Need some advice on which 1911 to buy.


Terminal Lance

Terminal Lance

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I'm thinking about passing on buying a shotgun and instead really wanting to buy a 1911.. Now I know the best way for me to make said decision is to shoot both models myself, but i was hoping i could get some insight/reviews from some of you. I'm looking to either get a Springfield Armory 1911, or a Ruger 1911...Ive heard excellent things about both but I'm just interested in what some owners have to say about each. Feed back appreciated.

Your friendly neighborhood grunt.
 

If those are your only choices. Go with the Springfield.
I'd look into STI though. They arent as well known but make a
Great 1911!! I carry the escort every day and love it. It shoots like
A dream.
 
Agree ....go with Springfield Armory . STI is good too but can be a bit pricey.

If your looking for just a 1911 style gun also look into the Kimber. I have a Custom II.
But if your looking for just a .45 then take a look at the S&W M&P 45 Full size. It's a great gun. To make it even better I installed an Apex Duty/Carry Action Enhancement Kit. It shoots like a dream.

Happy shopping
 
For the price, go with a Springfield. GI or MIL-Spec goes for around $500.00 in SC. Kimber/S&W 800.00/1000.00. All are great but I choose Springfield for cost. If it's good enough for the Military, it' good enough for me. ALSO have to add it's what I carried in the NAVY, kinda have a attachment to it.
 
Springfield Makes a great 1911 with minimal flaws. Its a little sloppy at the trigger, the guide rod could have a little better tolerances,but all in all Springfield Makes great weapons. Now to Ruger I own an few of them P90,P95,P345 They are all great weapons.They are realiable weapons,I never had a serious Problem. The new Ruger 1911 is all Ametican made. I went to my local gun shop and shot one.I was impressed with it.at 20 yards it had a nice group with generic ammo (Wolf 230 gr. FMJ) what really impressed me was the make up of the whole weapon. It looks like Ruger did their homework. And the cost really threw me back at $599.00 just a small note to you Remington's new R 1911 is also a nice weapon at $599.00 I did not shoot it but did take a good look at it, and I was equally impressed with it's make up.I forgot to mention that I own the Springfield GI/ MIL SPEC 1911 in the 4in. It cost me $565.00 when I purchased it in 2009 it has never failed me even under some harsh conditions Rain, Mud, Snow & Ice I carry it while Deer & Bear hunting as my back up the only work I have had done to it is.I had the Ejection Port worked on to give a little more toleranence to Military Ammo. Mine is Parkerized in the finish also comes in Stainless, and OD Green but over all I'm very Satisfied with it.hope this helps you Good Luck.
 
Umm. I recommend Sig Sauer's 1911. A good, solid well made lower end version is the XO. Mine's been fired at least 10,000 times with no problems whatsoever.
 
I've fell in love with Ruger's new 1911. It's a beauty.
Started saving my pennies for one. Check it out before you buy.
 
The Ruger is getting excellent reviews and comparing it to a Brazilian made Springfield Loaded I go with the Ruger.
If your looking at a USA made Springfield Loaded I'd but the quality, fit and finish at about equal and go with the best price.
 
ok guys everyone put there own 2 cents on this one. Terminal Lance is asking a valid question but we added a bit to much info.

I guess he is going to be in the same boat now, after all the info overload...

So He is looking at the Springfield and Ruger 1911. Both companies are US companies. Ruger makes guns that are built like tanks
and Springfield does the same.

if he is looking for price Ruger has the best price and options.
Springfield has higher prices than Ruger.

The guns looks the same and the triggers are almost the same. For a beginer you are not going to notice the trigger and refinement between the 2 guns...! Now for Sig1911....10k rounds thru your gun...can I ask how long have you had your gun? and how often do you shoot it? must have big pockets or reload alot.
I have a 1911 micro GI for 2yrs ( I go to the range 1 or 2 times a week and shoot at least 50 - 100rounds max) I also carry it so I have about 3k+ rounds thru it.

I also just got the Ruger 1911 2 weeks ago and shot 100 rds thru it.

