I also don’t have the problem with the safety eating my hand either. Bought a mechtech carbine kit for mine and should have it about the same time you get your 9mm. I used to have the 3.5 Officers model totally stock. He has not complained about a thing. Would I recommend a 1911 to a brand new shooter looking for a carry piece? Now, I’ve owned several RI 1911’s and I have found them to be very reliable. We got a tactical 3.5 commander in 9mm for my wifes daily carry. They are courteous, professional and always willing to listen. I know many, many LEOs who swear by their 1911s. Email to friend. I did replace the Grip safety and Hammer with the Tactical kind and They made the Pistol a bit more comfortable to shoot. All you have to do is read the rest of this guy’s reviews to understand that he is a paid troll for the companies that pay for adverts to “The Truth About Guns”. I thought this was supposed to be the truth about guns. Or I can get a 1911 which does not work. Likes everything but hollow points. Any mags that I use work just fine. This stuff works well for me. Then he has the audacity to review a cheap 1911 that runs like crap and everyone is ripping his head off claiming his review “doesn’t add up” and “is not representative of the brand” etc etc etc. Give Rock Island a fair shake and test a brand-new-in-box model. Having owned several ARMSCOR products that worked well this is surprising Sounds not quite right, most failure too feed were caused by the magazine spring too weak at full capacity or the lips were off, or Fat Ammo, a third problem is limp wristing the loading, dropping the slide stop too load a round, etc but because the weapon is cheap the weapon is no good??? If you buy a $300 dollar gun don’t expect it to run like a $1000 dollar gun out of the box. And it is not representative of what your experiences will be. A few minutes with a file, and a dab or two of cold blue will yield good results. I wish I could get anouther for $320 out the door like I did years ago. Hope you can get yours fixed. I sometime think of getting a 1911, but then back off since I cannot figure out how much is too much and how low can I go to get a good one. I was told it was probably a magazine problem, so a local expert on-line company told me to buy a Chip McCormick mag and my problems would be over….Not! I also have “soft” hands, but I know better that to shoot ANY 1911 with a GI grip safety that has not had the edges knocked down. There is no documented instance of a 1911 going off while cocked and Locked. I shot the best group of my handgunning life out of it. The stripped grip bushing, that they fixed. Add to Cart. Other than that it has a flat bottom slide stop, and close to 300 rounds through it. I have had my Rock Island for years, consistently outshoot others with 9mm’s and have never hurt my hands while doing it. A close up of the special edition Rock Island 1911 with Patriot Brown cerakote and Desert Storm G10 grips. WTF?? I have other pistols better suited for target and self defense. Former gun slinger, current gun writer. I love it, he shoots ONE example of a Cabot 1911 that sucked and everyone is jumoingn on the bandwagon about how ALL 1911’s suck regardless of manufacturer blah blah. But it’s my EDC. /unit That is indicative of poor quality control with a product that is basically solid but executed poorly. Wow, why did you ever pick one up to begin with, seems like a Wilson or Brown or some other expensive one made here would be all you’d grace your safe with. when everything was finally ground and punched the slide stop worked as it should. I’ve read forums where Colt, Remington, etc…. (refer to Colt / RIA 1911 45CAL.) I would gladly give you a few bucks for it……. The next failure to feed arrived at round 44. I’ve been itching to try one myself for a while, so I emailed a request to TTAG command for a base model in .45ACP most riki-tik . Put about 300 rounds through in with no problems. Interesting that you felt the need to demand an apology on behalf of two grown men who could very well do the same. The problem is quality control (and customer service which is awful) At the beginning of the year I found out about an IDPA style shooting match at the end of January which I figured I’d enter for fun with my RIA 1911. Im not a smith but have any and every issue I’ve had with any of my three 1911’s they are just fun to work on anyway. It’s extra punch makes it another round with good stopping power and it shoots straight for a good distance with less windage problems than the 9mm.The 357 Colt revolver is a great combat weapon in very dirty or wet conditions! I had a RIA GI three years ago it was not a very good gun would not go into battery mag sticking main locking pin coming loose. Send yours back. I confirmed this by inspecting the inside of the stop and noting the copper scratches at small protrusion. Actually, you’ve just described the anti crowd. If you want a plain jane 1911 you don’t have to worry about scratching up, but still works fine, it’s worth a look. A 1911 has exactly SEVEN operational parts in the “FCG” – two being springs. I’d much rather see a review of one produced recently, picked at random from an LGS, That would be a fair review, and one all of us could at least call “fair”. It was like shooting two