anyone know rock island armory gi 1911's?

[JB75]

I've been looking at a rock island armory 1911 GI 38 super and have read some good reviews but has anyone out there got any reviews on anything of rock island armory?

 

[canamscott]

I have the basic GI model .45. I really like it and can tell this will not be my last 1911. I can see the sights fine, but I have heard some struggle with the small sights. My shots at the range are consistent first shot fairly accurate, successive shots low, so I am assuming it is I, the Shooter.

I think it is too big for a carry gun, but I got it for what it represents, the American GI. Break in was around 300 rounds.

 

[mac45]

Have one and like it a lot.
I did toss the factory magazine and replace it w/ one from Colt, but that's all I've done with it.

 

[sharkey]

I like mine in .45ACP. Trigger take-up is about the only difference I feel in shooting between it and my Kimber. Shoot great, feels great, smells great.

I agree on ditching the factory mag, I don't like the extended baseplate.

 

[J_Wales]

Outstanding firearm.
I use one for a daily carry.

 

[twostepadin]

nice barrel lockup, good stout feel to em. the 4inch with guide rod 45 is in my future buy list.

 

[JB75]

Well for my first 1911 I just bought the rock island armory g i with nickel finish in 38 super.

 

[clonies]

I have the basic GI model .45. I really like it and can tell this will not be my last 1911. I can see the sights fine, but I have heard some struggle with the small sights. My shots at the range are consistent first shot fairly accurate, successive shots low, so I am assuming it is I, the Shooter.

I think it is too big for a carry gun, but I got it for what it represents, the American GI. Break in was around 300 rounds.

It's somewhat better as a carry gun. The butt part that usually does more of the printing, is rounded off and conceals better. My friend's full size PT 1911 conceals better than my Glock 19.

 

[WebSnyper]

Well for my first 1911 I just bought the rock island armory g i with nickel finish in 38 super.

Cool... we'll need a range report! I'm assuming you reload, since its a .38 Super?

 

[IndyGunner]

https://www.indianagunowners.com/forums/search.php?searchid=4364345

 

[AverageMidwest]

Lots of reviews; check the manufacturer forums on M1911.org. They're great for what the price, although about the first thing I did to my GI model was to get bigger brighter sights.

 

[WebSnyper]

https://www.indianagunowners.com/forums/search.php?searchid=4364345

Sorry - no matches. Please try some different terms ?


Maybe something like this?

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=RIA+site%3Aingunowners.com

 

[JB75]

carying a glock now

my current carry is a glock 30 in a tt gun leather custom holster.

 

[Nightwalker65]

I've had my Rock Island GI for about 6 years now,round count 2000-2500...after first 200-300 break-in,and ditching the factory mag for Wilson's..it's 100%reliable....it's my EDC.........can't say enough good things about it!

 

[JB75]

New mags first on the list should have it by thursday and range report by friday.I do reload and dies are on order. I've done alot of reading on the 38 super and why isn't it more polpular it is a great round on paper?

 

[AverageMidwest]

It IS a great round, it just never really caught on here. Think of it as a hot 9 mm round, at a time when most people thought 9 mm wasn't enough. (Come to think of it, a lot of people still think that.) Was originally introduced as a higher velocity, flatter shooting round than .45 ACP for law enforcement use, but this was back in the 1930s when law enforcement was all about wheelguns, and right around 1935 the .357 magnum came out and did everything the .38 Super did and did it better. Those who wanted automatics, well, there were a bunch of 1911s out there already in .45 ACP and 9 mm didn't really start catching on until after War II when vets started bring home Lugers and Walther P38s. .38 Super has remained popular for competition shooting and Colt has sold various 1911 models chambered for it since its introduction (which is why it's still around at all), but it's durn near impossible to find commercial ammo off the shelf at your fine local purveyor of brassnlead, as you've no doubt found. Whereas there are - usually - thank god! - all kinds of choices for 9 mm, .40, .45, .357 mag, .38 special....the old standbyes. .38 Super is one of those rounds like .327 Federal Magnum or .41 magnum, one of those solutions to a nonexistent problem.

 

[IndyGunner]

Sorry - no matches. Please try some different terms ?


Maybe something like this?

Let me google that for you

Thanks for the link!


My link (which obiously didnt work) is search bar "rock island 1911"