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Alright weighing my options. My plan was to make a Ruger SR1911 in commander size my next handgun. Blah blah blah its big and low capacity. Anyways i dont mind because its an awesome gun and I would be carrying it with my Sig P238 as a back up. Anyways, I have been shooting a Sig P229 over the last couple weeks (in 40 s&w) and it is the i rst most acxurate handgun I have ever shot or handled. Definetely my new favorite. The Ruger is about 605 in my neck of the woods and the 229 is about 875 (1000 for the stainless elite which is ideal but ill settle for the standard one). I will eventually get both. Whichever I dont buy first will be the next handgun I buy. However, this will be my last handgun purchase for at least 2 years because of financial things. Opinions? Which should I buy first? Itls the sig worth the extra money? Discuss.
 
#16 ·
It sounds like a good idea, but I have had a little experience with the Sig 1911 and although I like the sig p238/938 in the 1911 platform, I much prefer S&W and Ruger 1911s to that Sig Ive shot a couple times
 
#4 ·
Welcome to the forum. I have the Ruger 1911 Commander. It is my favorite handgun. It is accurate and shoots anything I put in it. Never owned or shot a Sig so I can't comment on them.
 
#5 ·
Yeah my p238 is very nice i am a big fan of sigs and started shooting them more because of it. Looking back i would have gone with the 938 though just cuz 9mm is more plentiful than 380 here
 
#7 ·
I started out with the 238 and carried it for a little over a year, then I bought a 938 and I do like it a little better than the .380, I guess just because of the .380 vs 9mm differences in power. The ammo availability never came into play because I do load both calibers. A few weeks ago a friend offered me a trade offer that I just could not pass up. He wanted a small .380 and offered me an AR-15 in 7.62x39 so I traded it.
 
#6 ·
I love a commander. Im not a huge Ruger auto fan but would probably choose the commander...
 
#10 ·
I'm a huge Sig fan and my EDC is the Ruger 1911 CMD. o_O

You'd be happy with both. For Rugers first attempt at a 1911 they hit the nail on the head. It's a very fine 1911 built better than the price but that's just my opinion, others will vary. :)
 
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Ohhh $h!t that's awesome! I hadnt heard about that! Well it's not next but it's certainly going on my (long) lost of "to buy" guns! Eventually I want a 9mm 1911 too but I thing this 85 scale 380 is awesome!
 
#18 ·
The Ruger SR1911CMD is lovely. I have had mine since Jan. 2013 and it now has over 4K rounds through it. I put some different stocks on it I got off the Ruger website by the way. Now I have mainly shot 230gr FMJ, 230gr HP and 200gr cast SWC (hand loads) ammo in it.



To complicate your decision Ruger has come out with a LW version of it this year which has a black frame and their is a Talo/Ruger version called a Night Watchman that is all black with night sights on it. These are more money of course.
 
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