![]() ![]() The easiest way to solve that of course is not use that ammo with this gun, which is exactly what I’ll do moving forward. The only real criticism I have of it is the tendency towards light primer strikes with hard-primered ammo like Tula or Fiocchi, both of which I had issues with. The “black” of a B-8 is 5.5 inches, and with the exception of that one little flier in the 9, all of those are 10s in the much smaller circle. That’s a timed fire group (5 shots in 20 seconds) from the Range Officer, shot at 25 yards a B-8 target. One thing I did love about the Range Officer was how accurate it is. I actually really like the Magpul 1911 grips, they’re grippy without being too aggressive, and they have a huge thumb relief cut to make accessing the magazine release easier. ![]() I did change the stocks out on the Range Officer during the test obviously if you follow this blog or my Instagram you saw the issues with had with the factory stocks and the foolishness of the previous owner. If the RO had finished in the mid to high 80s, which is where I expected it to finish, we wouldn’t be having this conversation, because $750 is a perfectly reasonable price for a B+ gun. Yes, the RO was more reliable, and yes it was more accurate to shoot groups with, but the RO brand new is a $750-$800 gun, and the Taurus is a $500 gun. The RO costs as near as makes no difference 250 dollars more at retail than the Taurus, but I honestly didn’t see $250 worth of performance increase. What’s interesting about the tests is that while the Springfield did out-perform the Taurus, it didn’t do it by nearly the margin I thought it would. That gives us a final score of 78/100, making this a solid C+ gun. Finally, it had one armorer level repair issue, namely that the rear sight pin would walk out of the rear sight under sustained rapid fire. It also failed the 10-8 Performance function test, dropping the score to 83. The Range Officer had 7 failures that were counted against the gun, lowering the score to 93. Let’s first start off with the scoring system, which to refresh your memory starts all guns with a maximum score of 100 points, then deducts points as various things go wrong. It’s finally here, our final review of the Springfield Armory Range Officer 9mm 1911. ![]()
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