bestseller92
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I read this rumor on another thread. Anyone have more info on it? Would be very interesting.
Ruger 1911 on the way?
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Why would they produce a 1911 when they have the P90?
bestseller92
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Actually, they have the P90 and the P345.
As to why, because 1911s SELL. Taurus is selling PT1911s faster than they can make them.
As to why, because 1911s SELL. Taurus is selling PT1911s faster than they can make them.
wally
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I think Ruger would sell a lot more P345 if they took standard 1911 mags instead of needing over-priced ones with a different mag catch location.
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Stevie-Ray
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It'll probably be built like a tank, be the heaviest one, and be utterly reliable.
2TransAms
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I hope they don't have a huge butt-ugly safety warning on the side. I almost bought a GP-100 but man,I just can't get past that big ol' GUNS ARE DANGEROUS label on the side.
MCgunner
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I just MIGHT actually buy a 1911 again if Ruger built one. But, then, nothing wrong with the Taurus from what I've been hearing.
HOWEVER, I have a perfect P90 and don't need no stinkin' 1911.
Thing about it is, not only would a Ruger 1911 be HELL for stout, it'd be reliable with any ammo, not just ball. That would be very refreshing. I'd want an integral P90 style feed ramp and the same magazine/ramp angle as the P90. That thing feeds ANYthing.
HOWEVER, I have a perfect P90 and don't need no stinkin' 1911.
Thing about it is, not only would a Ruger 1911 be HELL for stout, it'd be reliable with any ammo, not just ball. That would be very refreshing. I'd want an integral P90 style feed ramp and the same magazine/ramp angle as the P90. That thing feeds ANYthing.
peacemaker45
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Yeah, a ruger 1911, I can see it now, twice the size of any other version on the market, weighs three times as much, doesn't fit any parts for the starndard spec... But, available in .50 GI, .45 ruger magnum, and a couple of other up and coming hot auto calibers. Then, about thirty years from now, after all the extant makers are gone, and the only ones left are big beefy rugers, and spotty examples from colt, and the market is saturated, ruger will decide to market a truer spec version as having the reverse of all the advantages that they've been touting the boat anchors for, all these years. "It's smaller, more managable, lighter, weaker, the new and improved RUGER R1911!" And everyone will run out and buy it, b/c it's "new." But no true spec parts will fit this one either....
Oh, wait, is that the SAA or 1911 I was talking about?
~~~Mat
Oh, wait, is that the SAA or 1911 I was talking about?
~~~Mat
I think the market is too crowded and competitive now at the lower end. Several years back maybe...but now?
What would sell, IMveryHO , is a 22 auto 1911(complete). One in the $300-$350 range that works and as accurate as their Mark pistols. It needs to look like and feel like one, but I don't think it's important that the internals are the same, etc.
What would sell, IMveryHO
, is a 22 auto 1911(complete). One in the $300-$350 range that works and as accurate as their Mark pistols. It needs to look like and feel like one, but I don't think it's important that the internals are the same, etc.Silent Bob
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The reason Ruger .45s do not accept 1911 magazines is to keep people from trying to use $5.00 gun show magazines and then calling customer service with, "My Ruger is jamming!!!"
BevrFevr
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yeah, What mat, said
could not do better myself...
except you forgot crusty triggers
oh and I own rugers
-bevr
could not do better myself...
except you forgot crusty triggers
oh and I own rugers
-bevr
peacemaker45
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I own Roooogers too. I used to use a pair of Super Blackhawks as my match guns for SASS. While they are hell for stout, a speedy draw is not enhanced by a five lb gun with a 7.5" bbl. I switched to short bbl c*lt-clones in .38, right before they announced the New Vaquero. Not sure what I'd have done if the Vaq had been around when I switched.
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What would happen is Joe End User would buy an out of spec off brand eight dollar cheapo 1911 magazine at a gun show, have trouble with it in his P345 and call his pistol a piece 'o crap.
Ruger factory magazines work very well (and I've never spend anything like SRP on them.)
the pistolero
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Well, I can't agree with the comment about the Ruger autoloaders sucking, but I'd love to see a Ruger 1911. Everybody else makes 'em, why not?
Bill Ruger is dead and buried since 2002. The first handgun released after his death was the P345. It had problems from the start. Just check the Ruger forum from about 2004 and forward. Only the Ruger 'Kool-Aid' drinkers will say otherwise, IMO.
I bought a P345 and returned it to Ruger and it came back a little better, but still, a 2% FTF is not good enough for a handgun that you or I may have to bet our lives on.
If they (Ruger) made a 1911 clone, it would be a day late and a dollar short.
Ruger semi-autos are just basic guns. Pleasantly boring and reliable.
I've owned at least three Rugers, so I know.
I bought a P345 and returned it to Ruger and it came back a little better, but still, a 2% FTF is not good enough for a handgun that you or I may have to bet our lives on.
If they (Ruger) made a 1911 clone, it would be a day late and a dollar short.
Ruger semi-autos are just basic guns. Pleasantly boring and reliable.
I've owned at least three Rugers, so I know.
wally
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How'd it be different than with a Kimber, Colt, SA etc? Oh, the $5 gun show mags often work fine in these guns. I know, I have a bunch that work in all my 1911s.
--wally.
SoCalShooter
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If its a pretty 1911 and its not to expensive I would get a ruger 1911.
mljdeckard
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I suppose people would ONLY use cheap magazines, and no one would try magazines BETTER than the stock magazines?
I have a friend with a P-95 DC and the trigger SUCKS. Maybe if Ruger built a 1911 and put two ounces of effort into it, it would work better.
I have a friend with a P-95 DC and the trigger SUCKS. Maybe if Ruger built a 1911 and put two ounces of effort into it, it would work better.
the pistolero
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Well now, that I can agree with.
They ain't that much to look at, but they're stout as all hell and that's what I personally love about them. I have two of them and have seriously pondered getting another P90, just because I think it's that good of a pistol. What I'd really like to see, besides a Ruger 1911, is a Ruger P-gun chambered for the 10mm as the P90 was (supposedly) originally slated to be. I'd definitely get two of those.bestseller92
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As for the looks of Ruger autos, my two tone KP97 .45 looks very nice.
Stevie-Ray
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I will try a Ruger 1911 if they do it. I'm sure it will be inexpensive for a 1911 and I'm all for that. Besides, the 3 Rugers I have now are fine guns.
Magnumite
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i don't think a Ruger 1911 would be bulky at all. They make the Caspian castings, the slide would be similar or it wouldn't be a 1911.
I had a P85 MKII and I have a P90. I my brother has the 85 now and that P90 shoots great and has a decent trigger. The 85 had a decent trigger after I touched up the trigger draw bar.
As far as the lawyer label, I don't think they'll come off of that. You can thank the guy who shot himself while playing cowboy, his lawyer and your fellow citizens for that.
I had a P85 MKII and I have a P90. I my brother has the 85 now and that P90 shoots great and has a decent trigger. The 85 had a decent trigger after I touched up the trigger draw bar.
As far as the lawyer label, I don't think they'll come off of that. You can thank the guy who shot himself while playing cowboy, his lawyer and your fellow citizens for that.
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