The thumb safety is extended and ambidextrous, and the beavertail is mounted to an Ed Brown-pattern cut on the frame, which means it puts your hand as high as possible on the gun. The result is a crisp trigger pull that came in at an even four pounds. The fire-control group is the heart of any 1911, and paired with the flat trigger is a Koenig Shooting Sports low-mass hammer and competition sear, a Cylinder & Slide disconnector, and a hand-tuned sear spring.
Flat-faced triggers are preferred by many shooters because they feel the same no matter where on the bow you place your finger. If the trigger looks a little funky, you haven’t been paying attention to competition trends. It wears Hogue Piranha G10 grips with just the right amount of grip, and the end result is a pistol that just won’t move in your hand-period. Unlike many pistols that claim it but are wrong, the frame of the SR1911 Competition sports a truly undercut trigger guard, with 25-lpi checkering on the frontstrap and mainspring housing. You’ll see chevron-shaped checkering on the slide, front and back, with “KOENIG” etched on both sides. Both the slide and frame are stainless steel, with a nitride finish that has been brushed off the side of the slide for a nice two-tone appearance. It has a standard bushing barrel with a full-length stainless steel recoil spring guide rod. The SR1911 Competition is a full-size, all-steel 1911 with a five-inch barrel. The Ruger is a 9mm with a five-inch barrel, designed with input from Doug Koenig, one of the winningest handgun competitors in history. 45 ACP version of this pistol, the original model was in 9mm and will be far more popular among competition shooters, so we’ll be reviewing it. Koenig joined Ruger a few years ago, and when the company approached him about a pistol for its new Custom Shop, his only request was that if Ruger was going to do build one, the designers needed to do it right. Koenig is one of the winningest handgun competitors in history, with more than 70 national and world titles across many different disciplines, including the Bianchi Cup and USPSA/IDPA. While Doug Koenig’s name isn’t in the title of the SR1911 Competition, it’s all over the pistol-literally, since it’s written on both sides of the slide. Let’s take a look at both, starting with Ruger. Ruger’s is called the SR1911 Competition, and Remington has come out with the 1911 R1 Tomasie Custom. Two companies not known for focusing on this segment are taking it one step further, producing “factory custom” 1911s purpose-built for competition. They look identical to me but I am not an expert.Recognizing the increasing popularity of competition shooting, more than a few gun manufacturers have been making handguns for these endeavors. Here's a photo comparing the OEM on the left to the spring (purportedly Cougar D spring) that Olhasso sent me on the right. I had ended up ordering two of the Wilson chrome silicon springs, which are due to arrive soon. I will be returning it (if necessary- what a PITA) for a refund not only for those reasons but due to the slow, slow delivery. The measured DA pull averaged about, ~8.75 lbs., and SA pull averaged 4 lbs. There was no appreciable difference with the spring Olhasso sent me. In the YT video the Cougar spring was longer by a couple of coils and of thinner gauge- go to 5:25 in video. I compared it to the PX4 OEM hammer spring, and contrary to the video, e.g., it appeared to be the same size as OEM. It came bare with no invoice or original packaging. Update: Received a spring from Olhasso today, three weeks after ordering Cougar D spring from him.
#ED BROWN 1911 COMP VS BERETTA D SPRING INSTALL#
I will report back after I receive and install the Cougar D spring. I will note that the measured smooth DA pull on my new, stock, PX4 FS (9mm) averaged 8.75 lbs., SA pull averaged 4 lbs. IMO, I'd caution one to 'think twice' about purchasing from him based on my one small order. Still waiting for Olhasso to refund my money.
I'm just so ticked off that I may just pay the $16 to Beretta for the Cougar D spring and be done with it, oh, but now they are OOS. I've since posted my inquiry in that thread as 'tedburns'. Later: I did read it more closely and there was no reference. Perhaps I need to read his very long post more closely. the Compact may differ so I am in a quandary. I'd prefer not to read through nearly 900 posts but the OEM hammer springs on the FS vs. I'll have to see if any other PX4's he had were FS and converted with that Wilson. Langdon used the Wilson on a PX4 Compact.
Apparently, he got the tip from Bill Wilson. I learned about it from a thread by Earnest Langdon on the pistol forum. Just haven't had a chance to do the switch over. I've ordered a couple of them, but am still using my original D spring for now.