Rock Island Armory RIA M1911 1A-FS - POLISHED Nickel .45ACP

[cruzans]

Congratulations - looks awesome. Can't go wrong with an RIA - enjoy!

[rwb1500]

Very nice and Merry christmas to you. I have the tactical model. If you start having feed issues with it get a couple of Chip McCormic SS match mags and that will fix it. Mine had a problem with hollow points but the mags fixed it. MidwayUSA puts them on sale every other month for like $19 a piece.

I couldn't get 230 gr hollow points to run in the factory mags or CM mags but I could get anything to feed with Wilson 47Ds. Wadcutters. Effing wadcutters. Not something you typically feed $400 1911s.

[Emptymag]

I want a matte nickel one as my next 1911. I have a parkerized tactical as my EDC, I polished the feed ramp and have yet to have a feed issue, hollow points round nose, SWC just goes nom nom nom I can haz more .45?

Nice. I'm so glad to hear continued positive things about these rather affordable 1911s.
Can't wait to shoot it.

Congratulations - looks awesome. Can't go wrong with an RIA - enjoy!

Thank you, sir.

[JStem1283]

Nice. I'm so glad to hear continued positive things about these rather affordable 1911s. Can't wait to shoot it. Thank you, sir.

Be prepared, these guns are addicting. Took me 7 years to get my first, and less than 8 months to get my second.

[mrnyman]

Oh Man, That's a beautiful Gun, congrats, but i also feel bad for the poor guy who had to sell it,.

You can never have too many 1911's. .

[snakeman21]

Wow, that is gorgeous! I am so jealous because when I bought my RIA, I wanted a finish like that but they only had parkerized models. Since then, I haven't found a chrome or other "silvery" variant that I can trade in for without taking a big loss.


WAAAAANT!!!

[2quicktc]

Congrats to you. It looks awesome. Slightly jealous!

[Pector55]

I couldn't get 230 gr hollow points to run in the factory mags or CM mags but I could get anything to feed with Wilson 47Ds. Wadcutters. Effing wadcutters. Not something you typically feed $400 1911s.

First, that blingy 1911 is sweet! Congrats on the deal.

Second, I had the same experience with my inexpensive ATI 1911. The 230 gr hollow points set down just low enough to cause the lip of the hollow points to get caught on the feed ramp. I changed mags and poof.. all good.

[Emptymag]

Be prepared, these guns are addicting. Took me 7 years to get my first, and less than 8 months to get my second.

It's been at least that long since I've purchased a handgun. I THOUGHT my next handgun was going to be a CZ75, but this was too good to pass up.
While seeking info on RIA I see that they make a "compact" model AND a 9mm... hmmm....

Oh Man, That's a beautiful Gun, congrats, but i also feel bad for the poor guy who had to sell it,.

You can never have too many 1911's. .

Well, one is a start anyway. Thanks!

Wow, that is gorgeous! I am so jealous because when I bought my RIA, I wanted a finish like that but they only had parkerized models. Since then, I haven't found a chrome or other "silvery" variant that I can trade in for without taking a big loss.


WAAAAANT!!!

Thanks, man.

When I was looking to see what these were worth, I didn't run across ANY polished ones that were currently listed on auction sites and the new ones I found were in the $550+ range.
Like I said, I was mostly sold on it based on price alone, and I didn't even know it was the polished model until he sent me a text with a photo.

Congrats to you. It looks awesome. Slightly jealous!

Thank you.

First, that blingy 1911 is sweet! Congrats on the deal.

Second, I had the same experience with my inexpensive ATI 1911. The 230 gr hollow points set down just low enough to cause the lip of the hollow points to get caught on the feed ramp. I changed mags and poof.. all good.

Thanks. That's what I'm hearing about mags. I'm completely new to the 1911 platform, so any tips on mags for these, or anything for that matter, are welcome.
What mags worked for you?

[snakeman21]

Thanks. That's what I'm hearing about mags. I'm completely new to the 1911 platform, so any tips on mags for these, or anything for that matter, are welcome.
What mags worked for you?

Can't go wrong with Wilson Combat. Chip McCormick makes very good ones, too.