{"id":17869,"date":"2014-01-29T00:15:54","date_gmt":"2014-01-29T05:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=17869"},"modified":"2026-01-21T11:23:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T17:23:56","slug":"springfield-1911-range-officer-in-9mm-shot-show-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/springfield-1911-range-officer-in-9mm-shot-show-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Springfield 1911 Range Officer in 9mm\u2014SHOT Show 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/springfield01.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"springfield-1911-range-officer-in-9mm-shot-show-2014\" title=\"Springfield 1911 Range Officer in 9mm\u2014SHOT Show 2014\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-17888\" title=\"Springfield 1911 Range Officer in 9mm\u2014SHOT Show 2014\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/springfield01-400x286.jpg\" alt=\"springfield01\" width=\"320\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/springfield01-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/springfield01-150x107.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/springfield01-1024x733.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/springfield01.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.springfield-armory.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"springfield-1911-range-officer-in-9mm-shot-show-2014\" title=\"Springfield 1911 Range Officer in 9mm\u2014SHOT Show 2014\">Springfield Armory<\/a><\/p>\n<p>When Springfield designed the RO 45 Range Officer, the objective was to produce a <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/search?keyword=Springfield%201911%20A1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"springfield-1911-range-officer-in-9mm-shot-show-2014\" title=\"Springfield 1911 Range Officer in 9mm\u2014SHOT Show 2014\">finely matched 1911<\/a> that could be used in competition but wouldn\u2019t cost thousands of dollars. It\u2019s made from close tolerance, match-grade components without all the fancy extras that you may or may not need. The company evidently hit the nail on the head because its selling ROs as fast as they can build them. The newest member of the Range Officer line is the RO 9 in 9mm, introduced a couple of weeks before the 2014 SHOT Show. It has the same dimensions, match grade parts and shooting accuracy, only in the softer recoiling, and less expensive, 9mm cartridge. Springfield also had the new XDs 4.0 to show us. The original XDs had a 3.3\u201d barrel. Extending the barrel to 4\u201d makes for a better balanced pistol with a longer sight radius. Should be easier pointing and more accurate for the average shooter. MSRP starts at $599.<\/p>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/springfield03.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"springfield-1911-range-officer-in-9mm-shot-show-2014\" title=\"Springfield 1911 Range Officer in 9mm\u2014SHOT Show 2014\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-17890\" title=\"Springfield 1911 Range Officer in 9mm\u2014SHOT Show 2014\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/springfield03-160x300.jpg\" alt=\"springfield03\" width=\"160\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/springfield03-160x300.jpg 160w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/springfield03-80x150.jpg 80w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/springfield03-546x1024.jpg 546w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/springfield03-170x320.jpg 170w, 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https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/springfield04.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/springfield02.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"springfield-1911-range-officer-in-9mm-shot-show-2014\" title=\"Springfield 1911 Range Officer in 9mm\u2014SHOT Show 2014\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-17889\" title=\"Springfield 1911 Range Officer in 9mm\u2014SHOT Show 2014\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/springfield02-400x266.jpg\" alt=\"springfield02\" width=\"320\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/springfield02-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/springfield02-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/springfield02-1024x682.jpg 1024w, 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It\u2019s made from close tolerance, match-grade components without all the fancy extras that you may or may not need. The company evidently hit the nail on the head because its selling ROs as fast as they can build them. The newest member of the Range Officer line is the RO 9 in 9mm, introduced a couple of weeks before the 2014 SHOT Show. It has the same dimensions, match grade parts and shooting accuracy, only in the softer recoiling, and less expensive, 9mm cartridge. Springfield also had the new XDs 4.0 to show us. The original XDs had a 3.3\u201d barrel. Extending the barrel to 4\u201d makes for a better balanced pistol with a longer sight radius. Should be easier pointing and more accurate for the average shooter. MSRP starts at $599.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":17888,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,16,36,84],"tags":[],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-17869","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gunsamerica-authors","8":"category-me","9":"category-reviews-pistols","10":"category-shot-show-2014"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Springfield 1911 Range Officer in 9mm\u2014SHOT Show 2014<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Springfield 1911 Range Officer in 9mm\u2014SHOT Show 2014 -\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/springfield-1911-range-officer-in-9mm-shot-show-2014\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Springfield 1911 Range Officer in 9mm\u2014SHOT Show 2014\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"When Springfield designed the RO 45 Range Officer, the objective was to produce a finely matched 1911 that could be used in competition but wouldn\u2019t cost thousands of dollars. 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