Rock Island Armory .45ACP ?????

Doglips · 12-06-2003, 08:59 PM

are the RI 1911 a true copy or not???????? Can you put Colt 1911 parts on it..ie barrel ect or not realy?????

Kinda courious.

PAPA G · 12-06-2003, 09:07 PM

from all the 1911 sites i have visited, the answer is in the affirmative. seems many happy owners of the RIA's.:right:

MAX7.62 · 12-08-2003, 10:05 AM

So far I haven't had any problems fitting parts into the RIA's DL. The only thing I have seen is there is a slight difference in the frame ears on each side of the grip safety between some of the RIA's. All that means is that a Wilson drop in beavertail will fit some if them fine, but on some there is quite a gap between the frame and safety - which just means you have to radius the frame to fit the beavertail as opposed to using a drop in.

12-08-2003, 11:26 AM

NOT get all the factory mods that you can, unless the price is under $200, and you can do the work yourself. Having a smith do $500 worth of work, to your $400 gun, means you can't sell it for more than $300. Get a used, "fully loaded" Spld, for $500, it will have all the work done, and you can always sell it for $450, to a private buyer.

oneastrix · 12-08-2003, 01:31 PM

RIA's seem to be solid guns from what I have read Doglips. I'm yet to hear a bad thing about them.

NRAJOE · 12-08-2003, 01:33 PM

Passed one up at a gun store, told the guy maybe next week. Thought about that gun all week, went back on payday, it was GONE!

Ain't seen one since!

PAPA G · 12-08-2003, 01:38 PM

go for it Dawglips, if your a tinkerer you have a good time. i like my guns as they come from the factory. my S.A.M. looks real good for straight G.I. copy.

Doglips · 12-08-2003, 03:14 PM

Im still looking at getting something...not sure what..I pick up the taurus 357 friday....so looking at getting a decent 45acp....the 9mm for IDPA I think Im just gona use wifee poos Star B or get my own....they are so cheep to pick up....was looking at the Ballistas but not too hard...the CZ in 45acp is also in the running..but a little more than the RI...so we will see..will be jaunary until the next toy...xmass and teenagers kills the $$$$$

03-06-2004, 11:36 AM

definitely tempting

http://www.sightm1911.com/lib/tech/ria_reliability.htm

colt45 · 03-06-2004, 04:38 PM

simple answer to you question, YES.

03-06-2004, 05:51 PM

:target:

12-06-2003, 08:59 PM	#1
Doglips Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Cocoa Florida Posts: 9,089	Rock Island Armory .45ACP ????? are the RI 1911 a true copy or not???????? Can you put Colt 1911 parts on it..ie barrel ect or not realy????? Kinda courious.

12-08-2003, 10:05 AM	#3
MAX7.62 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Classified Posts: 934	So far I haven't had any problems fitting parts into the RIA's DL. The only thing I have seen is there is a slight difference in the frame ears on each side of the grip safety between some of the RIA's. All that means is that a Wilson drop in beavertail will fit some if them fine, but on some there is quite a gap between the frame and safety - which just means you have to radius the frame to fit the beavertail as opposed to using a drop in. __________________ The Second Amendment, it ain't about DUCK HUNTING! I feel more like I do now that I did when I first got here!

12-08-2003, 11:26 AM	#4
over Guest Posts: n/a	never buy a 1911,& NOT get all the factory mods that you can, unless the price is under $200, and you can do the work yourself. Having a smith do $500 worth of work, to your $400 gun, means you can't sell it for more than $300. Get a used, "fully loaded" Spld, for $500, it will have all the work done, and you can always sell it for $450, to a private buyer.

12-08-2003, 01:31 PM	#5
oneastrix Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 5,213	RIA's seem to be solid guns from what I have read Doglips. I'm yet to hear a bad thing about them. __________________ There's no one more thankful to sit at the table, than the one who best remembers hunger's pain.

12-08-2003, 01:33 PM	#6
NRAJOE Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Toledo,OH Posts: 19,043 Images: 3	Passed one up at a gun store, told the guy maybe next week. Thought about that gun all week, went back on payday, it was GONE! Ain't seen one since! __________________ U.S. Army 1976-1979 237th Combat Engineers Heilbronn, Germany

12-06-2003, 09:07 PM	#2
PAPA G Guest Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: somerset, kentucky Posts: 12	from all the 1911 sites i have visited, the answer is in the affirmative. seems many happy owners of the RIA's.:right:

12-08-2003, 01:38 PM	#7
PAPA G Guest Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: somerset, kentucky Posts: 12	go for it Dawglips, if your a tinkerer you have a good time. i like my guns as they come from the factory. my S.A.M. looks real good for straight G.I. copy.

12-08-2003, 03:14 PM	#8
Doglips Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Cocoa Florida Posts: 9,089	Im still looking at getting something...not sure what..I pick up the taurus 357 friday....so looking at getting a decent 45acp....the 9mm for IDPA I think Im just gona use wifee poos Star B or get my own....they are so cheep to pick up....was looking at the Ballistas but not too hard...the CZ in 45acp is also in the running..but a little more than the RI...so we will see..will be jaunary until the next toy...xmass and teenagers kills the $$$$$

03-06-2004, 11:36 AM	#9
Logansdad Guest Posts: n/a	I saw one at my local dealer's shop definitely tempting http://www.sightm1911.com/lib/tech/ria_reliability.htm Last edited by Logansdad; 03-06-2004 at 12:27 PM.

03-06-2004, 04:38 PM	#10
colt45 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Occupied Territories of New York (Buffalo) Posts: 2,898	simple answer to you question, YES. __________________ "A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity" -Sigmund Freud, General Introduction to Psychoanalysis "If guns cause crime, all of mine are defective." - Ted Nugent "Self-defense is Nature's eldest law." -John Dryden

03-06-2004, 05:51 PM	#11
Logansdad Guest Posts: n/a	$379 + tax :target: