Starter 1911 at a reasonable price, RIA hi-cap?

[Hawg]

Originally Posted by Nolaphoto1

I have read several posts and seen many youtube videos where people buy the less expensive, Asian manufactured 1911s and have then spent twice what they paid getting the gun to function how they want it to. It makes no sense to me to purchase a $400 Asian made Rock Island Armory or Norinco and then replace items like hammers and triggers with Ed Brown parts. It also makes very little sense to purchase that $400 standard 1911 and then go pay a gunsmith to throat the barrel, polish the feed ramp, and lower and flare the ejection port. My point is, you're paying premium prices to add items to a firearm that may or may not be made from quality parts or to exacting tolerances. It's like putting a $5,000 stereo system in a $1,000 beater of a car.

Rock Island tactical comes with a polished feed ramp, throated barrel, lowered and flared ejection port and a beveled mag well. It also has a nice trigger. Mine has yet to miss a beat with any type ammo. I changed out the grips and bought some Chip McCormick mags. The mag that came with it functioned fine but honestly it felt thin and cheap. Plus it had a bumper and I don't care for bumpers. I'd have changed it for that alone. I have no plans to do any further mods to it. It's a great inexpensive gun but not a cheap one.

As far as Norinco goes they were the base platform many custom gun builders desired.

[yetiman]

I bought ATI and took it to get the trigger massaged a little....not replacing and it was fine the way it was but I wanted a little easier trigger. Yes, it is made of cast metal, I wont be shooting thousands of rounds through it so I doubt it will ever matter. Of course with RIA you get a "lifetime" warranty so don't see as a big deal. As for mods.....I have seen kids buy a junker car and put $$$ into and when they are through all they have is a polished turd. Is that the case with these 1911's? I don't have any idea....**turns on purple neon lights and rolls on out**

[jh45gun]

Got my RIA Tactical today I like it. Changed the grips to some Brown Checkered Pastic GI ones until I can find some exotic wood ones I like OR I may make my own if I find the right wood.

[graehaven]

Originally Posted by jh45gun

Got my RIA Tactical today I like it. Changed the grips to some Brown Checkered Pastic GI ones until I can find some exotic wood ones I like OR I may make my own if I find the right wood.

Price?

Pix?