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<blockquote data-quote="surjimmy" data-source="post: 2593307" data-attributes="member: 1551"><p>^^^^^You can take this for what it's worth. I am by no means a 1911 expert, but I do have some experience in owning some lower end 1911's and owning some of the best. A Rock Island is a sub $500 gun, no more. It will shoot and be a good gun, it will never be better then a Springfield even the lower end Springfield. Period. To compare it to any of the Mid level guns, well it just don't fly. I have owned a RI Tactical, nice gun for what it is. Once you start putting serious amount of rounds through it, it will revel itself for what it is. A sub $500 gun. I base this on be blessed with owning RI, Springfields including the TRP, Ruger's, Colt's. Custom's by AD Swenson, Austin Behlert, Tussey, LaRocca, Chuck Warner(1st smith to build a 9x23 in a 1911, built it for Jeff Cooper) Kings Custom, JoJo's Les Baer, Ed Brown and more. Not bragging, just saying there is a difference. BTW a custom 1911 builder once told me a Springfield TRP is the best production 1911 off the shelf, and a Loaded is a good second.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="surjimmy, post: 2593307, member: 1551"] ^^^^^You can take this for what it's worth. I am by no means a 1911 expert, but I do have some experience in owning some lower end 1911's and owning some of the best. A Rock Island is a sub $500 gun, no more. It will shoot and be a good gun, it will never be better then a Springfield even the lower end Springfield. Period. To compare it to any of the Mid level guns, well it just don't fly. I have owned a RI Tactical, nice gun for what it is. Once you start putting serious amount of rounds through it, it will revel itself for what it is. A sub $500 gun. I base this on be blessed with owning RI, Springfields including the TRP, Ruger's, Colt's. Custom's by AD Swenson, Austin Behlert, Tussey, LaRocca, Chuck Warner(1st smith to build a 9x23 in a 1911, built it for Jeff Cooper) Kings Custom, JoJo's Les Baer, Ed Brown and more. Not bragging, just saying there is a difference. BTW a custom 1911 builder once told me a Springfield TRP is the best production 1911 off the shelf, and a Loaded is a good second. [/QUOTE]
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