Ruger SR1911 Cmd 9mm

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If you can't tell I am a lefty. Couple more times at the range and we'll get those rounds moved over.
 
Watch for light glint off the front sight or rear sight giving you a false sight picture. Change shooting lanes in that indoor pistol range and the group very well could move to the other side. Watch for the same affect when shooting out of doors. .............

This might be the time to reiterate the story of "The Best Method of Sighting In a new Handgun":

In order to eliminate all light variables possible while sighting in an iron sighted handgun one should; Find a range you can shoot at after dark with your vehicle right at the firing line; bring a small piece of plywood that can be placed leaning to the front bumper to support your back; have a belt long enough to go around your legs at just above the knees and leave room for your arms holding the handgun to go between your knees; put a white or off white small pie plate on a dark backboard at 7 or 10 yds.; turn on the low beams of your car's headlights; sit at the middle of the car's bumper exactly between the headlights; adjust the belt support; use ear protection; grasp the handgun in a two handed isosceles hold; fire a five or six shot group; examine the group; change the target; do it again; do it again with different ammo; finish with the SD ammo that you intend to use.

Make any mechanical correction the groups indicate that you should make. Repeat the shooting exercise after you have cleaned the barrel.

To those that have never heard of this sight-in technique, I will guarantee that there is none better for YOU to get YOUR iron sighted handgun sighted in properly.

An aside: I always felt better with a partner along to keep an eye on the ground around in front of the vehicle to watch for Sidewinder Rattle snakes. Our outdoor night range was right in the middle of Sidewinder habitat. .... :-( We did see one pass right between the shooter and the target.
 
Given that you are a lefty, you'll may want to consider adding an ambidextrous safety. Ruger sells one on their site but it appears to be a standard Wilson safety and it will need some hand fitting, like most aftermarket 1911 safeties.

The 7 yard groups are still a bit large, so on the one hand I'd work on consistency before I got too concerned about drifting the rear sight to the left or the front sight to the right. The rear sights moves the same direction you want the group to move, front sight moves the opposite direction. If the front sight looks centered, I'd adjust the rear sight.

On the other hand, my SR1911 9 mm CMD came shooting a bit to the left so it does not appear that Ruger gets too concerned about precise sight alignment before they leave the factory. I suspect they just install them to a mechanical zero and call it good.
 
I got lucky on my 9mm Ruger LWCMD, it shot to the factory setting right out of the box. I did change out the factory goodyears for a nice set of rosewood
double diamond slim grips.
 
Came into a little cash and sold my 908s to fund my Roger 1911 9mm Commander. My first 1911 - to own, I've shot a 45 on a number of occasions - and WOW! Just WOW!

Love the trigger, love the heft, shoots anything I've fed it, including HPs. And it's a good looking pistol. Accurate (for me, more so than my 908s) and reliable.

Can't go wrong with this one. Frankly I like the Commander size with its 4.25 in barrel better than the standard Govt size at 5 in. Comfortable in the hand, easy on the eye. What's not to like.
 
BB57 said:
Given that you are a lefty, you'll may want to consider adding an ambidextrous safety. Ruger sells one on their site but it appears to be a standard Wilson safety and it will need some hand fitting, like most aftermarket 1911 safeties.

The 7 yard groups are still a bit large, so on the one hand I'd work on consistency before I got too concerned about drifting the rear sight to the left or the front sight to the right. The rear sights moves the same direction you want the group to move, front sight moves the opposite direction. If the front sight looks centered, I'd adjust the rear sight.

On the other hand, my SR1911 9 mm CMD came shooting a bit to the left so it does not appear that Ruger gets too concerned about precise sight alignment before they leave the factory. I suspect they just install them to a mechanical zero and call it good.
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Oh yes, I've many more rounds to go before I start moving sights. My very first round was just below the "x". At that point I knew all remaining rounds were going to be a disappointment.
 
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