Shop Springfield 1911 Range Officer Elite Operator 45 ACP with 2 Magazines and Range Bag and buy guns for sale online from our gun store. The RO® Elite Operator® is a multi-threat athlete, combining trophy-level accuracy with do-it-all versatility. Match grade frame and slide are forged steel, Black-T™ finished to withstand corrosion, abrasion and extremes. The slide features slanted front and rear serrations for easy racking. The 5 inch stainless steel, match grade barrel delivers on-target rounds with repeatable precision, aided by a tactical rack white-dot rear sight and fiber optic front sight. The Operator sports a crisp Gen 2 trigger and GI recoil system. An accessory rail and ambidextrous safety add flexibility, and thin-line G-10 grips provide a solid, hand-pleasing fit.

The 230-grain is by far the most popular bullet weight in .45 ACP, and the two such loads tested were within a tenth of an inch of each other in five-shot measurements, and identical in “best three” measurements. That is consistency. Best-three measurements with all three rounds in both bullet weights averaged 1.07”.