What's wrong with the SR1911?
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I've had one since last April. Its a great gun for the price ($619) and has never hiccuped with any and all kinds of ammo put thru it. I've changed grips added a MSH with a magwell and put Novak night sights on it for HD. It looks good and shoots POA as well as my Kimber TACII or Wilson Protector!!It took a year to iron out all of the glitches the Kimber kept coming up with.
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Nakanokalronin
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It's a great 1911 from a company that has been making 1911 and other gun parts for other companies for a long time now. Recall talk nonsense is good for those that want one.
I bought mine when they where first introduced for around $600 before tax. No problems with any mags or ammo.
Look at other Ruger firearms and you'll see that they are competitively priced as well. Yes, lately their team seems to be more of a copy machine than anything else but the guns they produce get gobbled up and are well liked by much more then just Ruger fans. It's hard to come up with firearms that don't mimic each other mechanically but I would like Ruger to at least start making them look like 100% their own design.
I'm not a Ruger fan but I do own quite a few of their firearms. In reality, they're probably the most respected and well thought of American firearms manufacture today. Good pricing, well made, great customer service and highly recommended.....what more can be said?
I bought mine when they where first introduced for around $600 before tax. No problems with any mags or ammo.
Look at other Ruger firearms and you'll see that they are competitively priced as well. Yes, lately their team seems to be more of a copy machine than anything else but the guns they produce get gobbled up and are well liked by much more then just Ruger fans. It's hard to come up with firearms that don't mimic each other mechanically but I would like Ruger to at least start making them look like 100% their own design.
I'm not a Ruger fan but I do own quite a few of their firearms. In reality, they're probably the most respected and well thought of American firearms manufacture today. Good pricing, well made, great customer service and highly recommended.....what more can be said?
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I had a slight hiccup with mine (my wife's, actually lol) at first. If you look at my past threads you'll see what i'm talking about, but cliffnotes is that i had a poorly frame to slide fit initially, due to some slight burrs or something.
After some proper lube and shooting, it has been a GREAT pistol. Ruger told me if i ever have any concerns with it to not hesitate about sending it in, so i haven't let that rough start bother me.
Shoots great, looks great, and nice price. I paid $630 on gunbroker a few weeks after it was announced.
After some proper lube and shooting, it has been a GREAT pistol. Ruger told me if i ever have any concerns with it to not hesitate about sending it in, so i haven't let that rough start bother me.
Shoots great, looks great, and nice price. I paid $630 on gunbroker a few weeks after it was announced.
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Nothing wrong with it but it is what it is. It is a $600 Cast frame forged slide 1911 mass produced here in the US. This is more than enough 1911 for a lot of shooters but lets not make it into more than a nice looking production 1911.
I personally do not like the beavertail shape or the black controls. I would prefer to see it in some sort of duty black over the semi tu-tone look.
I am not in the market for a low to mid end end 1911 so they do not really thrill me but I can understand their appeal for many. I would take on over a Kimber and once the price settles out they will give RIA/STI/SA Loaded market a run for their money.
The reality is at this point they have not produced enough for the market to really know what it is in terms or long term reliablity and fuction. Initial reports are positive but even the reports of 2000+ rounds are only just breaking in the pistol. IMHO
I personally do not like the beavertail shape or the black controls. I would prefer to see it in some sort of duty black over the semi tu-tone look.
I am not in the market for a low to mid end end 1911 so they do not really thrill me but I can understand their appeal for many. I would take on over a Kimber and once the price settles out they will give RIA/STI/SA Loaded market a run for their money.
The reality is at this point they have not produced enough for the market to really know what it is in terms or long term reliablity and fuction. Initial reports are positive but even the reports of 2000+ rounds are only just breaking in the pistol. IMHO
HarcyPervin
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Yes, but we're buying 5 of them at a time.
crracer_712
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I've only got a sniff of one at a gun show since its been out, the dealer sold it the day before to one of his own salesman, 620 was there price, plus tax. I have one on order at my LGS, who has yet to have a supplier get any in, priced it to me at 595 plus tax.
IF I find one at a show, I'll most likely buy it and still buy the one from the LGS. Don't own a 1911, but have been looking them over at the shows since I wanted the Ruger. Found some I like, but won't buy until I have my Ruger. I'm of the group that actually likes the 'two-tone' appointments.
IF I find one at a show, I'll most likely buy it and still buy the one from the LGS. Don't own a 1911, but have been looking them over at the shows since I wanted the Ruger. Found some I like, but won't buy until I have my Ruger. I'm of the group that actually likes the 'two-tone' appointments.
F-111 John
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There are a lot of sub $600 1911s out there, but the draw for me is the price point for stainless.
Murphys Law
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Here is a pretty good review from Hickock45 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAZ5EYxpl2o&feature=player_detailpage
pacpiper
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I just got lucky and snatched up the one and only my LGS received from his distributor. I generally live in a High firearm mark-up area but I'm getting mine for $600 on the nose. It just came in today
So what's wrong? I have to wait until Monday to pick it up :banghead:
So what's wrong? I have to wait until Monday to pick it up :banghead:
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there's 3 available on this site but they are over $800!!
http://www.gunsamerica.com/Search.aspx?T=sr1911
http://www.gunsamerica.com/Search.aspx?T=sr1911
rellascout
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Exactly it is what it is.... nothing more nothing less.
Yep, it is what it is. A fine shooting, good looking, afordable, gun made in the USA. Have about 500 rounds of lead, FMJ, and HP through it without a single FTF or FTE. I really don't know what a 700 dollar gun is supposed to do to impress you. I works for me.
