Ruger SR1911 Front Sight issue

First of all this is not a Ruger bashing thread.

Secondly, Ruger has already been called and have provided a prepaid shipping label for sending my pistol in for repair and return.

After a couple of years trying to find the SR1911 in stock anywhere here in Nebraska land I was finally in the right place and at the right time and bought mine.
Took it home, cleaned it, took it to the range and WOW it was fantastic. Shot great, no jams or any other problems. Probably put 50 or so rounds through it. I was happy.

Returned to the range this weekend and went thru 2 mags and 6 rounds.

I fired a shot and all was well until I went to line up the next shot. What the hey! Uh. Where is my front sight? As you can imagine I was a bit confused as there had been a front sight there on the previous shot. Examination reveled that the front sight had sheared off pretty much even with the top of the slide. The lower portion was still in the sight groove.

After returning home I did a brief search on the web and found that this is not as uncommon as I thought. At least one video and numerous threads on other forums. Perhaps I had missed a tread here on TFL but I have not found one.
I called Ruger this morning and as soon as I mentioned that the front sight sheared off I was told they would send me a prepaid label by email to ship it in for repair.
So, it does suck that I won’t have the gun for a bit and I have to send it in but I am pleased with Customer Service.
As near as I can gather Ruger must have received a batch of bad Novak Sights. I am not blaming anyone for the problem as problems do happen. I mainly just wanted to bring it up here as I have not seen anything from anyone else about it.
Yes I would and will buy more Ruger guns.

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Aftermarket barrel vs. Sight radius

Hello,
Just curious.I'm picking up my G20 tomorrow.I plan to use it with cast 200 gr GC bullets with an aftermarket barrel for backpack hunting.
Question is if I get a 6-6.5 barrel the sight radius is still limited by the length of the slide .what advantage is a 6" barrel besides increase in velocity. or is that the whole point
thank you

it's all an educated guess,,,, till the trigger is pulled.

the more i find out about shootin boolits, the more it contradicts everything i ever learned about shooting jaxketed.

A bit more muzzle velocity, but at pistol hunting ranges the marginal effect on your game is not likely to be significant.

"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.", old Chinese proverb.

So I'm thinking "tactical" length Lone Wolf which would be a compromise between the 6-6.5 and stock length

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