Springfield Armory Combat Operator 9mm

[Wake27]

Tool steel ignition parts, upgraded rear sight as opposed to an in house Novak copy, front strap checkering, and armory coat compared to parkerizing. Add those features up to the cost of the RO operator and it should be close. If you want a base gun the RO operator is certainly the better choice, the lipseys special is more turn key.

That's kind of the debate. Whether to just go with this one and try to be happy, or get the RO and send it to SACS with a bunch of Wilson parts, like I did for my CRG.


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[rushca01]

That's kind of the debate. Whether to just go with this one and try to be happy, or get the RO and send it to SACS with a bunch of Wilson parts, like I did for my CRG.


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Understand the dilema, the combat operator kind of hits the sweet spot for me. I'm not spending Wilson type money for a rage toy 9mm 1911 still cheaper than the Warren tactical guns which has a pretty stellar review. Tough choice fore sure.

[jpmuscle]

Understand the dilema, the combat operator kind of hits the sweet spot for me. I'm not spending Wilson type money for a rage toy 9mm 1911 still cheaper than the Warren tactical guns which has a pretty stellar review. Tough choice fore sure.

I'm still not sure if this is worth it over the RO Operator.


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Tool steel ignition parts, upgraded rear sight as opposed to an in house Novak copy, front strap checkering, and armory coat compared to parkerizing. Add those features up to the cost of the RO operator and it should be close. If you want a base gun the RO operator is certainly the better choice, the lipseys special is more turn key.

That's kind of the debate. Whether to just go with this one and try to be happy, or get the RO and send it to SACS with a bunch of Wilson parts, like I did for my CRG.


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I love 1911s, full stop. BUT, the one thing I've come to realize is that I (personally) am never satisfied with whatever particular offering I happen to own and have in my hand at the moment lol. Back when I ordered my railed Pro a year ago I told myself I'm done chasing the 1911 unicorn.... And Glock handles my 9mm needs.

Resistance may be futile...

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[rushca01]

I love 1911s, full stop. BUT, the one thing I've come to realize is that I (personally) am never satisfied with whatever particular offering I happen to own and have in my hand at the moment lol. Back when I ordered my railed Pro a year ago I told myself I'm done chasing the 1911 unicorn.... And Glock handles my 9mm needs.

Resistance may be futile...

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I'm a glock 19 homer through and through and they are what I use 99% of the time but I still have a soft spot for 1911s and shooting a 9mm government model 1911 is pure fun, I have just be reluctant to spend 3000 dollars on a 9mm Wilson cqb or even the 2000 for the Warren tactical version until this little beauty came along.

[jpmuscle]

I'm a glock 19 homer through and through and they are what I use 99% of the time but I still have a soft spot for 1911s and shooting a 9mm government model 1911 is pure fun, I have just be reluctant to spend 3000 dollars on a 9mm Wilson cqb or even the 2000 for the Warren tactical version until this little beauty came along.

I hear ya. Sucks its only a limited run

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[Wake27]

I hear ya. Sucks its only a limited run

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Hopefully the response is there to make it more available. Undercut the trigger guard and add a magwell and I could probably resist the urge to do anything else to it.

ETA - and a medium or short solid trigger. I've really been liking those since the BCM 1911 came out.


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[F.C.III]

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Shot mine today! 218 trouble free rds. Accurate as hell and zero recoil. An absolute pleasure to shoot! Not sure why my pic is flipped sideways.

[rushca01]

Got lazy on one today on gunbroker. Buy it now price of 1375, snooze you lose.

[Wake27]

Damn I'm jealous of you guys...


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[JEC75]

Hope you guys don't mind me jumping in on this one. I am in charge of coming up with and coordinating the special projects at Lipsey's. The Combat Operator has been a project we have been working on for a while. Luckily Springfield finally had some production time open up on 1911's to allow us to run these. We plan on running 150 to 200 a month and once the 45 ACP and 10mm versions are ready, we will rotate the calibers around each month. Basically, we would do 200 9mm's one month, then 200 45's, then 200 10mm, and back to 9mm's and so forth. The response has been great on the 9mm and was one of the more popular items in our booth at SHOT. I have a lot of rounds thru the first sample gun and it is hard to put it down. Like F.C.III said above, it has zero recoil. Let me know if you have any questions.

Jason / Lipsey's