Helluva nice gift for dad! I've been hearing alot of good things about rock island lately. For the price ya can't beat em. Good choice with the .45 and not the .38 super.

My buddie's have a few race guns in .38 super that they can hardly get ammo for. So when they come over to shoot out back the tarps go down and we're chasin brass like dogs on a rabbit.

 

..but won't you just be getting your own stuff back?




Rock Island for the money aren't too bad....just be prepared for the deluge of "but you coulda got a Springfield for 100 bucks more" attacks.....

 

if springfield dosent make a 1911 A1 or Commander model then i dont see any problem with it.....he hates the XD/XDM guns, no matter the size, he spent 8 years in the USMC and he loved the Colt, plus he had 5 or 6 different ones after he got out but hasnt had one for about 19 years.....

 

i love my 1911. its made in brazil cost me $150 and shoots better than my friends kimber. i still dont know who makes it.

 

I have the RIA 1911 and its a sweet gun and you cant bet the price.

 

I was talking about the Springfield 1911 that has been around for years.

"Experts" seem to think the Springer is so much better than the RIA, yet the ones who seem to know the most never seem to own one....in other words, my post was in jest.

The Rock Island is a little soft, but otherwise works really good for the price.

 

The RIA's are hit and miss on their heat treatment. Made in the South Pacific. The Springfield's are forged,milled, imported and made in Brazil...If one wants real world specs and side by side info, go to AR15.com. There is so many differance's and options on 1911's. You did good for you Dad... wish I had a son that would do that for "The ole man"