Polymer 1911 , RRA....

[Fourtyfive]

Rock River Arms Polymer 1911

What took so long .....

Edited February 3, 2012 by Threeeighty

[Garufa]

Abomination.

[Mykltn]

Because it's wrong.

[Fourtyfive]

You knew it was coming sooner or later someone would put the hatchet to the .45 ! Time will tell .......Agreed it ain't right.

Edited February 3, 2012 by Threeeighty

[leroy]

Ya cant hold back progress and technology. There are double stack 1911's out there now.

leroy

[Fourtyfive]

Para has had double stacks for quite a few years I think.

[LagerHead]

If John Moses Browning was alive today he would approve. Browning was a master at making cutting edge weapons that just worked and would have no problem using modern materials to make his guns.

[Fourtyfive]

I think the Para Warthog came out in 1993.

[hipower]

Time will tell on it, but I'll say this. Polymer guns have proven themselves time and time again in size and calibers we previouly didn't think possible. Could be another one we slowly come to covet.

[ls3_kid]

I will stick with my metal 1911s. It is cool though and no I'm not a traditionalist 1911 type.

[Fourtyfive]

The big question is what does it weigh ? My Defender is only 22 OZ.

Edited February 3, 2012 by Threeeighty

[Lumber_Jack]

Didn't Kimber try this already?

Ah here it is... Called the Ten II, now discontinued.

Edited February 3, 2012 by Lumber_Jack

[Fourtyfive]

Another swing and a miss......

[Smith]

BUL is or was making them. Looked good but I don't think there is a market. Most people looking for a limited capacity, large, all steel/Al, heavy, single action aren't too keen on the latest and greatest in technological advances. Otherwise they'd be using a striker fired polymer gun in place of a 1911 already. Seriously, it's kinda like the hillbillies that convert Pinto's into 4x4 with lift kits and mudders. Just not meant to be together.

[timcalhoun]

The only pay off would be weight, but the 1911 requires more steel to operate than does say a glock. If it comes in much below 32-33oz I would be surprised and then very worried it would not last many rounds before failure.

[Mykltn]

If it isn't broken, don't fix it. This looks like a solution in search of a problem.

[TNWNGR]

I'm not going to hold my breath waiting for one to show up in the nearest gun store...just seem's plain silly for a JMB designed pistol...

[Guest bkelm18]

If it isn't broken, don't fix it. This looks like a solution in search of a problem.

I'll bet someone said the exact same thing when JMB came out with his new-fangled semi-auto guns. It's progress. Luckily there's a plethora of guns for us to choose from.

[gunrunner32]

My uncle has a Kimber Ten II, he seems to like it fairly well and at the mere cost of a snow blower and $150 cash it was his. I haven't shot it yet, I try not to shoot with him too much. He still has a thing or two to learn about gun safety, makes me nervous. I'll stick to my metal guns, in my younger days I went with a XD45, but have since grown up into revolvers and metal semi-autos.

[et45]

The Bul/Kimber (Kimber imported them for awhile before comig out with the Ten) was a pretty durable gun.Several USPSA shooters used them for a while.Thy started getting a little loose around 50K rds.Most people won't shoot that many rds in their lives.

[tonye]

kimber put out a plastic 1911 a few years back, look to be a nice gun.

[SonnyCrockett]

If I want a plastic gun I have plenty to choose from,when I want a 1911

make mine metal and have it made in the USA...

[Fourtyfive]

So the general consensus is give me metal or keep it !

[Mykltn]

I'll bet someone said the exact same thing when JMB came out with his new-fangled semi-auto guns. It's progress. Luckily there's a plethora of guns for us to choose from.

Actually JMB didn't invent the semi-auto pistol. Several models were available a decade before Brownings designs. But has I stated, a polymer 1911 is a solution to a problem that does not exist. Besides, you can't buffalo a guy with a plastic gun. LOL

[Guest Bassman17SC]

Blasphemy!

That is all.