If you enjoy the forum please consider supporting it by signing up for a NES Membership The benefits pay for the membership many times over.
Be sure to enter the NES/MFS May Giveaway ***Canik METE SFX***
OK. So who has a better price?Sometimes people think FS has the best price on everything. In this case, they do not.
I know it's a "1911", but I really like the looks of that thing, and I am a fan of Ruger anyway. I think they make great solid guns.
OK. So who has a better price?
Not sure if anyone is going to price match First Defense's price of $599.
I'm not a fan of wrap-around grips. For my medium-sized hands, the grip circumference of a 1911 is just about perfect. Wrap-around grips increase the circumference too much for me. And grips with finger grooves are the spawn of the devil, as far as I'm concerned. YMMV.
You sorta insinuated they don't have them in stock, which basically makes the price invalid. $599 is an excellent price... if you can actually buy it
for that.
BTW I think FS is like $680 or something like that for cash, on that gun. Although they could have bumped it up given the demand.
-Mike
Then they might work for you.I have quite large hands so was thinking that the extra circumference would be nice.
I compete in IDPA, which requires a fast draw. You don't always get exactly the same grip when drawing quickly, and with finger grooves that makes it feel wrong when your grip is 1/8" off.Why the hate for finger grooves?
Many grooves can spread your fingers, which weakens your grip. One design (that almost no one uses, but they should) has a single groove for the middle two fingers; when they're together, it's a very strong grip. (Just drop by an Aikido school and ask for a demonstration of the kotegaeshi, and you'll understand!)Why the hate for finger grooves?
To put it a different way, I want to put my fingers where I want to put my fingers -- not where the grip designer wants me to put my fingers.Many grooves can spread your fingers, which weakens your grip.
I'm not a fan of wrap-around grips. For my medium-sized hands, the grip circumference of a 1911 is just about perfect. Wrap-around grips increase the circumference too much for me. And grips with finger grooves are the spawn of the devil, as far as I'm concerned. YMMV.
Just goes to show how much it is personal taste. I prefer the Kimber front strap profile. I have a Springfield 1911 and absolutely hate its front strap profile -- too square and blocky for my taste. Btw, my Wilson Combat 1911 has a front strap profile that is very similar to that of the Kimber.The Kimber is keeping the Pachmayrs because I absolutely HATE the front strap profile on Kimbers, its too narrow and oddly shaped for my taste. The Ruger profile shown here on the SR1911 is way better, Springfield, S&W, you name it... pretty much every brand except for Kimber does it right.
Just goes to show how much it is personal taste. I prefer the Kimber front strap profile. I have a Springfield 1911 and absolutely hate its front strap profile -- too square and blocky for my taste. Btw, my Wilson Combat 1911 has a front strap profile that is very similar to that of the Kimber.