Re: Ruger making a 1911
I think with handgun manufactures, the better question is who is NOT making a version of the 1911? I love the 1911 and I use one for work (SS Springfield) but everyone is making a copy of it, some good some not so good. I guess that's a pretty good complement to a design that is based of a 100 year old design.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: ArmaHeavy</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The reason I'm skeptical is this.
It's the 1911. You either pay homage to the original design, and make a stellar pistol, or you start say things like "creativity", and "new ideas", and then you wonder why the only people that don't want to tar and feather you are writers from gun magazines, who end up giving you a cheery, neutral, extremely non-biased review, mainly out of fear either pissing off a major gun maker, or their loss at being able to shoot more rounds and getting paid for it.
I'll wait until I see it. I won't hold my breath, and if it turns into an erector set before construction then I'll know that someone thought they were smarter than John Browning. </div></div>
I agree 100% with this.
I do find it nice to see that Ruger is keeping with the more traditional configuration. It lacks the "80 Series" type safeties, it uses the GI type recoil spring guide, internal extractor... The frame is cast but so are all of the Ruger 77's and I i may be wrong but I think Caspian and Para frames are cast too not forged.
I can't say I'd buy one right now but I would like so see more information on it and how it holds up and stacks up to the rest of the 1911's out there.
JMC