I have gone round and round with 1911's. The reliability of the platform had been my problem. Well a local website had a Colt XSE govt for $875. (as you saw in my other thread) The problem was, it wasn't exactly what I wanted. I was looking for a commander.
Being bit by the 1911 bug, I started hunting. Fast forward 2 hours, and I'm walking out of a gun store 100 miles from home with a brand new STI Ranger II. It was closest to what i was looking for. Man this thing is nice. I just have a few question about some changes I want to make.....
On a $1100 gun, you think they could afford a metal main spring housing. Ed Brown makes a chainlink one that appears to match the front strap stippling. My question is,
how well does the blueing of the Ed Brown match the STI? I like my guns to have clean lines and everything match. It bugs me when I see guns that look like an old lady's refrigerator magnet collection.
Insert above paragraph but apply to the plastic trigger. I think I like the solid long triggers but open to suggestions. As long as i get to keep the sweet trigger pull it came with.
Sights. It came with black on black. At first I didn't like em. They are starting to grow on me. I need to shoot it some more. Right now I am leaning towards STI's night sights. The ones with horizontal bar on the rear sight and dot for the front.
Keep in mind I am gun shy about affecting reliability. Anything done cannot impact it in any way. I have dabbled in AR building, and have some mechanical snap to me.
Any and all help or suggestions are welcome.
Being bit by the 1911 bug, I started hunting. Fast forward 2 hours, and I'm walking out of a gun store 100 miles from home with a brand new STI Ranger II. It was closest to what i was looking for. Man this thing is nice. I just have a few question about some changes I want to make.....
On a $1100 gun, you think they could afford a metal main spring housing. Ed Brown makes a chainlink one that appears to match the front strap stippling. My question is,
how well does the blueing of the Ed Brown match the STI? I like my guns to have clean lines and everything match. It bugs me when I see guns that look like an old lady's refrigerator magnet collection.
Insert above paragraph but apply to the plastic trigger. I think I like the solid long triggers but open to suggestions. As long as i get to keep the sweet trigger pull it came with.
Sights. It came with black on black. At first I didn't like em. They are starting to grow on me. I need to shoot it some more. Right now I am leaning towards STI's night sights. The ones with horizontal bar on the rear sight and dot for the front.
Keep in mind I am gun shy about affecting reliability. Anything done cannot impact it in any way. I have dabbled in AR building, and have some mechanical snap to me.
Any and all help or suggestions are welcome.
