Quoheleth
Member
Decisions, decisions... I have been toying with the idea of getting an SR45. I already own a Springfield MilSpec 1911. Love the 1911 platform, but I don't carry my 1911 often - in part because my holster isn't tuckable and I wear dress slacks and tucked shirts at work; in part because it's a heavy rig. So, my Springer is carried only occassionally on my day off.
I had the SR9c a couple years ago that was my EDC. I sold it and have been gradually downsizing from it to a Kahr CW9 to a Sig P238.
I know the SR45 is still a big gun. Ruger's website lists it just over 30oz, but that's a full 9oz lighter than my Springer. Some of that difference is offset by the additional 3 rounds of .45 the SR carries (10 rounds adds about 1.5oz vs. 8 in the 1911).
So, does that weight difference make the SR a more viable carry gun than the 1911? As a southpaw, I appreciate the more ambi-friendly thumb safety of the SR (my 1911 is not so equipped).
Thoughts?
(Option B is to go a different direction - instead of a handgun, get a pistol-cartridge carbine, either a HiPoint in .45 or a Rossi 92 in .357.)
Thanks,
Q
I had the SR9c a couple years ago that was my EDC. I sold it and have been gradually downsizing from it to a Kahr CW9 to a Sig P238.
I know the SR45 is still a big gun. Ruger's website lists it just over 30oz, but that's a full 9oz lighter than my Springer. Some of that difference is offset by the additional 3 rounds of .45 the SR carries (10 rounds adds about 1.5oz vs. 8 in the 1911).
So, does that weight difference make the SR a more viable carry gun than the 1911? As a southpaw, I appreciate the more ambi-friendly thumb safety of the SR (my 1911 is not so equipped).
Thoughts?
(Option B is to go a different direction - instead of a handgun, get a pistol-cartridge carbine, either a HiPoint in .45 or a Rossi 92 in .357.)
Thanks,
Q