Howdy everyone,
I've been saving pennies for a while and finally have enough for a firearm I've been wanting for a long time, the venerable 1911. I've always wanted one in my collection. Not for any particular reason other than just to have.
I've always been a huge Ruger fan so I'm looking at their SR1911s. I've got it narrowed down to 2, the standard and the target both in the government size.
From what I understand they are both pretty standard 1911s with the series 70 slide. The only difference is the standard has wood looking grips and drift adjustable rear sight and the target has G10 grips and a bomar style adjustable rear sight. I can get the target for 10 bucks less believe it or not. This handgun won't have much of a use outside of paper punching and riding around in the pickup when I'm out in the hills.
I'm curious what everyone thinks of one versus the other. Pros and cons maybe or just general thoughts.
One of my concerns is I'm not sure how tough the bomar type sight is so I was debating buying the standard and then buying my own adjustable sight later on. Another is the plunger tube. I don't know what it would take to damage one but I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to have it repaired if I were to somehow damage it.
I've been saving pennies for a while and finally have enough for a firearm I've been wanting for a long time, the venerable 1911. I've always wanted one in my collection. Not for any particular reason other than just to have.
I've always been a huge Ruger fan so I'm looking at their SR1911s. I've got it narrowed down to 2, the standard and the target both in the government size.
From what I understand they are both pretty standard 1911s with the series 70 slide. The only difference is the standard has wood looking grips and drift adjustable rear sight and the target has G10 grips and a bomar style adjustable rear sight. I can get the target for 10 bucks less believe it or not. This handgun won't have much of a use outside of paper punching and riding around in the pickup when I'm out in the hills.
I'm curious what everyone thinks of one versus the other. Pros and cons maybe or just general thoughts.
One of my concerns is I'm not sure how tough the bomar type sight is so I was debating buying the standard and then buying my own adjustable sight later on. Another is the plunger tube. I don't know what it would take to damage one but I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to have it repaired if I were to somehow damage it.