Good review, to be point. No annoying babbling to hear yoursekf talk. Articulate. Good stuff. Also bought an operator this morning. Very tight and solid pistol. No barrel movement or wiggle on the barrel hood. Ambi safeties. High sweot beavertail. Tritium on the front sights, just painted white dots on the rear. Rear sight is a Tac Rack sight to facilitate racking thr slide to chamber a round if one handed. Actually even if you have a Novak sight, you can still rack one handed, assuming you have thenGai recoil plug and not full length gyide rod. Just press the pistols lover part of thr muzzle off an edge of a table or squat down and press the lower partbof tr muzzle against the edge of your boot or shoe heel. It will push the slide back far enough to chamger a round. The trigger was measured at 5.25 pounds out of thr box. Ill live fire and dry fire it a bit and see if it wears in. If not i can always get a trigger job. I have owned some 10 1911s through my life after learning to use one in army officers training in 1980. I still own 5 1911s including 2 Les Baers and 1 Ed Brown SF, 1 Colt, and 1 SA Ronin. Ovwrall, a solid 1911. I just wanted one to mount my weapon light and be a more effective bedside companion when things go bump in the night.
As a left handed person, I appreciate the ambi-type safety. But what would be really great is if Springfield could mirror the entire pistol, perhaps on specific request, but hopefully on the same price point. That would be great !
Had this been out just 3 months earlier, I would have purchased this immediately! In September I bought a used EMP 4 in .40S&W, and for Christmas (3 weeks before, actually) a Tissas 5" 1911 "Duty," and between the two, I spent about what this 1911 Operator cost. Damn!
You can get a Springfield Marine Corp Operator for around $1100-1200. It's the way to go in my opinion. It doesn't have front strap checkering, a bull barrel or a full length guide rod (which is a plus for some people) but it has pachmeyer wrap around grips which negates the reason to need front strap checkering. A really great value for a super high quality 1911. And it's one of the best looking too.
@@AdoreYouInAshXI the Marine Corps Operator model you speak of is part number #PX9105ML18, that has the Pachmayr wrap around grip. The Marine Corps Operator is also offered with G10 grip under part #PX9110ML18 with octo-grip checkering. Both part numbers MSRP for $1,308. I agree the Marine Corps Operator is definitely worth a buy.
By my count Springfield currently has four other bushing barrel .45 ACP Operator models with different trim and paint, all under the Loaded line. There are two cone barrel .45 ACP Operator models under the TRP line. This most recently released model has the lowest MSRP of $1099, which makes it the most logical to purchase, as you’ll spend less for stuff you’ll probably throw away. It also comes with VZ grips installed, which is how my TRP Operator came. So, this addition is something of a yawn. It’s another very good Springfield gun, but it’s 100% MIM parts in a CNC milled frame. I suspect they didn’t even need to disrupt the Operator assembly line to produce this gun except for a different roll make and the VZ grips. Best Regards
Hate that it doesn’t have any front strap checkering, as the front and backstrap is where most of the recoil control comes from… ohh well, I guess you could use a strip of Talon grip tape and save ~$350 or more over a TRP
Just got the Operator this morning. I used a strip of skateboard tape on the front strap. I also have some pieces of Talon grip tape if the skateboard tape is not satisfactory.
@@ms.annthrope415 I just found out Wilson Combat has a $10 metal 25LPI insert that is basically seamless. Apparently you remove the grips, put this front strap piece in, and then put the grips back on and bam you’ve got frontstrap checkering
Sorry, at first I thought you meant the TRP Operator, rather than the Loaded Operator. For the TRP Operator, the internals (hammer, sear, disconnector and trigger,) as well as the fitting of the slide to frame, are done by the custom shop. I also seem to recall that they used Wilson tool-steel hammer, sear and disconnector on those, and they ran about $600 more than this Operator (MSRP.) However, I just realized that the TRP Operator is now discontinued, though there are still a few TRP pistols in the catalog... I may still wind up trying to get one of these before long... Oops, it looks like the TRP Operator IS still available, it's just that rather than having 2 (with a CA Compliant version,) they are keeping the CA Compliant version in their catalog! MSRP: 1780!
I thought that too. This is a DIFFERENT gun than the TRP Operator, though they do look nearly identical. It appears that S/A decided it was stupid to have .45ACP 1911s in "normal" and "CA Compliant" versions, which explains why it shows up in their catalog as "Discontinued." However, the "TRP Operator (CA Compliant)" version IS still in their catalog, with an MSRP of $1780. A big different is that the custom shop does some filling to the TRP pistols, where the "standard" gunsmiths at S/A build their production guns, even the Loaded Operators, which are S/A's highest-end production guns (other than the TRP.) I had also heard that the TRP guns use Wilson tool-steel hammer, sear and disconnector, but I may be mixed up about that, I might be thinking of the Vickers Master 1911.
