unfortunately our 1911 mechanic recently passed away and to my knowledge there are no other smiths currently active on the forum so i'm not sure how many answers you'll get here. if I were you i'd email this question to half a dozen reputable gunsmiths, see what they have to say and go with the majority.
if the gunsmith from Armscor says you need one i'd say you probably need one.
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