FS Ruger SR 1911

[GunGuy34]

You don't get charged until they're in the country. So no monies were tied up during the making of this purchase.

OHhhhhhh, I may have to get on that list!

[noway123]

Huh? 2-Weeks from May (OP Post),..... and (Nov) you are still waiting ?

[burnaby]

Imagine being the importer/dealer that has to tolerate all the whining of where's my junk?

Good job Murdoc, can't wait to get mine.

Huh? 2-Weeks from May (OP Post),..... and (Nov) you are still waiting ?

[island4x4]

I note that the ad states that the slide is made of stainless steel.
What material is used for the frame?

Thank you.

If one part of a gun is stainless steel, the rest has to be made of the same metal or a polymer. You can not mix dissimilar metals or they will corrode and start rusting

[Taylor-Made]

Huh? 2-Weeks from May (OP Post),..... and (Nov) you are still waiting ?

Updated Nov 6....bottom of the post...3 days to go boys

[Murdoc]

If one part of a gun is stainless steel, the rest has to be made of the same metal or a polymer. You can not mix dissimilar metals or they will corrode and start rusting

Rugers site states the slide and frame are of stainless steel.

[GunGuy34]

Well i just added myself to the list... gonna be cool.

[RickR1100]

If one part of a gun is stainless steel, the rest has to be made of the same metal or a polymer. You can not mix dissimilar metals or they will corrode and start rusting

Ah, but there is a "BUT": this was a problem with stainless guns in the 1980's, but I believe the problem was in fact solved in the late 80's. I don't recall details, but I think it involved using different variants of "stainless", so the frame used a different number metal than the slide, than the barrel...I think that was it. So maybe the slide might have a bit less nickle content in it than say the barrel perhaps.

That said, I'm no metalurgist, not a gunsmith, nor a machinist. I just remember reading somewhere that it was solved as an issue, and I think it was S&W that figured it out: around 1991 they suddenly had a boatload of new models of stainless automatics...not that surprising since they have had stainless revolvers for donkey's ages, and were the first to make stainless autos for the Navy Seals' "Hush Puppy" silent 9mm. Those being to silence guard dogs around villages in the Mekong during the Vietnam war. Yea, they were working on them even back then.

And S&W struggled a great deal with making it work well/last...I think even decades later they were still trying to make it work, because of their experiences with the SEAL project (long since abandoned) made them see the payoff of a handgun that won't rust.

Any quality modern stainless handgun from a reputable manufacturer like S&W, Ruger, Colt or many others, I wouldn't concern myself with this issue, because it's solved. But if you buy one from the early 1980s...it may be a collector's item more than a "high round-count shooter".

[Until the Angels Fall]

How many mags are comming with this again?

[GunGuy34]

How many mags are comming with this again?

They are not certain but u can order mags, I ordered 5 extra.