I love my RI 1911CS. Basically, it's their Officer's model. Compact, packs a punch, easy to shoot, very accurate, and didn't break the bank. The RIA customer service is absolutely fantastic.
After 300-400 rounds, the slide wouldn't lock back on the final shot. No biggie, really, but I shot an email off to them. They promptly sent at absolutely no cost to me a new slide release and magazine release as well as some bumper stickers (hey, the stickers were a neat touch. Everyone likes free swag).
After I replaced the parts, the slide would lock back on the last shot but the release made it IMPOSSIBLE to release the slide. It was crazy tight. I emailed RIA again. They promptly (within a couple of hours) sent me an email apologizing and gave me a link to print out a next day air shipping label as well as the RMA sheet to send with the gun.
Within 2 days of shipping the gun I had an email back that told me what parts they had replaced as well the UPS tracking number to know when the gun would be back in my possession. About 4 days later it showed up. The list of parts that they had replaced were notated. They also sent me some more complimentary stickers, one of those "coins" with their logo, and a nice RIA pin that's going on my motorcycle jacket. On top of that, they completely tuned and lubed the gun. The action is butter smooth and the feed ramp is polished to a gloss.
How does it shoot? Like a dream
It might be my favorite handgun in my collection.
For the money (even if you have an issue or two like I had), the RIA 1911's are fantastic values.