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Springfield Armory® Introduces Laser Equipped 1911 Loaded Model*

Loaded Parkerized Ready For Self-defense With Crimson Trace®*Lasergrips®

GENESEO, IL, January 11, 2015 – Springfield Armory® is pleased to announce a new member to the Loaded family of 1911 pistols. The new Springfield Armory® 1911 Loaded Parkerized pistol is now available with Crimson Trace® Lasergrips®.

Rounding out the five other Loaded 1911 configurations in the product line, the Loaded Parkerized is optimized for serious defensive use. The Parkerized finish is designed to stand up to the rigors of daily carry while the full Government size makes it an excellent home-defense option too. Like other models in the Loaded family, the Parkerized model is built for reliable performance. A five-inch stainless match grade barrel is carefully fit to a bushing and Parkerized forged carbon steel frame and slide for maximum reliability and accuracy.

Customers who want the ease of control offered by a full size 1911 will appreciate the marriage of tradition with life-saving technology. This new Loaded model includes Crimson Trace® Lasergrips® to provide customers with fast, instinctive, and effective low-light sighting options.

“The addition of the laser means you can react more quickly in response to a threat,” says Dennis Reese, Chairman of the Board at Springfield Armory®. *“I don’t know if there’s anything more comforting than that.”

An instinctive activation button turns the laser on with no switch manipulation required. Assume a firing grip, and the laser is automatically projected downrange toward the target. The low-profile grip replacements have no impact on holster selection so that customers can choose their favorite Government size holster. As a self-defense model, the Loaded Parkerized comes standard with three-dot Tritium combat sights.

“The goal of our Loaded product line is to provide customers with pistols that are ready to go, out of the box, with everything they might need for serious types of usage,” says Springfield Armory® CEO Dennis Reese. “To us, Loaded doesn’t represent a single combination of features. Rather, we create a number of different configurations within the Loaded family to meet different types of customer needs.”

Because everyone’s definition of Loaded is a little different, Springfield Armory® now offers six different models in the series, each with its unique set of features. For example, the LB Operator® offers an extra round in the magazine, while the Lightweight Operator® uses a forged aluminum alloy frame to shave extra weight for concealed carry applications. The traditional Parkerized and Stainless Steel models are forged with a traditional dust cover while the Marine Corps Operator®, LB Operator®, and Lightweight Operator® models include Picatinny rails for more tactical use.

Depending on the specific Loaded configuration, customers will find premium features like ambidextrous thumb safeties, extended beavertail grip safeties with memory bumps, lightweight delta hammers, and extended triggers. Two included magazines and a very high quality polymer briefcase round out the package.

Springfield Armory® will be offering the Loaded Parkerized Crimson Trace® pistol in .45ACP.

About Springfield Armory®

“The First Name in American Firearms,” Springfield Armory® was founded in 1777, when George Washington ordered the creation of an armory to store ammunition and gun carriages during the American Revolution.

In 1794, the armory began to manufacture muskets and spent the next 150 years supplying firearms for every major American conflict. The original armory closed in 1968. In 1974, the Reese family took ownership of the Springfield Armory® name and began making the M1A™ rifle.

Today, Springfield Armory® develops many products loyal to the company’s heritage, like the 1911 pistol, while ensuring its future with innovative products, including the XD®, XD® Mod.2™ XD(M)® and XD-S® polymer pistols.
 

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“The addition of the laser means you can react more quickly in response to a threat,” says Dennis Reese, Chairman of the Board at Springfield Armory®. *“I don’t know if there’s anything more comforting than that.”
Dennis is just doing PR, lasers are a good way to give yourself away. Good pistol, you can keep the laser.
 

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Dennis is just doing PR, lasers are a good way to give yourself away. Good pistol, you can keep the laser.
I tried a laser on a pistol once. It did work great for fast target acquisition and it held zero great, but I didn't like not being able to holster it in a regular holster. I'm a big advocate for RDS's on rifles and shotguns though, but you don't holster them. I've got a friend with one on his rifle and I don't see the point of it. Maybe if I were running an SBR or some sort of tactical shotgun.
There is one laser that I think is absolutely awesome, IR lasers. I don't own one but I've toyed with one once on a gentleman's hog hunting rig. It was a 6.8 ar15 with thermal optics for night hunting. It was defiantly something cool to see. I think the optics and laser far out cost the rifle though.
 

