Rock Island Armory 1911...any good??

[9mmepiphany]

You might get more views, and suggestions/advice, if you started a new thread...this one is 4 years old.

It sounds like it might be time to change out your mag springs

 

[railroader]

I just got a ria tactical. Over the weekend I ran 200 rounds of 200swc ammo. It ran perfect and it's very accurate. On my gun I have 2 issues. First the grip safety sucks. Even though it has the grip bump the safety needs to be completely pushed in for the gun to fire. I shoot thumbs forward and the safety wouldn't always work. I replaced it with a kimber grip safety which works perfect. The other issue is the front sight. The gun shoots about 3" or so high at 20 yards. I like my guns to shoot to point of aim. Armscor doesn't have different height sights so I need to go aftermarket. This is a problem because armscor has an oddball sight cut. Armscor front dovetails are .085" deep( mines actually about .090" deep). The deepest aftermarket front sight you will find is .075". So to make a front sight fit I will either have to remove material off the bottom of the new sight blade or file a flat spot on the top of the slide so the new sight blade will clear the slide. It isn't an easy fix. Mark