Rock Island

[imarangemaster]

Not to start a firestorm with purists, but here's a link to my post on the M1 carbine Forum here that I haunt. They are not junk, as some would have you believe.

Picked up a friend for my carbine - Military Surplus Collectors Forums

Here's a picture of mine with 1911A1 hammer, back strap and grips.

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[Wulf]

You bet they are pretty nice and for the price they are a homerun. I have two and love them. I have a bunch of Colts, but they stay in the safe. You cannot beat the Rocks for everyday use. I keep one by the front door and one by the back.

[imarangemaster]

I have had a Glock 19 in a fanny pack as a carry gun since I retired from being a LEO. I now have a larger fanny pack, and the Rock Island is in it! As they say, a 9mm may expand, but a .45 NEVER shrinks!

[Wulf]

Hell, I'll take that Rock over any Glock any day. I am a Glock hater and proud of it.

[imarangemaster]

The Glock 20 10mm I carried for awhile was a great weapon, but dang big!

[ledge]

I have one and love it, I have not replaced the main spring housing yet, what type of mags do you use? I have some springfields and I have feed jams, but the wilson combats I have are awsome.

[imarangemaster]

It came with an 8 rounder, a common brand name (not Mec-Gar) that feeds well. I ordered 3 supposedly GI with FSN new in wrap from Numrich. The are blued, though, and the wrappers look like the wrappers on the Korean M1 carbine mags. They work OK, but I wish they were pakerized. All I have fired so far is ball ammo, since NO ONE in the area has HPs, and I hate to order small ammounts of ammo from GB.

[Pattern14]

The RIA's come with a a very nice Novak mag and I use Triple K which works better than most. I use handloaded Hornady HP/XTP 230 grn bullets which have never had a failure to fire. I hated the smooth grips that came with the gun and replace them with WWII Colt 1911a1's. My pistol looks exactly like yours.

[rondog]

Not to start a firestorm with purists, but here's a link to my post on the M1 carbine Forum here that I haunt. They are not junk, as some would have you believe.

Picked up a friend for my carbine - Military Surplus Collectors Forums

Here's a picture of mine with 1911A1 hammer, back strap and grips.

LOL! I have a RIA GI model that I did exactly the same to! Except mine has a Colt trigger and thumb safety (those just dropped in). I also have a Colt hammer and grip safety, but I can't make those work, I need to take it to a smith to have those fitted and installed.

It's the one on the bottom, still has the RIA thumb safety in this photo. Colt WWII repro on top.

[imarangemaster]

Aside from my CMP Inland racker (which is a real peach with RMC Highwood I cut) the RIA 1911 is the best $400 I spent!