’t mind the “work” of cleaning and caring for it.