Skylerbone
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After nearly 16 months of waiting on Uncle Sam to send my tax return I was finally rewarded this week when my check finally cleared the bank, which afforded me the luxury of purchasing a few more Mark IV Ruger magazines. Hunting said magazines down at reasonable prices has been another matter entirely, but I rolled the dice Friday then stopped in to a small LGS to see what might be had.
The counter clerk apologized upon hearing my inquiry, explaining his inventory was stocked with Mark II mags only when lo and behold from behind the one he grabbed sat the last correct magazine in the store marked $23.95 One mental fist pump later I was out the door and pondering whether a trip to the normally overpriced LGS across town might be in order. 1 bird in hand surely was satisfaction enough yet my Ford seemed to disagree as its auto-pilot drove not so coincidentally straight to that second shop.
Making the obligatory lap around the store had me gawking at silencers, finding magazines, then brought me face to face with a pistol which had been on my radar from launch day till now, some several years after being discontinued; SA’s Range Officer Target. Noting a faint scratch I felt could easily buff out I’d have been remiss not to mention, the salesman assured me that a second, unblemished twin sat in back awaiting my approval. I asked to see it, that one had been sold. I asked after a discount, he sadly informed me that he could not discount for anything, but…the manager could! After dropping the tag by $107…odd amount in my head…I signed the 4473 and left smiling.
Not the Elite or a SS model as I had always pictured, but a very respectable 1911 none the less at almost pre-Covid price.
Not horrible fitting for a step up from basic 1911.
Adjustable target rear sight.
I was so excited about shooting it I forgot to snap pics of targets. Trigger pull was a tad heavy compared to the rest of my 1911 stable but once I slowed down it began stacking holes at 15 and 25 yards, all I had time for that morning.
The counter clerk apologized upon hearing my inquiry, explaining his inventory was stocked with Mark II mags only when lo and behold from behind the one he grabbed sat the last correct magazine in the store marked $23.95 One mental fist pump later I was out the door and pondering whether a trip to the normally overpriced LGS across town might be in order. 1 bird in hand surely was satisfaction enough yet my Ford seemed to disagree as its auto-pilot drove not so coincidentally straight to that second shop.
Making the obligatory lap around the store had me gawking at silencers, finding magazines, then brought me face to face with a pistol which had been on my radar from launch day till now, some several years after being discontinued; SA’s Range Officer Target. Noting a faint scratch I felt could easily buff out I’d have been remiss not to mention, the salesman assured me that a second, unblemished twin sat in back awaiting my approval. I asked to see it, that one had been sold. I asked after a discount, he sadly informed me that he could not discount for anything, but…the manager could! After dropping the tag by $107…odd amount in my head…I signed the 4473 and left smiling.
Not the Elite or a SS model as I had always pictured, but a very respectable 1911 none the less at almost pre-Covid price.
Not horrible fitting for a step up from basic 1911.
Adjustable target rear sight.
I was so excited about shooting it I forgot to snap pics of targets. Trigger pull was a tad heavy compared to the rest of my 1911 stable but once I slowed down it began stacking holes at 15 and 25 yards, all I had time for that morning.
