On the Ruger forum and other places there is talk and even a picture of the Ruger entry into the "Let's all make a 1911" program.
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Frank237
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The beauty though of a 1911 for Ruger...that long, flat slide allows them to print ALL of their Lawyer inspired WARNINGS. Enough room for several lines of the stuff.
Badkarma 1
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IF Ruger is building a 1911, I hope it's a 10mm! (Do you hear me Smith & Wesson?) Dale
NFrameFred
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I just find it telling that for all their wonder-designs and innovations, most every manufacturer finally gets around to tacitly admitting that it's been hard to improve on John Browning's work of art.
novalty
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I'm hoping for a .410 chambered 1911. Come on Ruger you can do it!
Forester
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CAJUNLAWYER
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Internal extractor-no ambi safety
novalty
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Looks like just another 1911 to me. Would like to see a picture of the slide to frame fit. But doesn't have me hankering for one--that's for sure.
The only 1911 is a Colt.
I hope it has the "loaded chamber indicator flag" that pops up on top of the barrel to get in your sights
Rugskipper
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I'm waiting for a cheap Hi-Point-Lorcin-Bryco-Jennings 1911. I'd buy it just for the acronym. 
sipowicz
Member
And a Kimber.....until I get a Ed Brown.
novalty
Member
You have a way with words and I find no fault in your logic...
You would think the one that bare his name would be considered a 1911--maybe that isn't what John M. Browning intended. Then again he wasn't making it for himself.
I still love my non-traditional 1911 by S&W. But hey what do I know.
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Wayne02
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That's it, I'm in!!
Leave it up to Ruger to include innovative industry leading design features like these.
Gutpile Charlie
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Let's hope the get it right this time!
They haven't had an exactly "stellar" track record with some of their "P" pistols, or the LCP, etc. etc.
Ruger is not the same company it used to be. I've got to see it work first!
And, by the way, why do we need another 1911? What was wrong with the first one?
They haven't had an exactly "stellar" track record with some of their "P" pistols, or the LCP, etc. etc.
Ruger is not the same company it used to be. I've got to see it work first!
And, by the way, why do we need another 1911? What was wrong with the first one?
mkk41
US Veteran
It's been known for years that Ruger's Pine Tree casting division has been making stainless frames , slides and other 1911 parts for other gun company's , that do the final machining.
Texas Star
US Veteran
If they'd just replicated the basic Colt, I'd look at it. But the sights are the best thing about this one.
I don't like ducktail grip safeties or the wide spacing of the slide grooves, or the trigger that looks like a piece from an Erector set.
I might, in a weak moment, buy a Springfield, but I really think I'll hold out for another Colt when I next buy a 1911 type.
Someone should make the former Star pistols here, with better QC. Their lack of a grip safety appeals to me, and they had other good features.
T-Star
I don't like ducktail grip safeties or the wide spacing of the slide grooves, or the trigger that looks like a piece from an Erector set.
I might, in a weak moment, buy a Springfield, but I really think I'll hold out for another Colt when I next buy a 1911 type.
Someone should make the former Star pistols here, with better QC. Their lack of a grip safety appeals to me, and they had other good features.
T-Star
Picky Picky Picky.....
I do have both a Smith and Kimber "1911", but they're best described as "1911 style"
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I hope it has the "loaded chamber indicator flag" that pops up on top of the barrel to get in your sights
Just in case the BILLBOARD isn't enough
Gasman1972
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Ruger just isn't a name I trust in firearms any more once you get away from their wheel guns, I'm not sure why.
Gutpile Charlie
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That is a very sad statement....but it rings true.
The old Ruger Standard, the wheel guns and the M77 rifles were great. The 10/22 was the greatest until they decided to cheapen it. The No. 1 and No. 3 were absolute classics.
Something went terribly wrong after Bill Ruger died. The company just wasn't the same anymore. I can not figure out what their "design philosophy" is suppose to be today. They've blown it.
By the way, if I were to buy a 1911, it would have to be the old stand Government Model. Yes, I know it wasn't as "refined" as some that they are making today, but it was solid, it worked and withstood the test of time. Besides that, it just had a "classic" look that couldn't be improved upon.
I bet the June issue of Shooting Times will be very popular! And given Ruger's reputation, I expect their 1911 is going to give everyone else a tough row to hoe. If it is built to standard specifications for the slide and frame so that standard after-market parts can be installed, it is going to be nothing but good for shooters everywhere.
Probably the entire owners manual etched on the side of the gun. I think they should include a safety DVD with each purchase.
I like Ruger though. Hey at least they are getting into the market for John Q public and not just interested in Military and LE sales. So what if the copied other designs.? There isn't really anything new in firearms except maybe the Rhino. They made them better, smarted faster, stronger
Their stock is doing better then SW who is playing catch up and now has to copy Taurus and Ruger. I like my LCP better than the SW 380 BodyGuard and the the 38LCR has a nicer trigger than the Smith. I do not like either of those.Ruger still makes a decent bolt rifle and single action revolvers.
Gasman1972
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I know a man who worked security for Ruger under Mr. Ruger. Listening to him talk about him, Mr. Ruger was a great guy.
I'm surprised that Ruger didn't introduce it at the SHOT show in January, so while there, I asked a Ruger rep about rumors of them producing a 1911, and he replied that they could neither confirm nor deny that rumor. That told me right there it would come out soon.
Surprise, surprise!
John
Surprise, surprise!
John
I'm sufficiently well off in the 1911 department not to be in the market. Those DCM .45s at 60s prices ruined me.
Uncle Jeff was right, though--as long as a 1911 has a decent trigger, decent sights, and is reliable, you're pretty much home free. IF I ever wanted beavertails, ambi safeties or misshapen triggers or hammers I could add them on my own. I might even put on a set of pearl stocks with a ruby-eyed steer, but I think the choice ought to be mine, not some MBA in sales.
The Remington R1 is my idea of what a working 1911 should look like. But what the heck, my CJ-5 has stock wheels and tires, so what would you expect?
Uncle Jeff was right, though--as long as a 1911 has a decent trigger, decent sights, and is reliable, you're pretty much home free. IF I ever wanted beavertails, ambi safeties or misshapen triggers or hammers I could add them on my own. I might even put on a set of pearl stocks with a ruby-eyed steer, but I think the choice ought to be mine, not some MBA in sales.
The Remington R1 is my idea of what a working 1911 should look like. But what the heck, my CJ-5 has stock wheels and tires, so what would you expect?
