back in november I purchased a SA operator. I've put about 530 round through this gun and it's cycled just fine however the pistol will just barely eject the last case and sometimes it will get stuck in the port or caught in the feed lips of the mag. I'm no pistol smith but I believe it's due to a bad/improperly tuned extractor. the problem didn't reveal itself right away but just today it became very bad. it's done this with the two original mags and two 8 rounch chip mccormick shooting star mags. So it's getting shipped back to the factory at their expense to get fixed. also I just recently noticed that the front sight was ever so slightly bent to the left. what I believe happened it that the person who installed the sight didn't open up the dovetail slot enough and forced the sight into the too-tight slot and bent it in the process as indicated by the sight base being recessed on the left and protruding on the right. I forgot to discuss this with the CS rep I talked to but she told me to type a note with everything I want fixed on the gun so I added that on there too. these two issues would be hard to pick up by the QC department, especially since the extractor didn't act up on me until about 3 weeks ago but whoever installed the front sight probably should have known better.
aside from those two issues and a few minor tool marks on the side of the trigger guard which are hard to spot, the gun has been very good and is put together well in all other aspects. slide to frame is tight, beavertail is fit nicely for an off the self production gun in this price range, and the trigger is pretty good. I don't have a scale but the website says about 4.5lbs and I'd say that's about right. Besides the extraction issue mentioned I have had no other malfunctions, the gun feeds well and locks back on every empty magazine as far as I can remember.
I fully expect Springfield to make everything right and I imagine after I get it back I'll be very satisfied with the gun. I'll post updates as I get them. as of right now I wouldn't tell anyone not to consider a springfield armory 1911 or an operator model but I would warn when purchasing ANY gun even a brand new one give it a VERY close look. do some homework before hand and know what to look for. Impulse buying a gun is usually not a good idea.
aside from those two issues and a few minor tool marks on the side of the trigger guard which are hard to spot, the gun has been very good and is put together well in all other aspects. slide to frame is tight, beavertail is fit nicely for an off the self production gun in this price range, and the trigger is pretty good. I don't have a scale but the website says about 4.5lbs and I'd say that's about right. Besides the extraction issue mentioned I have had no other malfunctions, the gun feeds well and locks back on every empty magazine as far as I can remember.
I fully expect Springfield to make everything right and I imagine after I get it back I'll be very satisfied with the gun. I'll post updates as I get them. as of right now I wouldn't tell anyone not to consider a springfield armory 1911 or an operator model but I would warn when purchasing ANY gun even a brand new one give it a VERY close look. do some homework before hand and know what to look for. Impulse buying a gun is usually not a good idea.
