Ruger Replies About the SR1911!

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MY LGS has had two sales on them since they came out. Last sale just ended October 23rd. My dad said he went in and they had them in stock too.
 
I want one, but I'll wait for the street price to come down. Honestly, before they announced the gun I had an idea of what I wanted for a full size 1911. I want a stainless, non-series 80, with a beaver tail and single side extended safety, long trigger, flat MSH, and NO front slide serration. I was pretty pshyched when I saw this one announced.
 
Bud's has an auction for a "Limited Production Run With Cerakote Slide" SR1911.
12 hours left and the bidding is up to $953.00.........
 
Wow, that is the Talo run that just came out and have an MSRP of $899. I want an SR, but not that bad. I'll wait.
 
I've really thought about getting my name on a list for one. I like the look, I've read some pretty good things, but the mediocre reviews about the accuracy have turned me off a bit. I think I'll revisit that decision once there are additional reviews out there. Hopefully they're actually available by then, haha.
 
Fair question. From everything I've heard (reviews, etc), the gun is beautiful, seems to be exceptionally well made, fit and finish is impeccable, reliability is stellar, trigger is phenomenal, and accuracy is ...mediocre.
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I guess this is the part I do not understand. With only 8,000+ in the market place how can anyone make these kind of statements as if they were fact.

With so few guns in actual shooters hands how can one declare that the reliablity of this gun is stellar?

I have seen reports of casting marks and pits on some of the frames. The ones I have seen did not have these flaws but I have seen pics.

Triggers on the few I have held were nice for a sub $700 production gun bu phenomenal was not the words that came to my mind.

I think that once the hype dies down and the price settles out to where it should be at around $600 we will have the new Kimber. A US origin mass produced 1911 using modern manufacturing techniques, investment casting & mim, with semi-custom like features selling at a attactive price point back by a good company with a stellar CS. If only Kimber could wind back the clock and recapture that magic. LOL
 
Seems the market for 1911 variants is bottomless. Ruger selling all they can make and adding machinery, and the expen$ive Cabot with everything made to date and everything scheduled for next year spoken for at $4000+ a pop. Not to mention custom shops with delivery times in YEARS.
 
Seems the market for 1911 variants is bottomless. Ruger selling all they can make and adding machinery, and the expen$ive Cabot with everything made to date and everything scheduled for next year spoken for at $4000+ a pop. Not to mention custom shops with delivery times in YEARS.
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Yup there is one for everyone and every budget... :D
 
If they've sold all 8,000 and gotten $500 each for them that's only $4 million gross, I'd not bet 3.3 million on more production equipment unless it was usable for other production as well.

OTOH $4 million from equipment you already have is a very nice business.
 
That's 4 MM gross in six months though. I think the demand is there for them to sell quite a few more per year at the current price point.

As for the equipment costs, the biggest expense may well be additional CNC capacity which could be used for almost anything they make.
 
I saw a brief seminar from a Ruger rep a few weeks ago and he had video and pictures of the facility they have put together just for this 1911 in Prescott, AZ. An extra 3.3 million more isn't much compared to what they already have in place. They are expecting big volume for a LONG time with this gun.

I would hope to see some expansion of options available at some point once they get up to speed.

Reliability wise, the above mentioned Ruger rep shot the Gunsite 1911 class with his SR1911 and no one mentioned him having any problems. Don't know if it was straight from the box or what, but 1000 rounds in a class like that is a good test.
 
Count me in if they come out with a 4" model. I hoping with the success they've had with the full size, that they expand.
 
Why not, did Ruger not submit it or did it fail the CA DOJ tests? Just curious.
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Didn't submit it. No LCI, no mag disconnect, no firing pin block. From what I've heard they have no plans to make a Kali model.:(

They can be had legally, but that's extra $$$.
 
