Riomouse911
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I’ll admit right up front that I am a bit late to the 9mm 1911 party. I have three 1911’s so I’m not a “polymer prude”, but mine are only in .45 ACP (and a .45 Super V-16, but that still shoots .45 ACP flawlessly). I truly love the way a 1911 feels in my hand: the gun naturally points where I want it to and the bullets just seem to hit where I’m aiming. 
My 9mm guns are either duty guns (SIG 228, Glocks 19,17,34), a target Glock (17L) or a hybrid admin-duty and off duty Glock (43X), a surplus Helwan, a Ruger PC carbine or CCW guns (Ruger LC9, Kimber Micro 9). I guess it was high time I joined the 9mm 1911 crowd.
Despite the panic I found a reasonably priced SA Ronin 4.25 “Commander sized” 9mm, paid for it and waited the ridiculous ten days here in Ca. I got to pick it up yesterday, lube it and take it shooting today.
As a kid who grew to gun-loving age in the late 1970’s-1980’s, the two tone blue/silver 1911 look just sings to me. The gun was spotless out of the box, and the sights popped amazingly well in the garage light. Naturally it fit my paws like every other 1911 I have; wonderfully.
I grabbed WWB 124 gr fmj, Win 115 JHP, Blazer brass 115 gr fmj and Fiocchi 115 gr fmj and loaded up for the range this morning. I brought along my Glock 43X and Kimber Micro 9 to compare how this unfamiliar 1911 shoots compared to these familiar-to-me guns.
The Glock shot as I expected; a touch of finger pinch from the trigger but otherwise boring reliability as it put 21 center mass at 10 yds, two-handed. (A bit low, my fault as I was trying to shoot at the max speed of one per second this range allows.):
The Micro 9 had a good nose-dive jam on the second shot with the 7- shot mag, after that it was 100 pct with the remaining shots.
The heavier trigger required more concentration and a much slower pace of fire than with the Glock, but 15-shot groups at 10 yds were pleasing to me.
Then I grabbed the Ronin. The very first shot fired at 10 yds was a bit low, the second a tad high, the third to the right then the next 6 shots landed right around the 10 ring:
I swapped targets and the next 28 followed suit by hitting pretty much exactly where I wanted them.
After putting about 125 through the Ronin with no hiccups, I certainly see exactly why everyone who has been lauding the 9mm-1911 combo. Soft shooting, accurate and (best of all) fun… I really wish I’d jumped on this train earlier.
Stay safe.
My 9mm guns are either duty guns (SIG 228, Glocks 19,17,34), a target Glock (17L) or a hybrid admin-duty and off duty Glock (43X), a surplus Helwan, a Ruger PC carbine or CCW guns (Ruger LC9, Kimber Micro 9). I guess it was high time I joined the 9mm 1911 crowd.
Despite the panic I found a reasonably priced SA Ronin 4.25 “Commander sized” 9mm, paid for it and waited the ridiculous ten days here in Ca. I got to pick it up yesterday, lube it and take it shooting today.
As a kid who grew to gun-loving age in the late 1970’s-1980’s, the two tone blue/silver 1911 look just sings to me. The gun was spotless out of the box, and the sights popped amazingly well in the garage light. Naturally it fit my paws like every other 1911 I have; wonderfully.
I grabbed WWB 124 gr fmj, Win 115 JHP, Blazer brass 115 gr fmj and Fiocchi 115 gr fmj and loaded up for the range this morning. I brought along my Glock 43X and Kimber Micro 9 to compare how this unfamiliar 1911 shoots compared to these familiar-to-me guns.
The Glock shot as I expected; a touch of finger pinch from the trigger but otherwise boring reliability as it put 21 center mass at 10 yds, two-handed. (A bit low, my fault as I was trying to shoot at the max speed of one per second this range allows.):
The Micro 9 had a good nose-dive jam on the second shot with the 7- shot mag, after that it was 100 pct with the remaining shots.
The heavier trigger required more concentration and a much slower pace of fire than with the Glock, but 15-shot groups at 10 yds were pleasing to me.
Then I grabbed the Ronin. The very first shot fired at 10 yds was a bit low, the second a tad high, the third to the right then the next 6 shots landed right around the 10 ring
:
I swapped targets and the next 28 followed suit by hitting pretty much exactly where I wanted them.
After putting about 125 through the Ronin with no hiccups, I certainly see exactly why everyone who has been lauding the 9mm-1911 combo. Soft shooting, accurate and (best of all) fun… I really wish I’d jumped on this train earlier.
Stay safe.
