kir_kenix
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my little brother got a RAI 5" parkerized for his birthday this last year and he's modded it out to be a nicer shooter then most of the 1911's ive ever shot. they are all mil-spec and he replaced EVERYTHING (except the barrel...go figure) over the course of the last year. i really wish i had a picture of it, but all that you would be able to see different would be the ss skeletonized trigger/hammer, "gator"(i think) grips, and adjustable sights. it is a great shooter, but ill bet he has $950 in his $250 pistol...lol. i considered using one of these as a build-up-in-progress...but have never gotten around to it. i do remember that the trigger pull was pretty terrible when he first got it tho. ill bet it broke at 8.5# or so (seriously...it was that bad), but that was easily fixed by a careful disasembly and a serious deburring project. i have put pbly 1500-2000 rounds thru this pistol (tho most of them were post brownells shopping spree) and i must say i was seriously impressed. i wouldnt feel bad suggesting this as a build gun or a plain-jane-no-frills-no-options-gi-spec shooter.