I recently bought a range officer from a local shop for $762. It had everything I was looking for in a 1911, trigger, hammer, match grade barrel, beaver tail. But as I'm sure most of you know it's missing some of the cosmetic frills found on high end 1911's.
I finally got to the range with it the other day and after reading how Springfield and a couple online magazines tout the accuracy, I was still blown away. The trigger is phenomenal and obviously the match grade barrel is for real.
That's 6 shots @ 15 feet.
That's 7 shots @ 21 feet.
Both were blazer brass 230 grain. Even though I am an admitted 40 cal fanboy, this gun has quickly made it's way toward the top of my favorites list. But I suppose hitting what you aim at makes you like a gun lol.
If you're even considering a range officer, do it.
I finally got to the range with it the other day and after reading how Springfield and a couple online magazines tout the accuracy, I was still blown away. The trigger is phenomenal and obviously the match grade barrel is for real.
That's 6 shots @ 15 feet.
That's 7 shots @ 21 feet.
Both were blazer brass 230 grain. Even though I am an admitted 40 cal fanboy, this gun has quickly made it's way toward the top of my favorites list. But I suppose hitting what you aim at makes you like a gun lol.
If you're even considering a range officer, do it.
I swaged open the bushing to fit the slide more tightly, built up the barrel hood a bit (tig welder) and silver-brazed a shim into the front locking lug recess on the barrel, with heat control past in the bore to prevent scaling.