{"id":3353,"date":"2012-04-20T02:50:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-20T02:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2012\/04\/20\/for-buy-gun-day\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:18:18","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:18:18","slug":"for-buy-gun-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=3353","title":{"rendered":"For Buy A Gun Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

I had forgotten about National Buy A Gun Day but one of my local dealers obviously did not. Months ago – at least eight by my count – I had asked him that if he ever got a Ruger SR1911 in stock to give me a call and he did.<\/p>\n

I was on my way to the 2012 Annual Meeting in St. Louis but the dealer graciously held it for me until yesterday. I picked it up for $700 plus tax which I thought was quite reasonable. This was the first SR1911 I had seen in the flesh outside of the 2011 Annual Meeting.<\/p>\n

You can see the right side of the pistol below. I weighed it with an empty magazine and it comes in at 39.5 ounces. It is a hefty pistol but feels good in the hand.<\/p>\n

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\nHere is a picture of the left side. I like how the stainless steel is a low glare finish and that the Ruger on the slide in not obnoxiously large.<\/p>\n

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\nI measured the trigger pull with a Timney trigger pull guage and it is consistent at 5.25 pounds.<\/p>\n

I field-stripped it tonight and the inside is well finished. I did not see any signs of machining marks or, at least, any that were glaringly obvious.<\/p>\n

All in all, I’m delighted. I can’t wait to take it out this weekend and start breaking it in. I think the SR1911 is a lot of pistol for the money.<\/p>\n

Now to get a nice holster for it. I suggested that this might be something the Complementary Spouse could get me for my upcoming birthday and she thought it was a great idea.<\/p>\n

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