NorthBorder
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Bought a Christmas present for myself today- a new RIA 22 mag in FDE.
It caught my eye at the LGS the other day so today I spent my paycheck on it. It is a nice moderately heavy 1911 style (lighter than my RIA 10mm). So this was my "what the hell" purchase. I certainly don't need it except that there was a small space in my vault to fill. Anyway, I like 1911s and this makes my 4th RIA. I really like my other 3. So I gave it a home, took it apart and cleaned and lubricated it. The XT 22 is a fixed barrel ( well, sort of) but otherwise all the controls are much like a regular 1911.
So I went to the range with some CCI 40 gr maxi mag HV and 30 gr TNT, and some Hornady 30 gr
V-Max. I loaded up 10 40 gr and hit paper at about 10 yds. It shot POA pretty well and rounds cycled perfectly.
Things went downhill from there. In all I shot about 100 rds and had about 40-50 % FTE. Somewhere I read that the gun can be finicky with 30 grain so I kinda expected that.
.
But 50% ? C'mon!
Clearing them was simple. Just drop the mag and let the slide shut on the spent cartridge, then rack the slide and it ejects.
Reading the gun rags leads one to believe the gun runs flawlessly. Reading other forum threads shows problems with others experiences while many say theirs has run flawlessly. Anecdotally, if it requires a 500 round break-in as I have also read, then I just have another 400 rounds and $120 to go. Whew!
On the plus side, it is a very nice looking gun. Fitment looks very good and I really like the FDE finish.The rails are smooth and not full of burrs or nicks that would slow it down. Feeding does not seem to be an issue. There were maybe 2 FTFs. The front sight is a Hi-Vis and easily acquirable for my old eyes. The trigger has a little creep and take-up. About 1/8th inch and breaks cleanly at what I would estimate to be 4-4.5 lbs. with zero over-travel. Recoil is almost negligible. And it fits in my other 1911 holsters.
I really want to like this pistol.
(Can't seem to get the pics in their right order)
It caught my eye at the LGS the other day so today I spent my paycheck on it. It is a nice moderately heavy 1911 style (lighter than my RIA 10mm). So this was my "what the hell" purchase. I certainly don't need it except that there was a small space in my vault to fill. Anyway, I like 1911s and this makes my 4th RIA. I really like my other 3. So I gave it a home, took it apart and cleaned and lubricated it. The XT 22 is a fixed barrel ( well, sort of) but otherwise all the controls are much like a regular 1911.
So I went to the range with some CCI 40 gr maxi mag HV and 30 gr TNT, and some Hornady 30 gr
V-Max. I loaded up 10 40 gr and hit paper at about 10 yds. It shot POA pretty well and rounds cycled perfectly.
Things went downhill from there. In all I shot about 100 rds and had about 40-50 % FTE. Somewhere I read that the gun can be finicky with 30 grain so I kinda expected that.
.
But 50% ? C'mon!
Clearing them was simple. Just drop the mag and let the slide shut on the spent cartridge, then rack the slide and it ejects.
Reading the gun rags leads one to believe the gun runs flawlessly. Reading other forum threads shows problems with others experiences while many say theirs has run flawlessly. Anecdotally, if it requires a 500 round break-in as I have also read, then I just have another 400 rounds and $120 to go. Whew!
On the plus side, it is a very nice looking gun. Fitment looks very good and I really like the FDE finish.The rails are smooth and not full of burrs or nicks that would slow it down. Feeding does not seem to be an issue. There were maybe 2 FTFs. The front sight is a Hi-Vis and easily acquirable for my old eyes. The trigger has a little creep and take-up. About 1/8th inch and breaks cleanly at what I would estimate to be 4-4.5 lbs. with zero over-travel. Recoil is almost negligible. And it fits in my other 1911 holsters.
I really want to like this pistol.
(Can't seem to get the pics in their right order)
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