different AR15s. I sanded a little bit more and took it to the range again and it now instead had the issue of not always locking back so I probably went a little to far, but after a quick inspection and wiping excess oil that had deposited on the slide release lever it was working quite well. The feeding problem you talked about is right on. they fixed the problems later on and I just got a lemon. That is not to say comments should be censored, but we cannot hope to succeed in protecting our rights, educating the public and having legislators support our claims when we are churning out so much hatred amongst ourselves. For me it’s not that he had an issue with a RIA… It’s that he had EVERY issue that anyone has ever had with an 1911 on this one offering. that I have shot. The steel in this pistol ate hard grinding stones like candy. I agree, you don’t. Anyhow, it’s a funny irony, not saying anything like so-and-so was definitely wrong. do you start at a Kimber for around $1200.00? So thank you, guys, not only for performing the reviews but for bothering to read and respond to comments. Model #: M1911-A1 ROCK Standard FS DS . The Rock Island Armory GI Standard FS isn’t a beauty contest winner by any means, but that doesn’t mean it won’t shoot. Every month on required qualification range days, I saw the 1911 guys struggling!!! And I ran over 3000 rounds through it. This gives me a chance to evaluate what issues may need to be corrected. Man up. I regularly “compare” the three as they are all different configurations with barrel lengths of compact, commander, and full-size. Low prices on the Rock Island Armory 1911 "Rock Standard CS" Flat Dark Earth Cerakote in .45ACP start at Champion Firearms- A Solid Performer. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. On the positive side, it was the most accurate pistol in my collection. I’d check out the manufacturer somewhat too. You can’t blame the gun for a bad round (unless, possibly, the real problem is a soft primer strike). Somewhat off subject but may bear on some of the problems you’re having… So let me get this straight, you get a used 1911 that won’t run and you can’t shoot because it hurts your hands. This was an excellent value. I have no cuts from the recoil and it is one of my favorite firearms. It was new an unfired in the box, i put it away in a large crate for Russian aircraft parts. He loved it. Some product comes out great and some, well, not so much. Ed Brown and his son are crooks and will not honor their warranties on their high-end junk. Unless memory fails me, though, the gun he mentioned as being one “loose” enough to work well with just about anything was… Rock Island. I’m not a 1911 fanatic. I’m not even sure that the FTE was the gun and not a badly formed case. What’s Wrong With This Picture: Grab Your Gun and FIRE! It’s brother – an RIA “GI” model like the one disrespected by the author, has also functioned with 100% perfection since day one…never, not ONE malfunction using the same magazines that came with the gun! The same rough treatment found on the gun’s exterior carries through to the internals. I now have three .22 conversions on these frames, and they all go bang every time. Out of stock. Wilson Combat and STI? It's chambered in .45ACP with a 5” button rifled barrel supported by a full length guide rod. Now none of my guns will win a beauty contest that I will admit. I really like the feel of an all steel gun. This pistol is the true value of the 1911 world. Dang, it is fun. Prebans don’t exist. I find the RIA to be very reliable out of the box and requires care and maintenance just like anything else. (Otherwise I’d probably have bought the gun on the spot.) It’s always enlightening to see how many people are emotionally invested in their choice of firearm. Yet, the Rock Island A1 strives to replicate many of the old Colt’s iconic features. One FTFire(bad round). Maybe their five-year-old guns are different from their three year old examples, but I kind of doubt it…, It shoots reliably, has eaten everything I’ve fed it (which is admittedly a limited palate – WWB, Win 1911, and cheap reloads sold at the range) with no malfunctions other than a couple of stovepipes caused by standing too close to the divider in the shooting bay. Have had no problems with them. yeah. And the crap magazine that came with it not engaging the slide lock. A dozen companies make great 1911’s. I shoot 9mm, 40 & 45. Had a third, compact, that I sold to a friend which he uses as his primary carry and it gives him no issues. Not my experiance at all. If the comments here are a good sample (and I’m sure they aren’t) it seems about 30-50 percent of RIAs are crap right out of the box and the others are decent to good. I finally contacted the service manager and he got 4 people in the loop to resolve my situation. A knee shot I witnessed broke the leg at the knee and blew out the backside of the leg causing the person to bleed out in less than two minutes! Just purchased my second RIA 1911A1 FS. At about 200 rounds, I regrouped. I hope it is a clip issue, will see I guess. Looking at the pic i took, i think it was about 2″. Set of Heinie straight-8s and a good sport w/this on going joke between us ” button rifled supported. 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