Availability wasn't what you quoted. That's merely a patience problem (and I have quite a bit of patience). You quoted price. The ones that are selling when you can find them have been going for about $750 or so - hence why I quoted that price instead of the $600-650 that they're expected to settle to once demand is satisfied.
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Oh, Ok. you are right, if we include guns that will come out in the future but arent available yet. In fact one day, I predict Ruger SR1911s will be absolutely worthless, if you are willing to project this discussion far enough out into the future.
 
Oh, Ok. you are right, if we include guns that will come out in the future but arent available yet. In fact one day, I predict Ruger SR1911s will be absolutely worthless, if you are willing to project this discussion far enough out into the future.
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You're still trying to reframe the discussion. You didn't say that a Colt was easier to find. You said Colts with the same features was selling for less. They're not. If you are willing to pay a slight premium (which I was even nice enough to add to the stated price - about $750) you CAN get Rugers now. Even factoring in the inflated prices you need to pay if you just HAVE to have one right now, your statement still doesn't hold true.

That said, once demand is satisfied the prices WILL come down. We're not exactly talking about time frames that it would take for plastic bottles to decompose or mountains to crumble here - the gun's only been available for 6 months for goodness sakes. Colt's had 100 years to deal with their initial spike in demand. In 12-18 months buying an SR1911 will be as easy as deciding you want one.

All in all, your initial point was about price, and when challenged on that rather than backing up your point with data, you've tried to claim that it doesn't matter that you're wrong because Rugers are harder to find - a point of contention that wasn't in the original statement, and one that many will find irrelevant. IE, my granddad used to have a favorite saying "I've got more time than I do money.". If waiting a bit longer (or doing something yourself) saves money, then to many the wait is nothing to worry about.
 
You're still trying to reframe the discussion. You didn't say that a Colt was easier to find. You said Colts with the same features was selling for less. They're not. If you are willing to pay a slight premium (which I was even nice enough to add to the stated price - about $750) you CAN get Rugers now. Even factoring in the inflated prices you need to pay if you just HAVE to have one right now, your statement still doesn't hold true.

That said, once demand is satisfied the prices WILL come down. We're not exactly talking about time frames that it would take for plastic bottles to decompose or mountains to crumble here - the gun's only been available for 6 months for goodness sakes. Colt's had 100 years to deal with their initial spike in demand. In 12-18 months buying an SR1911 will be as easy as deciding you want one.

All in all, your initial point was about price, and when challenged on that rather than backing up your point with data, you've tried to claim that it doesn't matter that you're wrong because Rugers are harder to find - a point of contention that wasn't in the original statement, and one that many will find irrelevant. IE, my granddad used to have a favorite saying "I've got more time than I do money.". If waiting a bit longer (or doing something yourself) saves money, then to many the wait is nothing to worry about.
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Oh my god.
 
I like the Ruger 1911, pretty sure it will be my first 1911. Either that or the Springfield Range Officer.
 
Its like a wild goose chase - on another forum, a poster from Florence, Arizona said all of the LGS's in his area have them on the shelf. I replied what stores? Got names? and he has not answered yet.
So I call all the stores I can find from Florence Yellow Pages and not one of them say they have any. :mad:
 
It is good to see they are genuinely trying to keep up with the high demand.

I have pretty much made up my mind that my first 1911 will be this Ruger. I may have to wait a year or so to buy one at a decent price, but that's ok.

Ruger truly does have some expert marketing managers by the way. They are able to build demand like no one else.
 
The SR1911 is set at a very attractive price made by an American company that has been making 1911 components for other manufactures for years. Add the build quality of the SR1911 and its no wonder why so many people want it. I'm glad to see that they are getting the necessary equipment to boost production runs but I hope they still take the time to make them right. We don't want it turning into a situation where they rush them out the door without proper QC like many other companies seem to do these days.

I'm glad I got mine the first week they where introduced for around $600 from my LGS. ;)

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So how is it, Nakanokalronin? I've heard that there's little to complain about aside from mediocre accuracy.

Which, for me at least, is a complete deal breaker...
 
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