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Ruger is coming out with a LW Commander
May have to get one of these:
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01-09-2015, 10:45 PM
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Nice gun. Not too sure about the titanium feed ramp though. Titanium gets brittle when hardened. I think a ramped barrel would have been a better option.
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Alloy frame 1911?
I'll pass.....
I do want a standard steel frame SR1911.
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01-09-2015, 11:08 PM
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Nice gun. Not too sure about the titanium feed ramp though. Titanium gets brittle when hardened. I think a ramped barrel would have been a better option.
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Completely agree!!
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01-09-2015, 11:09 PM
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Nice gun. Not too sure about the titanium feed ramp though. Titanium gets brittle when hardened. I think a ramped barrel would have been a better option.
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The firing pin does not seem to have any problems.
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01-09-2015, 11:37 PM
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The firing pin does not seem to have any problems.
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Two completely different applications.
It is widely known that light weight aluminum alloy frame 1911's can and do have problems with hollow points gouging the frame. That's the major reason ramped barrels where used instead.
Although stronger and able to withstand high temperatures, I'm not convinced that titanium would hold up better with prolonged use.
But since I'm no metallurgical expert, I'm only guessing. And I'm sure that a company with Ruger's reputation has done their homework. Guess we'll see.
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01-10-2015, 10:32 PM
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Titanium is harder than copper so I do not see why the titanium would be an issue. It is even harder than steel. Also from what I have gathered, it is not the bullets causing the frame damage, it is the feed lips of certain magazines that cause it.
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Titanium is harder than copper so I do not see why the titanium would be an issue. It is even harder than steel.
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I think the issue would be maintaining the titanium's finish more than the wear. That's what doomed titanium cylinders in S&W revolvers. The bigger question for me is why Ruger went with titanium rather than, say, a stainless steel insert.
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01-10-2015, 11:13 PM
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I think the issue would be maintaining the titanium's finish more than the wear. That's what doomed titanium cylinders in S&W revolvers. The bigger question for me is why Ruger went with titanium rather than, say, a stainless steel insert.
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Galvanic corrosion?
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01-10-2015, 11:25 PM
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S&W just came out with new titanium cylinder guns so how can they be doomed when they have a lifetime warranty. Armchair gun engineers always know more than the real ones employed by the gun maker.
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01-10-2015, 11:41 PM
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I had the alloy framed Kimber Pro Carry. I was crazy about it. It made IWB carry of a 1911 a feasible alternative for me. I would not want an alloy frame 1911 to shoot thousands of rounds per year through, but as a carry piece, shooting maybe a hundred rounds per month to maintain proficiency, yes.
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I wish it was a bobtail, I'd be all over it! 
We'll just have to wait and see....... 
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01-11-2015, 03:05 AM
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I've been waiting for Ruger to come out with those . I'll have to check one out when they come out.
I had a Kimber CDP II that was a nice carry gun but I never did like that it had the tapered bbl. and no muzzle bushing and needed a tool to take it down.
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03-28-2015, 11:23 AM
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I picked up my new LW Ruger Commander yesterday at the local NAPA parts store. It's a beautiful sunny day, although a little breezy and cool. Forty-five degrees now. After lunch, I will hie forth to the backyard range and create a couple hundred pieces of .45ACP brass. I plan to immediately add the Ruger to the carry rotation, so I need to verify the reliability of three or four magazines. It's a tough job, but I think I can handle it. I'll post results and some pictures tonight or tomorrow.
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Me, too. That's why I never bought a Colt Commander LW.
Frankly, with an initial MSRP of $900, I'd pass on this new Ruger and get a really decent used steel frame Colt Commander. Plus, I don't like two-toned pistols (pinto revolvers are another story, though) and those oversized but unneeded big beavertails.
Ruger makes fine products for the most part, and I'm sure this one will be no exception...I just don't see it as a $900 pistol.
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03-28-2015, 11:48 AM
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Mine was a little under $750 OTD.
The alloy frame makes IWB carry a viable option for me.
I have plenty of all steel guns for shooting thousands of rounds.
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Have had mine for about a month now. It now has about 130 rounds through it, mostly factory 185 JHPs. Only issue to date was it did not feed 200 gr cast SWCs from lock back very well. If slingshotted, it fed them just fine. So far a very nice gun, excellent trigger, excellent shooter but a bit snappy with 230 grains. I like it. Will detail strip it at about 200 round but don't expect any surprises.
Full disclosure: have been shooting 1911s since 1959, and carried a LW Colt Commander for work back in the 70s. Loved the gun but the frame eventually cracked and the replacement frame didn't work out. Also the gun was taken off the approved list by first generation management weenies.
If I live long enough to crack this one I'm sure Ruger will make it right.
Geezer approved.
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