Difference Between Springfield Loaded and TRP...

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Nalapombu

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I looked at a really nice TRP stainless the other day and at another shop I looked at a Loaded series. See if I am right here. As far as I can tell the only difference in the 2 are that the TRP has a match barrel and bushing and it has a checkered front strap.
Is that all that is different? I know that the TRP is about $400 more.
By the way what is the checkering on the front strap? Is it 20 or 30 LPI?

Thanks for the info.

Nala
 
20 lines on the checkering. You also get night sights, and an extended beveled mainspring housing.I put in Ed Brown hammer, sear, and the gun is the most accurate 1911 I've owned.I like the TRP over the "LOADED" because the "slabs" of the grip frame have been radiused. Springfield might have changed the front of the grip frame on their new LOADEDs, been awhile since I looked.
 
If the...

...TRP is truly a "budget" version of the Professional (ie: using all in-house parts and without the hand-fitting) then it should have an ambi thumb safety, too.
 
Tamara, are you suggesting the TRP is a lesser quality piece in comparision to just the LOADED package?Where did you pick the quote "Budget" from in what Nala and I had talked about?
 
Wunzwas,

I said that the TRP is the "Budget" version of the Professional model. Which it most certainly is.

Therefore, I wondered if it should have an ambi safety like the Professional, which apparently it does.

The basic "Loaded" does not, however, have an Ambi safety.
 
I own both . . . there is a significant difference

I own both a stainless loaded and an ArmoryKote TRP. They are my favorite 1911A1s, comparing most favorable to my Kimber stainless Custom/Classic and my pre-World War II Colt government issue.

The loaded and the TRP are "cousins"; however, the TRP's tangible improvements (night sights, ambidextrous safety, matched barrel/bushing, and so forth) only explain a part of the real differences between the models. I find the loaded to be a first-rate 1911A1 -- reliable, durable, and quite accurate -- but it certainly is not a "semi-custom" handgun. On the other hand, my TRP reaches semi-custom standards: (1) it is tight, (2) the fit and finish are flawless, (3) it is exceptionally accurate, (4) it is so reliable that it has never had (even during break-in) a failure-to-fire or jam, and (5) it is so well made -- and the ArmoryKote finish is so durable -- that I am certain it will last several lifetime of heavy usage without malfunction or corrosion.
 
Hey RWK,

Does that ArmoryKote scratch? I read somewhere (forgot where) that it scratches, but is otherwise very corrosion resistant. I'm considering the stainless TRP, since stainless is stainless to the bone. However, the guys at a local shop say that Springfield's stainess is actually more prone to rust than a regular blued.

If you had to do it over, would you still go with the ArmoryKote?

Thanks.
 
kung-POW . . . Your answer follows:

I absolutely would opt for the ArmoryKote TRP, rather than the stainless. Here’s why:
> I have no evidence whatsoever that ArmoryKote scratches easily -- or at all, for that matter. After over a year (and the TRP is my most carried weapon) there are zero scratches on mine, even small ones. I am not suggesting it cannot happen, but it has not happened to me.
> Blue steel is stronger than stainless and an ArmoryKote TRP is made of blue (ordnance) steel. I feel very comfortable firing +P loads in a full-sized, all ordnance steel 1911A1.
> While both the stainless and the ArmoryKote TRPs look great, I like the lower reflection of the matt finish in night defensive scenarios.
 
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