revhigh said:The Wall said:I would have just went out and got a Springfield Range Officer. 8)revhigh said:As are stainless 1911's ...
REV
Me too .... no doubt about it ... but then it wouldn't be a Ruger .... which seems to matter to most here .... to me ... almost any 1911 is good enough for defense work ... no matter the brand .... when it comes to target/range work ... that's another story.
Bottom line ... 1911's are 1911's .... people who say this brand is junk or that brand is junk when it comes to 1911's are fools .... you may prefer a certain brand over another one, but if someone put 10 1911's in your hand from 10 different brands (and you couldn't READ what it said on the slide) .... you couldn't tell the difference .... hell ... you really couldn't tell the difference even if you shot them not knowing which was which.
REV
Yes you can.
Cast guns make a sort of "clunk-clunk" sound when you work the slide fast. Forged-steel guns sound more like "clank-clank". When dry-fired, the hammer falls sound different too.
Me thinks that that is because forged is denser than cast, but I could be wrong about that part.
DGW