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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: Beef on October 10, 2007, 08:13:43 PM
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Michael,
On your blog the other day you wrote that you were trying out one of the Rock Island Armory .45’s. Have you had any time to try it out on the range?
Thanks,
Beef
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Not yet...am still wildly on the fly...
mb
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Thanks for the quick response!
Let us know when you can!
Beef
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am actually looking forward to it...would love to "discover" the world's cheapest 1911!
mb
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I am truly not Michael,but I do have RIA 45.It has approx 450 rounds down range, with ZERO malfunctions.The only malfunctions were operator induced,intentional limp wristing. I have feed it every thing from target reloads to CorBon.It is away having xs nite sights installed.
For the money IMHO it cannot be beat ;D Doug
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Not yet...am still wildly on the fly...
mb
MB, if you can't get to shooting the Rock Island anytime soon, ship it to me and I will put it through the paces. I'll pay to ship it back.
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Have one and only problem was with Wolf Ammo. Extractor would not fully engage case - slightly different specs than normal brass ammunition.
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Only Malfunctions I had with mine were from a worn out extractor, and a worn out recoil spring.
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This is an interesting thing to learn, my brother is a gunsmith in Washington state and I check with him on firearms. He told me that he was told the Rock Island .45 is made of metal too soft for shooting all the time. I am very interested to find if others have found this out through experience or is this another urban/firearm legend. Now my brother did say it was probably okay for self-defense, just not shooting a few thousand rounds downrange on a weekly basis.
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told me that he was told the Rock Island .45 is made of metal too soft for shooting all the time.
Sometimes I wonder how much of these kind of things are the "rumors that won't die" in the gun world and how many of them are actually true. IIRC RIA firearms are made by Armscorp (can anyone verify that?)...Armscorp has a good reputation for quality. Their M14 receivers are usually considered to be fairly decent.
Kris
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WELL, GUYS AND GIRLS!
I HAVE TRY ROCK ISLAND ARMORY ACP 45 cal... I TRY THIS 45 AT JACKARMS...INDOOR RANGE. AFTER FIGHTING 250 ROUNDS. OF AMERICAN (CHEAP AMMO FOR A CHEAP 1911) THIS IS MY OWN FINDING.
1.) TOO LIGHT WHEN HOLD THE FIREARMS.
2.) THE TRIGGER PULL IS WAY TO LIGHT...IT MIGHT THINK YOU HAVE A HAIR TRIGGER.
3.) THE BALANCE OF THE WEAPON...IS HOW COULD SAY IT...IT DO NOT FEEL LIKE A MAN GUN..IT MIGHT BE GREAT FOR A LADY
GUN.
4.) THE SLIDE DO NOT LOAD OR LOCK THE AMMO FULLY IN THE CHAMBER.
5. IT WILL MAKE A GREAT PAPER WEIGHT TO HOLD DOWN PILE PAPER WORK I AM TRYING TO CATCH-UP!
I WILL RATE IT 5 1/2 BULLET'S..
PRICE WISE, NOT BAD FOR SOMEONE TO BUY AND OWNED THERE FIRST 45 cal
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Yes they are made by Armscore, no the metal isnt any softer than any other pistol , they are cheap because they are made in the Phillipines, Like most 1911s they have a break in period and probably need a fluff and buff , they need 500 to 1000 rds run thru them to start running right. The best bang for the $ on the market. Mr Farley Im not even gonna reply to your uneducated report .
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Agree with 2HOW on the break-in period, especially for less expensive guns. I know Walt Rauch's Taurus 1911 was a bear for 300 or so rounds, then settled down and ran just fine. I'll typically dump a quick 100 rounds of ball through any new gun before I even try to do anything with it, hopefully knock the rough edges off.
That "softer steel" myth has been around for a long time. The Rock Island guns are made to current American specs (the highly rated STI Spartan is also manufactured in the Phillipines).
If you want softer steel, check out some of the older Spanish semiautos...Silly Putty, but good enough for the mission at the time.
Michael B