Springfield Armory 1911 A1 .45 Lightweight Champion Range Officer Black Pistol PI9136L

Springfield Armory’s 1911-A1 Range Officer Champion has the same frame size as the Range Officer but with a 4" barrel rather than the GI 5" barrel. The Range Officer Champion also features a memory bump on the beavertail grip safety that allows the shooter to easily get the same grip each time and low profile combat rear sight and fiber optic front sight help to prevent snagging when the gun is drawn from the holster. The Champion is smaller and lighter but with the same capacity as the Range Officer which makes the Champion a great conceal carry gun.

Features:

• Forged National Match Frame and Slide
• Match Stainless Steel Barrel
• Precisely Fit Bushing
• Fully Supported Ramp
• Extended Beavertail Safety
• Dual Recoil Spring
• Full Length Guide Rod
• Forged Lightweight Alloy Frame
• Skeletonized Hammer
• Height: 5.5"
• Length: 7.6"

About Springfield Armory

In 1777 just after the start of the American Revolution George Washington established the United State's first armory in Springfield Massachusets. The Springfield Armory during the Revolutionary War was used as a site to secure ammunition and gun carriages vital to the struggle for independence. After the Revolutinary War the Springfield Armory began manufacturing muskets for the new nation and quickly became a center for weapons development in the United States for nearly two centuries, producing some of the nation's most prolific firearms including the M1911 pistol, M1 Garand rifle, and the M14 rifle.

After the Springfield Armory was closed in 1968 by the federal government, the Reese family of Geneseo, Illinois licensed the name and insignia of Sprigfield Armory. Since then the company has dedicated itself to protecting the legacy of the Springfield Armory by continuing to develop high quality firearms and reproducing some of the Armory's most famous firearms like the 1911 pistol and their semi-automatic version of the M14, the M1A rifle. Springfield Armory has won multiple American Rifleman's Golden Bullseye Awards and has become one of the largest firearm manufactures in the world.