Rock Island Armory .45

[Beef]

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

[Michael Bane]

Not yet...am still wildly on the fly...

mb

[Beef]

Thanks for the quick response!

Let us know when you can!

Beef

[Michael Bane]

am actually looking forward to it...would love to "discover" the world's cheapest 1911!

mb

[canon6]

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     Doug

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[DonWorsham]

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.

[Dharmaeye]

Have one and only problem was with Wolf Ammo. Extractor would not fully engage case - slightly different specs than normal brass ammunition.

[Walter45Auto]

Only Malfunctions I had with mine were from a worn out extractor, and a worn out recoil spring.

[Rawmaster50]

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. 

[kilopaparomeo]

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