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I tried a laser on a pistol once. It did work great for fast target acquisition and it held zero great,
OK what if you're not on the right target and/or you're up against more than one?


but I didn't like not being able to holster it in a regular holster. I'm a big advocate for RDS's on rifles and shotguns though, but you don't holster them. I've got a friend with one on his rifle and I don't see the point of it. Maybe if I were running an SBR or some sort of tactical shotgun.
RDS? SBR?

There is one laser that I think is absolutely awesome, IR lasers. I don't own one but I've toyed with one once on a gentleman's hog hunting rig. It was a 6.8 ar15 with thermal optics for night hunting. It was defiantly something cool to see. I think the optics and laser far out cost the rifle though.

Good Thermal scopes run 4 to 5000 dollars. Tried one on a friends rifle (he has it for professional reasons). They're great and you don't have the problems of Night vision scopes. Like to try it with coyotes sometime.
 

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OK, how many shooters that wouldn't touch a laser are over 55 ? :rolleyes:

Myself, the thought of hanging a dot sight on a Single Action gives me chills.

I do get to watch people shooting with a laser. It's by no means magic, and will do nothing to cure the numerous maladies that afflict them wanting to land a bullet on a dot. Some of the worst shooting I've observed was accomplished with the aid of a laser.

Doesn't make them bad, but I suspect many install one to compensate for practice and shooting skills. It won't.
 

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Fishing lures aren't made to catch fish. They're made to catch fishermen.

Lasers are just another fishing lure. Unless you have unlimited funds, there are wiser places to spend the money in shooting.
 

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Dennis is just doing PR, lasers are a good way to give yourself away. Good pistol, you can keep the laser.
It has been proven to be a liability MANY times during armed attacks in the dark, here in South Africa. Too much time is spent gettting the dot where the shooter wants to shoot and then he gets shot.

THE most effective and necessary add-on is a small but powerful flashlight with a wide beam for immediate and instinctive shooting; it has given some precious moments at the critical time to people being attacked in the dark.
 

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OK, how many shooters that wouldn't touch a laser are over 55 ? :rolleyes:
That's because a lot of us "older" folks were taught to develop skill set(s) and not look for a quick and easy answer.

I do get to watch people shooting with a laser. It's by no means magic, and will do nothing to cure the numerous maladies that afflict them wanting to land a bullet on a dot. Some of the worst shooting I've observed was accomplished with the aid of a laser.

Doesn't make them bad, but I suspect many install one to compensate for practice and shooting skills. It won't.
Ahhhhhhh yep! :rolleyes:
 

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OK what if you're not on the right target and/or you're up against more than one?




RDS? SBR?




Good Thermal scopes run 4 to 5000 dollars. Tried one on a friends rifle (he has it for professional reasons). They're great and you don't have the problems of Night vision scopes. Like to try it with coyotes sometime.

SBR is a common abbreviation for Short Barrel Rifle and RDS is a Red Dot Sight like an aimpoint or a vortex sparc. They use a light emitting diode to project a red dot or green dot in a small prism scope. They have no zoom efect but they make aiming a lt quicker, you don't have to line up sights anymore, just find the dot in the prism and whatever it is touching down range is where your bullet will hit. They are wonderful on Black rifles and shotguns. I've seen some use them on lever action rifles with good results.
 

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SBR is a common abbreviation for Short Barrel Rifle and RDS is a Red Dot Sight like an aimpoint or a vortex sparc. They use a light emitting diode to project a red dot or green dot in a small prism scope. They have no zoom efect but they make aiming a lt quicker, you don't have to line up sights anymore, just find the dot in the prism and whatever it is touching down range is where your bullet will hit. They are wonderful on Black rifles and shotguns. I've seen some use them on lever action rifles with good results.
More gimmicks to hang on firearms. Not for me since I worked on skill set a long time ago and I can still snap shoot iron sights just fine.

My SBR Model 600 did just fine with iron sights with either M118 or my handloads out to 500 yards. It was my SAR rifle, but shot it a lot in practical rifle matches. Practical means we shot at IPSC item targets
 

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I do not have any but I think it is good for a new owner for HD, it gives you a pretty good estimate of where you poi would go, it isn't used for pinpoint shooting like most people think it is used for.
 
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