Ruger goes 10mm

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I didn't see it either. Someone, Buckeye? had a short run of 38/40 & 10mm dual cylinder revolvers produced on a Blackhawk frame in the late 80's or early 90's. I shot one within a few months after buying a 90 Chev pickup which is my only way of dating it.
 
I have a SR1911 standard 45 that I shoot competition with. Great
gun. Accurate and 100% reliable. Great value.
 
Well, I'll be damned. ;)

Now maybe my favorite LGS will stop bashing SR1911's and try to sell me one instead. :p
 
Looked at that on Ruger's website. I've not had much interest in another 10MM 1911 after owning a couple. But Ruger is doing some things right with theirs, IMHO. Ramped bull barrel and adjustable sights. The integral ramp allows superior case head support. The bull barrel provides extra recoiling mass, desirable if one intends to use the real 10mm ammo, as opposed to the .40 S&W level loads. And the adjustable sights, due to the wide range of bullet weights and velocities available in factory and reloaded 10MM ammo. Looking forward to examining Ruger's new offering.
 
I am not sure how strong the Ruger 1911's are as opposed to their Old Model Vaqueros, but it sounds like the tried to build this one right. 10mm is a funny caliber. You're either shooting the long big primer .40 or your shooting full house. The gun tends to need different springs to do each. I have springs for factory rounds and I have a spring setup for my stuff. Either way this gun is best fired over a tarp or fine mesh netting to collect the brass. Mine goes about 25 feet with a 28# recoil spring.
 
Gary1911A1 said:
If it doesn't come with a flat bottom firing pin stop that will be easy to add later to help slow down unlocking and slide speed. Got to admit that I'm interested.
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This post made me smile. The factory firing pin stop is a joke on my Delta. I radiused a flat bottom to optimize for my loads. You can also add a stronger main spring, but that's going to increase trigger pull weight slightly. 28# recoil spring and a 23# main spring will also slow things down and prevent the frame getting peened with upper end loadings.
 
10mm has been my concealed carry choice for a decade. Whats not to like about a semi-auto cartridge with borderline .41 mag ballistics?

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Rock185 said:
Looked at that on Ruger's website. I've not had much interest in another 10MM 1911 after owning a couple. But Ruger is doing some things right with theirs, IMHO. Ramped bull barrel and adjustable sights. The integral ramp allows superior case head support. The bull barrel provides extra recoiling mass, desirable if one intends to use the real 10mm ammo, as opposed to the .40 S&W level loads. And the adjustable sights, due to the wide range of bullet weights and velocities available in factory and reloaded 10MM ammo. Looking forward to examining Ruger's new offering.
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RUGER does EVERYTHING right with their firearms! They have now set the standards for the 1911 platform. Looks like I will have to add one to my stable. :cool:
 
I sure wish it wasn't all stainless.

Guess all 10mm 1911s have to be all stainless or else these days?
 
rwsmith said:
TTSH said:
Well, I'll be damned. ;)

Now maybe my favorite LGS will stop bashing SR1911's and try to sell me one instead. :p
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.... you one, you should get a new LGS.:D:D:D
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But, but, but... they are my "go to" folks for everything 1911. ;)

Just kidding. :) But they have some "experts" with some very opinionated opinions regarding 1911's. ;) And I'd summarize their opinions as: "Go premium high-end or don't go at all"! :) They consider the Ruger SR1911 models to be cheap, bland, uninteresting and boring. :o

I did end up going elsewhere... but I ended up buying a RIA 1911A2 with some pre-ban Para P-14 mags instead of the Ruger. No regrets so far. :)
 
A full house 10mm in a Lightweight Commander would rather snappy to practice with, something I have to consider after 40 years of having to deal with a tendency to flinch. It's why I actually prefer the 40 S&W over t he 10mm and anyone who considers the 40 "short and weak" should try the Speer High Energy 165 grain Gold Dot. A 165 grain bullet cruising along at 1150 fps. is NOT "short and weak", it actually produces as much energy as most commercial 357 Magnums. BTW, I load my own practice load to the same specs. using Longshot and a 165 grain Extreme heavy plate HP and it sounds remarkably similar to the 158 grain American Eagle JSP 357 Magnum.

I am NOT a fan of bushingless 1911's. Yeah, I know it's fewer parts. It also means that you now have a wear point that is a rather expensive slide instead of a cheap bushing you can purchase from Brownell's every day of the year. In addition field stripping one of these pistols goes from dead simple to about as difficult as field stripping an old S&W model 59.

Sum it up and what I would like to see from Ruger is a 40 S&W Lightweight Commander, that would be one I would just have to add to my collection. BTW, currently have 4 SR1911's, 2 stainless GVT 45 ACp, one Stainless CMD 45 ACP, and one 9mm Lightweight CMD. For the money I feel that Ruger has it just right and the 45 calliber CMD is so darned accurate that I sort of suspect I got a hand tuned version intended for some magazine reviewer.
 
I wonder if this will have collector value, after they discontinue it in a year...
 
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