Picked up a friend for my carbine

[gunner]

Here it is with the carbine and my web gear:



Here is a close up showing the arched A1 back strap, wide spur hammer, and GI bakelite grips: Looks like the Ithaca I carried as an MP in the early 1970s...



I did about 50 rounds, and it easily held 2" off-hand at 10 yards. It also bounced pop cans with monotonous regularity, point shooting over the top of the slide. I forgot haw good a 1911A1 feels in the hand!

BTW, I use Google translations when I get stuck or can't remember a vocabulary word.

For Gunner: Dieses hier jetz ist meinen Karbiner und 1911A1 selbst-laden Pistole!

Hi Rangemaster,

now i`ve seen the Friend of your Carbine and think that it could be also a good friend of mine. Pretty 1911A1 and the Carbine is good looking too!

You understood my writing correct. The Translator engine made one little error and the sense of the sentence was different. But it was nice that phillydude made the work to understand it.

Regards

Gunner

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[imarangemaster]

I am guessing that is mostly mis-information being disseminated by those with interests in Auto Ord, Springfield, etc. or maybe even STI and Colt snobs. Gun Broker has these for $370 to $390 with free delivery (with the wood grips and flat back strap). If it was widely known how good they were, that would hurt the expensive guys over inflated prices. Remember when the Norinco 1911s came in, the same mis-information was spread. Later, when the truth was out (but they were no longer imported), they became highly sought after for platforms for match guns...

I just did an article for the SASS Cowboy Chronicle (I am a staff writer there) on this Rock Island 1911 for a Wild Bunch side match gun. It gets my all time "Best Buy for the Buck" award. This is one sweet son of a gun! I have replaced my Glock as my fanny pack road trip weapon with the 1911 Rock Island. Even seeing a 1911A1 in the hand is a great deterrent to two legged goblins and malefactors.

On the other one I handled 4 or 5 years ago, we tried a Colt WW2 slide on it, and an unknown GI barrel. It worked great. We also tried a GI trigger and it worked, too. On this one, the hammer, back strap and grips fit perfect too. Out of the box, the trigger pull is about 3 lbs with no creep. When I put the 1911A1 GI hammer and strut in, it got heavier...maybe 4.5 to 5 lbs, but that is OK for a cocked and locked carry weapon. It doesn't rattle, though, like my GI Ithaca did, so maybe the tolerances are tighter. For a carry gun, the wood grips are actually very dense and very pretty.

[BHP]

Thanks, RM. I've been kinda drooling for one now for a couple months. Years back I had to give up my MKIV Series 70 to pay bills Now, with my stimulus engorged refund in hand, this looks like the ticket to replace my long lost slab side

[Wulf]

Check out Sarco. They have a great price on them.

[imarangemaster]

Several places on Gunbroker have them $390 including next day Fed ex to your dealer. DO IT! I think GI grips were $10 a pair, but I don't know how much the hammer and back strap were. Cheap I know. As is, it is sweet and has an awesome trigger pull. Here's a picture of it stock, out of the box.

[cmr314]

I've had a few of these RIA's in the past few years, and they are very good quality 1911's. Wish I still had all of them, but had to keep selling them off when I needed to pay bills.

These work well for SASS Wild Bunch matches, never had a problem shooting a match with any of mine. Of course now I'm using a SA GI 1911A-1, but do miss my RIA's from time to time.

[imarangemaster]

I've had a few of these RIA's in the past few years, and they are very good quality 1911's. Wish I still had all of them, but had to keep selling them off when I needed to pay bills.

These work well for SASS Wild Bunch matches, never had a problem shooting a match with any of mine. Of course now I'm using a SA GI 1911A-1, but do miss my RIA's from time to time.

What is your SASS alias? I shoot and write under the alias "Tuolumne Lawman," #6127 Life. Been in SASS since 1994. I haven't done a Wild Bunch match myself, but certainly think this would be ideal and affordable. SASS shooters are now paying more for just a replica Italian Winchester than a good, clean original Winchester M1 Garand!

[cmr314]

What is your SASS alias? I shoot and write under the alias "Tuolumne Lawman," #6127 Life. Been in SASS since 1994. I haven't done a Wild Bunch match myself, but certainly think this would be ideal and affordable. SASS shooters are now paying more for just a replica Italian Winchester than a good, clean original Winchester M1 Garand!

My SASS alias is "Sgt. John Campbell", #58165. I've only been with SASS since 2004, but used do do old west re-enacting when I lived in Colorado in the 90's. I do seem to recall reading a few of your articles in the Cowboy Chronicle from time to time. Definitely check out a Wild Bunch match when you get the chance, they are a lot of fun to shoot...and it's really fun to blast away with a fully stoked '97 in a match. Too bad we can't get away with an Audie Murphy Match, then we could use our 1911's, our M1 Carbines, and our '97s in a match.

[imarangemaster]

I am a staff writer and generally have had one a month for the last since about '96. I had a few breaks of a few months each over the years. I have had several series articles just finished and ongoing. My picture at the beginning of the article was me posing in front of the haunted guest house I stayed at in Tombstone, AZ next to the court house in 1999. I wrote a historical/travel log article about Tombstone.

Now there's a thought: An Audie Murphy match: 1911s, M-1 Carbines, Auto Ordnance Tommy guns, and trench brooms. I think you have hit on something!