The barrel is stuck in the slide where the barrel link goes through. It is a bit heavy, but its not really sold as a carry piece, so I dont get the flak this writer gives it for thatnor the criticism of Rugers owner manual, with its insistence on proper maintenance and gun safety. But its still true that building a large run of high-quality, reliable, identical 1911s is a monumental challenge for any programmer. At 15 yards I can get one large hole. I find it funny how this article is written proclaiming the 1911 as a White mans gun, and then all of the ensuing comments are riddled with grammatical errors and horrible diction. Thumbs up. For almost 75 years, Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc. has been a model of corporate and community responsibility. Wow a 45 year old hooker, I hve been shooting the SR1911 for a couple weeks now can easily hold 2.5 inch groups at 25yrds all day long off hand. I'm no gunsmith but I'd put a new recoil spring in it and see if that solved it. Ruger offers consumers almost 800 variations of more than 40 product lines, across both the Ruger and Marlin brands. I have one of these on lay away and cant wait to see how my white ass shoots it.