Just ordered a Ruger SR1911 10mm

[Hamopr]

Placed an order today with Buds Gunshop for a new stainless SR1911. I'm not one to rush out and start modifying a gun willy-nilly but the black front sight gives me some concern.

For those of you who wn or shoot this gun I would appreciate your comments regarding the front sight. I have a 1911 sight pusher so am pretty confident that I can change the sight. With 68 year old eyes I would like to have something easy to pick up. I like the fiber optic sight front sight but have always wanted to try a gold bead.

Appreciate any/all suggestions. I'm ok with the rear sight as is.

Nick

[cgreth]

I have 52 year old eyes. 

Just replaced my black front sight on my Witness Stock III with a Dawson red fiber optic.   It is amazing!!   
I've had gold beads on rifles, never on pistols - so i can't say much about them, but I would say give a fiber optic a try.

People say they break easy.   But at least with the Dawson one it seems to be pretty well enclosed with steel.  I have enough extra sections of fiber optic rod to redo it at least 6 more times before i would have to get more.

[4949shooter]

Congrats on the prospective purchase. 

Looking forward to a range report and pics.

[SA4044]

Very cool! Congrats!

[Hamopr]

OK, great day here, picked up my Ruger SR1911 10MM from Queen City Arms (New Richmond, OH), great folks to do business with. Brought it home, field stripped and cleaned. The barrel seemed to have an excessive amount of soot if Ruger only fires one bullet.

Checked it for function and all seems well until I lock the slide back on an empty magazine. At that point I cannot operate the slide lock lever nor will the slide travel to the rear to slingshot back to battery. It's like the slide is locked in that one position. Remove the magazine and the slide operates normally, releases with the slide lock lever or by slingshot method.

I tried with Colt Delta Elite magazines and they work fine, slide locks back and releases normally either with the lever or by slingshot.

Anyone else seen this problem?

[Rick R]

Did they send it with a .45acp magazine? I tried a .45 CMC mag in mine and it was a similar experience.   Works fine with the eight rounders that came with it along with some CMC and Wilson 10mm mags I had in my box o'stuff.

I'll probably end up having Novak's put a tritium front sight with the white outline on mine. I have that on another gun and it works for my 58 year old eyes.

FWIW This SR1911 is one of the most accurate pistols I've ever shot. I think you're going to like it.

[Hamopr]

Rick,

No, both mags are marked 10mm and look identical to my Colt mags except for the stamped groove on either side. The Colt mag groove runs out well at the feed lips but the Ruger mag groove is not as pronounced at the feed lips, more like a small wave in the metal. This may not be the problem but the groove runs right beside the slide lock lever.

I may call Customer Service tomorrow to get their take on the problem.

[sqlbullet]

Mine does not have that issue. 

And I got mine to the range and it runs like a house on fire.  Not even a bobble.  Makes me big smile.

[sep]

Can't speak to the Ruger 1911 but you asked about front sights. I'm 52 as well, so black front sights don't work well for me.

I've put Dawson Precision fiber optic front sights on my STI Perfect 10 and filed the rear sight notch a little wider so I could more easily pick up the target. I also put Dawson's on my Glock G40. My Dan Wesson comes with an excellent tritium/fiber optic front sight. I have also put fiber optics on all my revolvers and my 22 pistols also wear them. I tried a gold bead on my S&W 629 and just couldn't pick up the front sight as easy as I could with the fiber optic. I prefer green fiber optics to red but both work pretty well. Dawson Precision sends you replacement red and green rods with the front sight purchase so you can change them out if you like.       

[mope540]

Rick,

No, both mags are marked 10mm and look identical to my Colt mags except for the stamped groove on either side. The Colt mag groove runs out well at the feed lips but the Ruger mag groove is not as pronounced at the feed lips, more like a small wave in the metal. This may not be the problem but the groove runs right beside the slide lock lever.

I may call Customer Service tomorrow to get their take on the problem.

Congrats on the purchase...and thanks for the heads up on the mag issue. I hope the problem gets squared away. I bought a 10mm SR1911 on Saturday, and I'll be picking it up this afternoon. I'll let you know if it has the same issue.

[Hamopr]

Haven't made it to the range yet, hopefully this week. I replaced the main spring housing yesterday with an arched model in black but smooth finish. We'll see how that works as most of my 1911 pattern guns have checkering on the arched mainspring housing.

After finishing with the MSH I started looking at the slide release with and without a magazine inserted. An empty mag holds the slide release up firmly and takes considerable effort to pull the slide lock down to release the slide.  I'm thinking the spring tension in the mag is pretty strong creating this situation. I'll load both mags to full capacity for a couple of days to see if that decreases the tension a bit. Without the mag inserted the slide release moves easily. I think the mags and the SR1911 need some break in, hoping to shoot it this week.

Nick

[sqlbullet]

MIne runs 100%. About 40 rounds so far, so not a huge sample size.

[GunBugBit]

Checked it for function and all seems well until I lock the slide back on an empty magazine. At that point I cannot operate the slide lock lever nor will the slide travel to the rear to slingshot back to battery. It's like the slide is locked in that one position. Remove the magazine and the slide operates normally, releases with the slide lock lever or by slingshot method.

Your gun is probably fine, but with a 1911, especially one that's had  trigger job, you don't want to slingshot the slide nor otherwise let it drop on an empty chamber.  It bounces the sear engagement point on the hammer face.  Also, it's a best practice to hold the trigger down when working the slide (when it's unloaded of course).

[Hamopr]

Your gun is probably fine, but with a 1911, especially one that's had  trigger job, you don't want to slingshot the slide nor otherwise let it drop on an empty chamber.  It bounces the sear engagement point on the hammer face.  Also, it's a best practice to hold the trigger down when working the slide (when it's unloaded of course).

I have no doubts the gun is fine, I consider this a minor issue that most likely will self correct with a few dozen rounds down range. If not, it's certainly a minor bit of tuning.

I learned a long time ago not to let the slide drop on an empty chamber. If the chamber is empty I ride the slide into battery with my left hand. If the gun is loaded, that's a different story. I prefer to slingshot the slide when I have a loaded mag inserted but have been known to use the slide release lever at times.

Nick

[GunBugBit]

Your gun is probably fine, but with a 1911, especially one that's had  trigger job, you don't want to slingshot the slide nor otherwise let it drop on an empty chamber.  It bounces the sear engagement point on the hammer face.  Also, it's a best practice to hold the trigger down when working the slide (when it's unloaded of course).

I have no doubts the gun is fine, I consider this a minor issue that most likely will self correct with a few dozen rounds down range. If not, it's certainly a minor bit of tuning.

I learned a long time ago not to let the slide drop on an empty chamber. If the chamber is empty I ride the slide into battery with my left hand. If the gun is loaded, that's a different story. I prefer to slingshot the slide when I have a loaded mag inserted but have been known to use the slide release lever at times.

Nick

Oh, I thought you said you were slingshotting with an empty chamber.  I think most 1911s can withstand a few reps of that, so that's why I was saying your gun is probably fine.

I'm jealous of your 10mm 1911!  I hope you have great times with it!