February 17, 2018, 06:28 PM
wishfull thinkerAccuracy of Spring Armory 1911 Range Officer
I have a range officer in 9mm.
I usually start a shooting session shooting groups at 6 yards (cuz Bruce Gray told me to do that once) and will routinely hit 2" groups and frequently go into the 1.5", that's off-hand.
On a bag rest, the gun will shoot 3'' groups at 25 yards. I've shot some decent scores on a bulls eye target at 50 yards but never measured them.
I have more accurate pistolas, A Les Baer, a Gold Cup, a Sig x-5 with Gray guns trigger work, but I just like to shoot the Range Officer. It has a scratch on the left isde of the slide that appeared mysteriously and it's an 'oh-well' moment. It works for monthly matches and I dry fire it a lot.
So, extremely accurate? No. Plenty accurate for practice and the occasional club match? yep. And the price is pretty attractive for a pretty good gun. If I break this one I will buy another.
February 18, 2018, 02:42 AM
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Originally posted by wishfull thinker:
It has a scratch on the left isde of the slide that appeared mysteriously and it's an 'oh-well' moment.
That's weird -- my 9mm Range Officer has the same thing! I kind of thought mine was a reverse "idiot scratch," since it's on the slide rather than the frame, as if I bobbled the takedown pin up rather than down like most people do when they flub. But I don't remember doing that any time while field-stripping the pistol. As you say, "Oh well ..."