2024 crop of RDO ready 1911s?

[gtmtnbiker98]

Who actually mills 1911s for a decent price though?

https://chpws.com/product/1911-2011-...lling-upgrade/

[HeavyDuty]

AB Prototype is who I was considering, they’ve done work for me before and I like them.

The issue with milling the Ruger LW is that it’s no longer acoustic. (I know, I know - this is how a person ends up with an overflowing safe.) But sticking a RMRcc onto it has appeal.

[HeavyDuty]

https://chpws.com/product/1911-2011-...lling-upgrade/

The advantage to CHPWS is that they can direct mill for a RMRcc which would allow me to use a PMM IDRS rear sight like I have on three Glocks that were direct milled. It looks like about $650 to go this route including the RDO.

[Robinson]

Define "nosebleed prices."

I've seen the SIG. It is a nice gun. But at nearly $1.5K I'd say it is teetering on nosebleed territory.

If the new Sig compares to a TRP then that's going to be a good price. I really no longer consider $1.5K to be a lot of money for a quality all-steel gun.

But whether that gun is worth the cost depends on its quality. I look forward to Hilton Yam reporting on one.

Back to your first comment, I define "nosebleed prices" for 1911s to be well above $2K depending on the make and model. Intermediate guns (such as the TRP) are now in the $1500 range.

[Tokarev]

Intermediate guns (such as the TRP) are now in the $1500 range.

Dang. It seems only twenty years ago the TRPs were half that.

And get off my lawn, you darned kids!

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[Tokarev]

The advantage to CHPWS is that they can direct mill for a RMRcc which would allow me to use a PMM IDRS rear sight like I have on three Glocks that were direct milled. It looks like about $650 to go this route including the RDO.

https://chpws.com/product/1911-2011-...lling-upgrade/

Am I reading this incorrectly? It seems to me that this is a service to convert an existing optic cut to use the Holosun K footprint. It is not the initial cut but rather just a mod to an existing RMSc cut, no?

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[HeavyDuty]

This is the cut I would use if I go this route:

https://chpws.com/product/2011-1911-milling/

[SW CQB 45]

I drug my feet long and hard looking for what I considered to be the perfect mount for me.

I did not want it high with a Sears Tower front sight.

My first view of the Charyn was these two posts.

https://www.1911addicts.com/threads/...-plate.208089/

https://www.1911addicts.com/threads/....208089/page-2

My hard used MCOP (2008 Model) was at Schauland Performance for other fixes and prior to sending it off, I said F it, put a Charyn on it. I chose all the way to the rear.

While my decision involved fingers crossed, I couldn't have been more right.

Schauland told me Charyn Precision would not sell him a mount, so he had to send off my slide.

I am assuming it was sent to this location based on an email conversation I had with Charyn.

"I use Eric Mercier, Mercier PistolWorks, to do the plate cuts on existing pistols."

I am pleased with my set up. I had an older version of the 507C but seriously thinking about buying me an SRO for my Christmas present.

When I shoot it, it spits on the optic. It does not affect my view through the glass. I clean it off with a fresh Qtip.

I have plenty of room for an SRO bell hangover.

My current .190" front sight is too low and using the Dawson Precision front sight calculator... I need a .230" front sight.

[NPV]

I thought that after the prodigy came out Springfield would at least start doing runs with prodigy slides. Maybe prodigy sales are brisk enough...

Frankly I don’t see this ever becoming an option.

Unlike *insert pretty much any modern pistol here* 1911/2011s have much more exact fitting frames/slides/barrels/barrel links/slide stops, it is typically not a quick swap. With that being said I doubt SA would want to put out slides giving people the impression it’s a quick swap and go only to have to deal with the CS nightmare of “Why my gun no worky”, when people think it’s a drop in replacement. That’s not even getting into the fact that Prodigies come with bull barrels and most 1911s are still traditional bushing barrels.

[Tokarev]

SDS Imports is showing 9mm optic ready slides on its website. Maybe 45 slides will be available at some point.

https://sdsimports.com/tisas-1911-op...bly-black-9mm/

https://sdsimports.com/tisas-1911-op...bly-black-9mm/