JackBull
Hunter
Ruger revolvers can be had in Blue or Stainless Steel but the 1911's mostly all Stainless. Why?
Why Doesn't Ruger Make More Blue 1911s
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Thats a nitride finish on that Talo edition
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JackBull
Hunter
"the 1911's mostly all Stainless."
thats right, after I 'retired' my 1962 NM Gold Cup, soon as the SR1911 came out ,my dealer , Bill E., appleman here on the forum, got me one and I prefer the stainless for all around, wear and tear, etc........it was a no brainer for us, yes as noted "marketing",,,found that out many years ago also with Dan Wesson Arms, when the old man was alive, never made a stainless, 14- or 15-2 , he didn't like it from a manufacturing standpoint, but right after Mr Wesson passed away the first thing they did was come out with the stainless version...........I miss my evening talks with him in the basement of the old school house in Monson,Mass., may he rest in Peace
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GasGuzzler
Hawkeye
Unsure but it's the reason I don't own one of their 1911's. Sacrilege to get one in stainless.
Actually it says " slide material" mostly all stainless and it stated the color a BLACK. It helps to actually read all of what is written rather than part of it. The OP asked about a blue or stainless. It IS stainless only BLACK
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JackBull
Hunter
I quoted my original post, which says noting about the slide. FYI I am the OP
glider
Bearcat
The Ruger 1911 is a workhorse and stainless stands up to use better than anything else and of course rust isn't an issue!
GasGuzzler
Hawkeye
Yep but 1911's aren't supposed to be stainless.
Nor 22LR, 9mm, 40 S&W, 10MM, 357Mag, 50GI and probably 10 other cartridges. But, here we are.
...and with that logic pencils should only be two pieces of juniper stick on the sides of a piece of graphite....how dare they make pencils different today than the original in the 1500s....
Well I believe it should never been made for those cartridges. It should only be made in 45 Automatic Colt Pistol and the original Super 38, not the 38 Super they call it now.Nor 22LR, 9mm, 40 S&W, 10MM, 357Mag, 50GI and probably 10 other cartridges. But, here we are.
So there! LOL
GasGuzzler
Hawkeye
I shot my Parkerized 1911 today for the first time in years and sure didn't miss stainless steel.
I apologize in advance because I'm not going to be able to answer your question. Personally, I only look for stainless steel handguns. If I own a blued steel handgun, it's simply because I couldn't find one in stainless steel, or I got an insanely good price on the blued one. If I have a blued steel handgun, I'm just paranoid that I'm going to cause blue wear, and God forbid should I mar the finish in some way. Stainless steel doesn't show wear much, normally doesn't rust with minimal care, and it's actually pretty easy to repair should you mar it in some way. It just makes the experience of owning so much easier. Out of the 10 handguns that I own only 2 are blued steel. One I inherited from my brother and the other is a Super Single-Six Convertible that I bought at a stellar price and I very seldom saw one in stainless steel at a decent price.
I believe based on what i have previously heard around Newport was that they made a conscious decision to only build stainless steel 1911’s to differentiate themselves as they knew they were VERY late to the party.
SR1911’s are built in Prescott, AZ. Unlike Newport and Mayodan they have limited bluing tank process/capacity. So think it is just easier to do stainless, or other metal finishing that is farmed out.