The choice is going to be yours go check them out and feel them..that is the best advice that I can give you.

any one you choose will be a good 1911...and it is going to be your choice. :)
 
Oh man! Terminal! I LOVE IT! Which to buy? You ask that on a forum like this! This will be 500 posts with 200 different suggestions! LOL

I think you started it by saying shoot both! Yup. You knew the answer to your own question. Or BUY BOTH!:biggrin:
 
Stingray - The Sig 1911 was my first gun - I got it for Mother's Day in 2009, so a little over 2 years ago. I go shooting almost every weekend at the range and often put 100 or so rounds through it then. Also, I shoot competitively (well, not very) with a practical shooting club. We go through at least 150-175 rounds a weekend, although that's not every weekend. And I am in a handgun martial arts club, and we have night shoots where we go through 300-400 rounds. So yeah, since May 2009, 10,000 rounds sounds about right. I think it needs a new spring :)
 
The STI Spartan MSRP is about $700.00 the Ruger will set you back a couple hundred more for the name and not having a full length guide rod.
 
Terminal Lance said:
I'm thinking about passing on buying a shotgun and instead really wanting to buy a 1911.. Now I know the best way for me to make said decision is to shoot both models myself, but i was hoping i could get some insight/reviews from some of you. I'm looking to either get a Springfield Armory 1911, or a Ruger 1911...Ive heard excellent things about both but I'm just interested in what some owners have to say about each. Feed back appreciated.

Your friendly neighborhood grunt.
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As I have no experience with the Ruger 1911 all I can say is this: Think new product bugs.

With the Springfield you MUST be picky. I've owned several Springer 1911's and 3 of them have had "little" problems. My GI Champion had the firing pin port drilled off-set (wasn't supposed to be), so to keep the shifted primer impacts down, they installed a different barrel cam that was slightly too big and wouldn't allow me to "tune" the pistol at all. This was discovered during the custom work and I was ticked! Correcting the problem meant it would never cycle Remington ammo ever again.

Another problem I had was an ILS failure straight out of the box. Fired 2 mags through it, field stripped, cleaned, reassembled, function check....and it wouldn't work any longer. The ILS (Internal Locking System) froze up the pistol and I hadn't even used it. Typically these will fail when they're engaged. The armor corrected it and the ILS mainspring housing was immediately replaced with one from Cylinder and Slide.

My last issue was a trigger on a Milspec that was failing to properly engage. It simply wasn't checked when installed from the factory. Springfield corrected it without issue.

So choose wisely with the Springfield products. A proper firing cycle and disassembled inspection will tell you a lot. Rule of thumb is that if you're going custom, buy custom from the factory and be done with it, you can wrap up a lot more cost in a build than if you buy factory custom.

That said, the ONLY way to go on a full factory custom is: Sig Sauer 1911 Platinum.
There is nothing else out there that feels as nice or shoots as nice as the Platinum edition Sig 1911.

*If memory serves, Springfield hasn't made a complete 1911 in the US for quite some time. The parts are all made out of country and assembled here or the entire pistol is imported.
 
I am new here, but I daily carry the Springfield Armory Loaded model, and it's a great starter 1911, it has many of the features of the higher end models, but is very affordable. It's a great way to enter the 1911 world.
 
Well my 2 cents is I bought a SA TRP 1911 and it was worth every penny. Alot of people talk alot of bad things about the high end 1911's but ive never regretted mine for a second. The grips are perfect the mag well is flawless for speed, trigger pull feels natural and obvious there is no resistance. The trijicon night sights are unreal in the dark, the gun is beautiful to look at and gets overwhelming attention at the range. On top of that I can hit a torso at 100yds with good ammo easily. I saved a long time to get it, and it was worth the wait. Theres a good reason the Professional is the contract used by the FBI and theres a good reason the TRP is based off that platform.

Theres also a point to be made that if you try to cut corners and save money you just might get a lemon
Then again I kinda love 1911's. Get a Les Baer. Hehe.
 
If the choice was only between those two, I'd go with the Springfield. I'm sure, like most of their new products, the Ruger has some bugs that need to be ironed out. I've got a Springfield M1911 that was purchased as a stock commercial grade gun. It's now my bullseye ball gun and is extremely accurate and reliable.

If you've never owned an M1911 before, you might want to look into the Rock Island guns. They're very reasonably priced and have a good reputation. Before I got laid off a couple of years ago, I was looking at one of their .38 Supers. I'm back to work now and am thinking about one again.
 
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