RIA 1911 basic model any good ?

[minermax]

Just curious if some here owns or has had experience the starter model. I tried one out a few months ago and it seemed fine to me. They are an economy price point , is there good , bad or ugly with these. I have a chance to buy one very clean and taken care of with less than 500 rounds down the pipe for $300- with box and papers ect. I am not a competition shooter so that will not be an issue. Thanks

[afteractionreport]

dont have one but they are going for $500 new so $300 is a god deal imo

[orangeusa]

Just curious if some here owns or has had experience the starter model. I tried one out a few months ago and it seemed fine to me. They are an economy price point , is there good , bad or ugly with these. I have a chance to buy one very clean and taken care of with less than 500 rounds down the pipe for $300- with box and papers ect. I am not a competition shooter so that will not be an issue. Thanks

I have an RIA (Tac) very similiar to what you are looking at.

RIA makes nice solid guns. I don't think you can go wrong with that purchase. They feed, shoot well. Isn't that all that counts?

Get good mags. CDNN has Chip McCoormicks for cheap.

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[minermax]

Comes wit 2 mags.

[kygen]

Comes wit 2 mags.

then get 3 more

[Loubot10]

It's the basic 1911 GI as designed by Saint Browning and made by Colt.

Great starting point and good to build on as you develop your knowledge of the 1911.

I have 2 and will be purchasing a third soon. You can't go wrong (if it's in good operating condition) for $300.00

[AP2]

Not a bad starter 1911. RIA has great customer service also.

[Nguyen]

Comes wit 2 mags.

mine came with 1.. wth...

[orangeusa]

CDNN has Chip McM mags for $13 new. No kidding.

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[Plunger9]

RIA is good to go. For $300 that's a good price. I own the G. I. Model and it is a fun shooter. Great starting point to see if you like the platform. From my understanding the sights are a little harder to upgrade because they're a different dovetail size. I never bothered to upgrade them because I wanted it stock. I just went and bought a second 1911 with all the upgrades already installed from the factory.

[davidb]

i have a gi 45 and love it, somewhere around 900 rounds through it with no problems shooting both fmj and hp

[Loubot10]

CDNN has Chip McM mags for $13 new. No kidding.

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What is this CDNN of which you speak?

[Che762x39]

I got the RIA GI Full Size. About 2500 rounds, FMJ and JHP. I had to replace the factory recoil spring after only 500 rounds. The Wolff RS keeps it at 100%. Good buy indeed

[minermax]

I got the RIA GI Full Size. About 2500 rounds, FMJ and JHP. I had to replace the factory recoil spring after only 500 rounds. The Wolff RS keeps it at 100%. Good buy indeed

Yeah, I figured I would replace with a Wolf spring and the full length guide rod, I already have Colt 1911 in the Commander, so this will fill the GI full length void for me now. I knew these were not junk, I was just looking for other peoples experience.

[rm1911]

Recently got the RIA tac II vz. Love it. Same internals as gi. Awesome shooter.