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rellascout
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Looks like and perform like this.....
I have no issues with $700 pistols I just do not think that they should be treated or compared to semi-custom or custom guns as so many people are prone to do.
I have no issues with $700 pistols I just do not think that they should be treated or compared to semi-custom or custom guns as so many people are prone to do.
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Please ingore my ignorance, but what gun is that in the pic. Sure is pretty. However I might suggest that it might be more than $700. I know, a stupid thing to say not knowing what it is. It just looks expensive. Thinking Colt with that cut back butt.
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MICHAEL T
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NYER That a Dan Wesson The bob tail is a Ed Brown design. Wesson used it and today others are also . Helps to conceal the pistol Mine was just shy of $900 when I bought. Today a lot more .
You can have any full size or Commander size done that way . The parts are fairly cheap its the work that is expensive. I belive a LTW Colt Commander bobtailed be about perfect 1911 carry.
You can have any full size or Commander size done that way . The parts are fairly cheap its the work that is expensive. I belive a LTW Colt Commander bobtailed be about perfect 1911 carry.
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I don't know, for me it comes down to this. Will that pistol be more reliable than a Glock? No. Not for that price it isn't, those pistols are just too complex to be able to mass manufacture like that and still get reliability. I don't have a 1911, I used to but not now. It was a Series 70 with a Bomar sight rail for --get this-- $600 at a gunshow in Nashville a decade ago.
If you HAVE to have a 1911 and aren't going to depend on it, I suppose. But I wouldn't bet my life on one, not yet. Let others do the "Beta" testing. I'm just not game for that.
You could come out with the MOST reliable and accurate pistol in the world tomorrow and sell it for $500 and I wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole for at least a few years, probably more. That is just how I am though.
See, I was VERY interested in that RFB that Keltec made, but obviously suspicous. I waited, and good thing too.
For $600 I just got a 1006 Smith 10mm and it doesn't jam or give me grief. It also has a reputation for being a tank and the most powerful 10mm handgun you can get (saying you load for it). What I'm getting at is you can't buy reputation.
When I think of Ruger, I think of 10/22's and Mk3's. I have a 10/22, always have and always will. The wife and I are planning on an S&H integrally suppressed Mk3, and I think she wants one of the Hunter models. Others swear by their bolt guns and they have some cool falling blocks, but everyone is getting on the AR and 1911 bandwagon --so be careful.
If you HAVE to have a 1911 and aren't going to depend on it, I suppose. But I wouldn't bet my life on one, not yet. Let others do the "Beta" testing. I'm just not game for that.
You could come out with the MOST reliable and accurate pistol in the world tomorrow and sell it for $500 and I wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole for at least a few years, probably more. That is just how I am though.
See, I was VERY interested in that RFB that Keltec made, but obviously suspicous. I waited, and good thing too.
For $600 I just got a 1006 Smith 10mm and it doesn't jam or give me grief. It also has a reputation for being a tank and the most powerful 10mm handgun you can get (saying you load for it). What I'm getting at is you can't buy reputation.
When I think of Ruger, I think of 10/22's and Mk3's. I have a 10/22, always have and always will. The wife and I are planning on an S&H integrally suppressed Mk3, and I think she wants one of the Hunter models. Others swear by their bolt guns and they have some cool falling blocks, but everyone is getting on the AR and 1911 bandwagon --so be careful.
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If it does that, fine. But I'm waiting for a few years of a majority of people to say the same thing.
For instance, I won't touch a 4th gen. Glock.
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And a stainless $600 (or whatever) 1911 that's American made. And no forward serrations!
Haters gonna hate. It really seems to burn some people that the Filipinos can make a very servicable 1911 for $500 and are selling all they can make!
And at least one of the folks at the Armscor/Rock Island booth at SHOT was a THR member.
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That is a Dan Wesson CBOB paid $700 give or take for it LNIB. Looked like it had never been fired a few years ago. It has a cast frame like the Ruger does. It used to be the best value on the market for 1911s and sold NIB at $800 to $900 depending on when you bought it. They are now all forged and cost $1100+.
I personally like the Armscorguns more and more each time I see or shoot one. They are made well enough to meet most shooters and you can get one setup like the Ruger for around $450. To me they are the better value. YMMV
I personally like the Armscorguns more and more each time I see or shoot one. They are made well enough to meet most shooters and you can get one setup like the Ruger for around $450. To me they are the better value. YMMV
For anyone who’s been following the SR1911, there have been a lot of reviews showing up as people are getting their hands on them. Obviously, I’m interested, but I figured some following this thread might like a couple in particular:
This was interesting because someone is already talking about trigger modifications (with part numbers):
http://rugerforum.net/ruger-pistols/35780-sr1911-critique.html
Pretty detailed breakdown and more mods:
http://forums.1911forum.com/showthread.php?t=318234
http://forums.1911forum.com/showthread.php?t=320041
And this is an accuracy review from a bench rest at 7, 15, and 25 yards:
http://www.dayattherange.com/?p=1660
This was interesting because someone is already talking about trigger modifications (with part numbers):
http://rugerforum.net/ruger-pistols/35780-sr1911-critique.html
Pretty detailed breakdown and more mods:
http://forums.1911forum.com/showthread.php?t=318234
http://forums.1911forum.com/showthread.php?t=320041
And this is an accuracy review from a bench rest at 7, 15, and 25 yards:
http://www.dayattherange.com/?p=1660
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