I agree that the Ruger looks pretty good and comes in at an attractive price, but with Ruger, as with pretty much all gun manufacturers, I'm hesitant to buy something that hasn't been out a while.

Almost inevitably, they have to fix or at least alter something they didn't catch the first time around.

That and me wondering if they (Ruger) were in a hurry to get in on the 100th anniversary hoopla surrounding the 1911, gives me pause.

Of course the magazines gush over it, but that doesn't impress me much either.