I noticed on Rugers website under "new" they have full sized lightweight 1911 Model 6792 with an msrp of $799 but I've seen it listed for as low as $579 with free shipping. How could you go wrong at that price like what am I missing? I wasn't wanting a lw model tbh but at that price point I find myself wanting it. Is that a crazy good deal or am I missing something? I'm not sure if linking to rugers site with info about it is allowed or not so I won't.
Ruger makes a LW full size 1911 now?
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Buzznrose
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I see it in .45 ACP. Is there a 9MM version I cannot find?
It looks like they only offer 9mm I'm the lw commander & officer models but the msrp on those is like $1,259. I wonder why the msrp is so much less on the lw 5" barrel version.
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Grab-A-Gun has it for $600.99 while Bud's has them for $609.99.
I have a Colt Lightweight Government and while I don't usually carry a full size 1911 in .45 ACP anymore; if I had to choose one for a CCW, this gun would be my choice.
Grab-A-Gun has it for $600.99 while Bud's has them for $609.99.
I have a Colt Lightweight Government and while I don't usually carry a full size 1911 in .45 ACP anymore; if I had to choose one for a CCW, this gun would be my choice.
There are some links we wouldn't allow, but I don't think this one is a problem: https://www.ruger.com/products/sr1911Standard/specSheets/6792.html
.45Coltguy
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^^^That is a nice one! Well done Ruger.^^^
Street price might be less.
Street price might be less.
I didn't get a Ruger,but I got a Kimber Custom LW that's probably in the same category.It's a 5 inch aluminum frame,and I think it's a great balance of weight and accuracy.I can shoot it very good and when I carry it,it doesn't try to pull my britches down like an all steel pistol.
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That's the same way I felt when I first picked up the Lightweight Government; the balance and the way it handled with the aluminum frame were great!
That's the same way I felt when I first picked up the Lightweight Government; the balance and the way it handled with the aluminum frame were great!
fastbolt
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If someone is interested in owning/carrying an aluminum-framed 1911, but has never had the opportunity to shoot one, it might behoove them to try and find a way to try one out before spending the money.
I bought a Lightweight Commander as a young man, but foolishly traded it away for a Combat Commander. I was concerned about the durability of the Coltalloy frame, since I was an avid handloader and did a lot of shooting. I read an article (American Handgunner) in the late 70's about a 5,000 endurance test , but was still a bit leery. One of my youthful choices I came to regret.
After I entered LE my father gifted me a Star PD, which fed and functioned with the JHP's I used, and it was a nifty off-duty weapon. I can't remember why I traded it back to him, but I did, which was another youthful mistake.
In the mid 2000's I ordered a S&W SW1911SC with a 5" barrel. It was the once made with the stainless slide and light finished Scandium alloyed, forged aluminum frame. I bought a Colt XSE stainless Government the same year. Both were bought from the companies using student discounts after completing a couple armorer classes. That SW1911SC 5" was the gun I wished had been available as a young man.
I have several 1911's, and while I really like the way the all-stainless XSE handles and shoots, the SW1911SC is lighter and easier on the hip ... while the 5" slide/barrel length still offers enough slide mass to make it very well balanced and controllable. I almost ordered the "Commander" length model, and then later considered ordering one of the Enhanced SW1911's with the Scandium aluminum frames, but I was distracted by other things and missed the window to buy them under the (discontinued) armorer purchase program.
I bought a Lightweight Commander as a young man, but foolishly traded it away for a Combat Commander. I was concerned about the durability of the Coltalloy frame, since I was an avid handloader and did a lot of shooting. I read an article (American Handgunner) in the late 70's about a 5,000 endurance test , but was still a bit leery. One of my youthful choices I came to regret.
After I entered LE my father gifted me a Star PD, which fed and functioned with the JHP's I used, and it was a nifty off-duty weapon. I can't remember why I traded it back to him, but I did, which was another youthful mistake.
In the mid 2000's I ordered a S&W SW1911SC with a 5" barrel. It was the once made with the stainless slide and light finished Scandium alloyed, forged aluminum frame. I bought a Colt XSE stainless Government the same year. Both were bought from the companies using student discounts after completing a couple armorer classes. That SW1911SC 5" was the gun I wished had been available as a young man.
I have several 1911's, and while I really like the way the all-stainless XSE handles and shoots, the SW1911SC is lighter and easier on the hip ... while the 5" slide/barrel length still offers enough slide mass to make it very well balanced and controllable. I almost ordered the "Commander" length model, and then later considered ordering one of the Enhanced SW1911's with the Scandium aluminum frames, but I was distracted by other things and missed the window to buy them under the (discontinued) armorer purchase program.
