Springfield SA-35 vs. Springfield 1911 Operator

[Mike H.]

Hello all, here is today's article posted on TheArmoryLife.com. It is titled “Springfield SA-35 vs. Springfield 1911 Operator” and can be found at https://www.thearmorylife.com/springfield-sa-35-vs-springfield-1911-operator/.

 

[cgage99]

I like both, but the Operator stands out to me with the picatinny rail. I do like the double stack mag of the 35 though

 

[Badduck]

Love my SA-35 shoots low so SA sending me a lower front sight but it groups at 2inch at 15 yards with 115 & 124 gr. If I bench with a bag its a cloverleaf shooter.Not an issues with about 100 rounds threw it between yesterday and today.

 

[Talyn]

Note to the article's author:

SA did not "modernize" the SA-35 by developing a 15 rd. magazine.

15 rd. MecGar magazines (the supplier to SA with their name on it) have been around for decades.

SA merely offered the SA-35 with the 15 rd. magazine.

 

[KillerFord1977]

Operator in .45 thank you.. no 9mm in a 1911

 

[Tinyman]

Did lots of research and the SA-35 seems to fill the empty hole in my arsenal. Have a RO Elite and Ronin both in .45 so the 9 seemed to be the next.

So, ordered a 35 and picked it up yesterday. Cleaned, oiled and waiting to hit the range.

No, if SA comes out with a .380, I'm good.

 

[JMB]

I like everything about my SA-35 a lot, except for the trigger profile and the wretchedly, awfully designed spur. Why the heck SA wouldn’t improve it by getting rid of the two sharp corners that touch the hand with a proper grip is beyond poor judgement. I‘d like to know the rationale behind this grotesque mistake.

 

[PacNWvike]

Operator for me, while I appreciate the high power and would love a WW2 era one, can’t say the SA-35 perked my interest at all. Maybe someday if I had more money and a bigger safe though.

 

[Snake45]

I like everything about my SA-35 a lot, except for the trigger profile and the wretchedly, awfully designed spur. Why the heck SA wouldn’t improve it by getting rid of the two sharp corners that touch the hand with a proper grip is beyond poor judgement. I‘d like to know the rationale behind this grotesque mistake.

I don't know exactly what you're talking about, but I think I have a very good idea. Sounds like something that could be fixed in ten minutes or less with common hand tools and a tiny bit of gunsmithing skill. I know this for a fact; have done it on quite a few of my guns of many different kinds.

 

[JIM MAYER]

I have both spent $200.00 on orerator at darlington gunworks ambi safety & 3 1/2# trigger bought 1500 rds. Blazer ammo SAmE pRiCE AS Operator & have 15 not 9 rounds in a lighter all steel pistol. In next gun fight I will leave operator & take SA 35. SRT team member

 

[SL66]

I have both spent $200.00 on orerator at darlington gunworks ambi safety & 3 1/2# trigger bought 1500 rds. Blazer ammo SAmE pRiCE AS Operator & have 15 not 9 rounds in a lighter all steel pistol. In next gun fight I will leave operator & take SA 35. SRT team member

If I were SRT I am not sure either would be my first choice.

 

[vjb.knife1]

I own a SA TRP Operator .45 and have owned several Browning High Powers in the past. I even owned one BHP that was heavily customized by Austin Behlert and I would still rather have the TRP Operator. The TRP OPerator is a very nice 1911, maybe a little shy of the Wilson CQB Elite that I also own, but close and at half the cost. The High Power is a classic and I may get one someday again, but there are modern 9mm pistols that I like better now from HK and SIG.

 

[Shibadog]

Operator in .45 thank you.. no 9mm in a 1911
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Full frame size 1911? Make it a .45 or a Super. 9 mm 1911-make it an EMP. P35 was built ground up as a 9 and they work well.