Springfield: New Model - Range Officer

[WatchManUSA]

Springfield just came out with a new 1911 model called the Rage Officer.  According to Springfield:

The RO™ is designed to give the shooter exceptional quality, at an affordable price. One of the goals was to create a pistol that is acceptable in many different styles of shooting competitions, so the shooter can decide which one he likes most. It is built with the same precision as the Trophy Match™, and TRP™ models, but Springfield has removed the “extras” that result in a higher price. It’s everything you need in a competition model, at an affordable price, and easily upgradable for your future needs.

http://www.springfield-armory.com/1911RO/1911RangeOfficer.htm

http://www.springfield-armory.com/assets/pdf/SPRINGFIELD_Book_armory_PI9128LP.pdf

We are supposed to be getting one on the sales floor of the gun shop this week.

[Dakotaranger]

I want two

[alfsauve]

Any idea of the price?  (he asks with $500 burning a hole in his pocket)


Just a note on the ad copy.   

It's everything you need in a competition model.

Then why are they supplying 7 round mags?   Springfield prides itself on have 2 mags with every pistol, and I really do appreciate that, but you would never use 7 round mags for anything other than bullseye.

[ellis4538]

Alf, I agree about the 7 rounders but a lot of people don't trust 8 or 10 rounders!  7 was the original design.  Some people even download  8 rounders to 7...go figure.

FWIW


Richard

[PegLeg45]

It is built with the same precision as the Trophy Match™, and TRP™ models, but Springfield has removed the “extras” that result in a higher price.

Looks like the only "extras" that differ from the Trophy Match are the extended mag-well, the ambi safety, and the guide rod...and the finish/material....all minor issues.
I'm also interested in the price.

[Sponsor]

[billt]

I'm also interested in the price.

http://www.gunsamerica.com/972932144/Guns/Pistols/Springfield-Armory-Pistols/1911-Type/PI9128LP_RANGE_OFFICER_5_45_ACP.htm

Look's to be in the $750.00 range.  Bill T.

[tombogan03884]

You can get 2 Rock Island 1911's for that price, and they come from a proven production line, no bugs to work out, and 8 round mags.
Oh yeah, they aren't the "cheap" model either.

[billt]

You can get 2 Rock Island 1911's for that price, and they come from a proven production line, no bugs to work out, and 8 round mags.
Oh yeah, they aren't the "cheap" model either.

I looked at several Rock Island guns when I was up at J&G Sales purchasing some AK-47's a while back. They are what they are, a rough cut $400.00 pistol. You can't put them into the $1,000.00+ class guns. The edges were very sharp, and the metal work was rough and crude, with tool marks too numerous to mention. The cost in metal work is in the finishing. Regardless if you're making guns or frying pans. The higher degree of fit and finish, the more the gun will cost. The process of manufacturing a 1911 is the same for Les Baer as it is for Rock Island. One is crudely banged out in the Philippines by what amounts to under paid slave labor, while the other is painstakingly hand finished and fitted here by skilled craftsman and pistolsmiths. The cost of the weapons reflect that. No more, no less.

I'm not slamming the Rock Island guns. You may get a good one, or you may not. It is much the same with Taurus, but a little less so. That is because of the manufacturing process, along with what it involves, more so than where that process takes place.  Bill T.

[breezzer99]

I had 2 rocks I traded one and 200 for XDm which still have and will keep. The other rock i gave to my brother it had been thru the mill Anything from springfield I say is worth the money. Next gun I get from them is a socom or 3.8 XD.

[WatchManUSA]

The shop I work at has the RO priced at $729.