Springfield Armory 1911A1 Range Officer

[Iceberg]

Has anyone picked up one of these yet? They look pretty cool and are priced is right ($750+/-).

1911 Range Officer

Springfield Armory

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[Lars]

I wanted one real bad. Ended up with a Spartan instead.

 

[saread]

Where you finding them for $750? Best price I've been able to find, when you can find them, is $850.

 

[Iceberg]

Where you finding them for $750? Best price I've been able to find, when you can find them, is $850.

I picked mine up yesterday from Brightwater Ventures in Vancouver ($775) & it even came w/ three magazines and a 1911 Loaded Coupon. I've seen them for around $750 online (Gunbroker), but I decided to support a local shop.
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With my Glock 21 for comparison
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[iamme]

Excellent guns and if shop should find close to $700

 

[saread]

Way cool. I'm looking at one of those to use as a base wadcutter gun. Guess I'll just have to shop a little harder. +1 on buying local.

 

[actionflies]

It got the "NM" prefix serial number so that mean it was assembled in the US and not in Brazil. Nice gun!

 

[saread]

You talked me into it. I picked one up today at Kesselring's. Not quite as good a deal -$789. But not too far out of bounds. I'm quite impressed with the build quality so far. I'll shoot it tomorrow and see what it will do.

 

[Iceberg]

I grew up in Mt. Vernon in the 60's & 70's when Kesselring's was the best gun shop in the NW, man I feel old....lol. Anyway, the Range Officers are pretty hard to get right now, so I wouldn't fret about the price you paid. GB has them listed now for $750 to $850+; I'm hoping to get mine out this weekend & break it in.

 

[saread]

I grew up in Bellingham at about the same time. Every Saturday night at Skagit Speedway, and Kesselring's was the only gun shop I knew. They are still my goto place when in doubt. No BS, no lies to get you to buy something, straightforward guns and stuff you need for your guns. I called them today and asked if they had one, and was mildly surprised when they said they did. I know they're a bit tough to get right now and I figured anything under $800 was a good deal. Most of what I've been seeing is $850 or more so I feel good about the price. These aren't long on bells and whistles, but they have enough good stuff on them to be a pretty good deal. Add in the decent build quality, and the value is certainly there. Lots of gun to work with. The crossed cannon, cocobolo grip panels are definitely cool.

 

[OcelotZ3]

Took mine out for the 2nd time today. The sights were off the first time and it certainly shoots a lot better than I do... I like it a lot.

 

[gnarkill]

Got to handle one of these at the local Ace Hardware today. Very nice, they had it for $768!