Love mine. My one regret is getting the GI instead of the tactical model. Those GI sights are D-I-N-K-Y. One day I'll get around to getting nice sights put on it. For now, I'm young enough I can still see the smaller sights, so I'm happy.rm9792 wrote:I have said often that a RIA makes a great carry pistol, if left alone. Not the prettiest but it will run all day long.
I could see that. I've had 2 1911s, both "basic" RIA guns. Lots and lots of rounds through them, and the only hiccup I ever had was traced to a faulty magazine.C-dub wrote:But the analogy holds true. The more complex or refined something is the more likely it is to have problems. Your basic rock solid 1911 won't have problems like that and will probably cycle just about anything you feed it. Same with Glocks. Start messing with either one and making tolerances tighter or tricking things up and you'll start having problems.