Posted: 3/26/2013 2:51:32 PM EDT
| Got my hands on a Range Officer today at the lgs, looking for another 1911, and this thing is rough feeling, didn't seem to have a good frame to slide fit at all. Was it just this gun or is all of the lower end SA like this. I assume a few hundred rounds after a good clean and lube would help but was very put off by this. Anyone have one. What about the mil-spec, |
| It must be your gun. I bought a new one about 3 months ago and it was slick as glass right out of the box. That gun is basically a stripped down TRP. Hine has been scarey accurate and 100% reliable so far anyway. Only put just over 2,000 rounds through it so far but I am very happy with it. |
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My parked milspec has a tighter slide/frame fit than my Colt 1991. Runs real good though.
It seems tighter all the way around. (it is a NM prefix) Sometimes doesn't lock the slide back on the last round with Wilson mags, but all my others (Colt/springer factory, Novak marked Act mags) it does every time. I have heard very little critical of the RO. (not everyone loves the rear sight, but I think it is Harrison? that makes a nice fixed replacement) |
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If you're looking for the smoothness of fit of something like a Baer or Brown, you're not gonna find it in a RO. At least not in my RO. That said, however, the fit isn't "rough", it's just not glassy smooth. If it's rough, like there's sand on the rails, that's not normal and a hundred rounds through it should have taken care of it.
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If you're looking for the smoothness of fit of something like a Baer or Brown, you're not gonna find it in a RO. At least not in my RO. That said, however, the fit isn't "rough", it's just not glassy smooth. If it's rough, like there's sand on the rails, that's not normal and a hundred rounds through it should have taken care of it. You described it exactly, no I've not bought it yet but might give it a go. BTW was in there to get a used TRP they had got in missed it by 1 hour, better luck next time |
