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Posted: 10/14/2018 2:55:49 PM EDT

We all knew something like this was coming. It looks good and will hopefully lead to other offerings. Wouldn't a hicap 1911 built on the Caspian format be cool?

MSRP is too high. It will be interesting to see what actual price is once these are on the shelves.

https://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/2018/10/14/first-ruger-custom-shop-gun-sr1911-competition-pistol/

Posted: 10/14/2018 3:18:32 PM EDT

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Woo that’s pricey

Posted: 10/14/2018 3:42:57 PM EDT

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The guy in the comments said exactly what I was thinking.....

Todd Colomy 6 hours ago
Whoa !!!! $2500 is getting close to Wilson Combat territory. Nice looking pistol but not $2500 worth in my humble opinion.

Posted: 10/14/2018 4:03:06 PM EDT

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Ruger always sets the MSRP stupid high for some reason. I suppose they do it for their dealers can set their own prices based on local markets.

Posted: 10/14/2018 6:38:40 PM EDT

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We all knew something like this was coming. It looks good and will hopefully lead to other offerings. Wouldn't a hicap 1911 built on the Caspian format be cool?

MSRP is too high. It will be interesting to see what actual price is once these are on the shelves.

https://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/2018/10/14/first-ruger-custom-shop-gun-sr1911-competition-pistol/

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Ruger tooling is too dull to cut a Caspian frame.

Posted: 10/14/2018 6:44:10 PM EDT

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"1:16" slow twist to increase accuracy with lighter weight match bullets."

I don't know any serious competitive shooter that shoots 115gr in competition, and Ruger's not known for coming out on the winning side of doing screwy things with barrels.

Posted: 10/14/2018 6:46:54 PM EDT

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Ruger tooling is too dull to cut a Caspian frame.

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You do know where Caspian gets its frame castings?

Posted: 10/14/2018 8:17:01 PM EDT

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2x what it worth IMO the GS and TS are aweful blending is none existent.

Posted: 10/14/2018 9:20:10 PM EDT

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"1:16" slow twist to increase accuracy with lighter weight match bullets."

I don't know any serious competitive shooter that shoots 115gr in competition, and Ruger's not known for coming out on the winning side of doing screwy things with barrels.

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Nothing wrong with a 1:16 twist for 9mm, it is a pretty good choice for a wide range of bullets. I have more of an issue with the statement in the article that it will help lighter bullets; whoever wrote that or was told that didn't know much about it.

Posted: 10/14/2018 10:50:29 PM EDT

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No thanks. Even if it’s under $2k street price, it’s still to much. You’re square in Les Baer money in the $2k-$2,500 range.

Posted: 10/14/2018 10:57:37 PM EDT

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What they have to do is articulate how this gun exceeds the performance of a DW to be worthwhile.

Posted: 10/15/2018 9:48:52 AM EDT

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No thanks. Even if it’s under $2k street price, it’s still to much. You’re square in Les Baer money in the $2k-$2,500 range.

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You can get Baer’s for $2k? I did not know that.

Posted: 10/15/2018 9:56:56 AM EDT

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You can get Baer's for $2k? I did not know that.

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No thanks. Even if it's under $2k street price, it's still to much. You're square in Les Baer money in the $2k-$2,500 range.

You can get Baer's for $2k? I did not know that.

1911heaven.com generally has UTC's and PII's for $18-1900. $2k+ for a Ruger is a whole lot of nope.
Granted Baer charges a $300 premium for non 45acp. I'd take a Valor over that over priced crap Ruger.

Posted: 10/15/2018 2:49:17 PM EDT

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Nothing against Ruger but $2500 I am looking someplace else.

Posted: 10/15/2018 3:01:31 PM EDT

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You do know where Caspian gets its frame castings?

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You do know where Caspian gets its frame castings?

Right?! BOOM. People would be surprised. Also, when volume was high PCC supplied a lot of the castings from Utah.

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Nothing against Ruger but $2500 I am looking someplace else.

Well, good thing the street price is a lot less. Given similar street price percentages on Ruger's based off their MSRP I bet it will be around $1,800ish

Posted: 10/19/2018 11:44:12 AM EDT

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Right?! BOOM. People would be surprised. Also, when volume was high PCC supplied a lot of the castings from Utah.

Well, good thing the street price is a lot less. Given similar street price percentages on Ruger's based off their MSRP I bet it will be around $1,800ish

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$1800ish would still be $800ish too much.

Posted: 12/2/2018 6:49:47 AM EDT

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They have it priced way to high .

Posted: 12/2/2018 7:04:09 AM EDT

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No thanks. Even if it’s under $2k street price, it’s still to much. You’re square in Les Baer money in the $2k-$2,500 range.

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And Les Baer's slides and frames are forged, big difference for me in that lofty price range.

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