Prof Young
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I've been looking to get a better 1911 for a while now. As noted in previous post the search is over as I found an SR1911, stainless steel, 45 acp at Ron and Jo's Firearms in O'Fallon IL.
Picked up the gun a last Thursday. At home I read the manual and lubed the slide and the barrel.
Friday went to range. Was shooting some Winchester "white box" with flat nose and some Seiller and Belloit (sp?) with round nose. All 230g bullets. First range trip I ran about 120 rounds. Only glitch was fail to feed four times on the initial "racking" of the slide. First seven shots, at seven yards, were in about a six inch group.
Yes, seven shots. Advertised as an 8+1 gun, both the magazines that came with it were flush fitting seven round mags. (I'll be calling Ruger to see what they have to say about that.) And those mags had about an 1/8 inch of up and down play when fully loaded and inserted. That may be normal for a 1911. I don't recall it on my Rock Island.
Second range trip no fail to feed, but one unintentional double tap. I had those with my previous 1911 45, a Rock Island, and I thought it was the gun. Apparently, it's me. There must be something about shooting the traditional 1911 in 45 that is different from other guns as they are the only place I've experienced this unintentional double tap phenomena. Could the configuration of the trigger have something to do with that? Most 1911's have a trigger that is not like a lever, but more like a slide. Is there a reason that might lead to my unintentional doubles?
At the end of my second range trip the grips needed some tightening.
The gun came with two mags, a wrench to help field strip, the manual and I think there was a cleaning brush in there but I'm too lazy to go down to the basement and confirm that. Plus the mandatory cheap cable lock, all in a hard sided very nice carrying case. Got it for $949.99, a good deal less than the MSRP suggested on the Ruger web site.
I think this is a gun I will have until I head off to the "shooting range in the sky." The kind of gun you can pass on to your kids and they can pass on to the grandkids.
Pics below.
Thoughts and comments welcome.
Life is good
Prof Young
Picked up the gun a last Thursday. At home I read the manual and lubed the slide and the barrel.
Friday went to range. Was shooting some Winchester "white box" with flat nose and some Seiller and Belloit (sp?) with round nose. All 230g bullets. First range trip I ran about 120 rounds. Only glitch was fail to feed four times on the initial "racking" of the slide. First seven shots, at seven yards, were in about a six inch group.
Yes, seven shots. Advertised as an 8+1 gun, both the magazines that came with it were flush fitting seven round mags. (I'll be calling Ruger to see what they have to say about that.) And those mags had about an 1/8 inch of up and down play when fully loaded and inserted. That may be normal for a 1911. I don't recall it on my Rock Island.
Second range trip no fail to feed, but one unintentional double tap. I had those with my previous 1911 45, a Rock Island, and I thought it was the gun. Apparently, it's me. There must be something about shooting the traditional 1911 in 45 that is different from other guns as they are the only place I've experienced this unintentional double tap phenomena. Could the configuration of the trigger have something to do with that? Most 1911's have a trigger that is not like a lever, but more like a slide. Is there a reason that might lead to my unintentional doubles?
At the end of my second range trip the grips needed some tightening.
The gun came with two mags, a wrench to help field strip, the manual and I think there was a cleaning brush in there but I'm too lazy to go down to the basement and confirm that. Plus the mandatory cheap cable lock, all in a hard sided very nice carrying case. Got it for $949.99, a good deal less than the MSRP suggested on the Ruger web site.
I think this is a gun I will have until I head off to the "shooting range in the sky." The kind of gun you can pass on to your kids and they can pass on to the grandkids.
Pics below.
Thoughts and comments welcome.
Life is good
Prof Young