Thoughts on Ruger SR1911 in 9mm

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  • Tankerdave

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    Looking at a Ruger SR1911 LW Commander in 9mm. Would like opinions and anyone's experience with this hand gun, good or bad. Not real familiar with the 1911 platform.
     

    Hopper

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    I picked one up last Fall after they had been out a few months, and LOVE it. It's one of my favorites, and pretty rare that it doesn't go into the range bag on every trip. Sights were dead-on POA = POI right out of the box, and the trigger was really nice and crisp as well. I did change a couple things, such as swapping out the rubber grips (which are just fine BTW) for wood. I also changed out the somewhat sluggish stock 10# recoil spring for a 14# spring, which cured what felt like a lazy slide action. No malfunctions, and the trigger keeps getting better and better. Plenty accurate too, and for the price, it's fun to plink with, barely any recoil, and never fails to make anyone who shoots it grin. Definitely one of my favorite purchases over the last couple years.

    I've thought about going down to a 12# recoil spring, as very very rarely I get an occasional failure to lock the slide back on the last round. But so far, it's so infrequent (could even be one particular magazine) that I think I'm going to leave the 14# spring in place. FWIW, the factory 10# spring works fine, but as mentioned earlier, gave sort of a sluggish, lazy feeling action when the slide cycled.

    I completely recommend this purchase, I don't think you will be disappointed at all!

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    Tankerdave

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    Thanks Chris




























    Thanks ChrisK and Hopper for the info. Great to get your hands on experience with the Ruger. It looks like a well made handgun and should do well for me. Hopefully I will find out in the near future, thanks again.
     

    88E30M50

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    9mm 1911s are a whole lot of fun to shoot. I don't know that I'd carry one, but for a fun day at the range, it's hard to find fault in an inexpensive 1911 to run.
     

    Osprey

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    I have one and love it. Shoots great. I like the slide because it is easy to rack it. I was going to change the grips with some G10s but one of the screws is stripped and I'm too lazy to get it out. The original ones work great anyway.
     

    Tankerdave

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    Thank you 357Terms, 88E30M50, sharpetop and Osprey for your info. Will use it all to make a good decision. Thanks again to everyone who replied.
     

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