Under 400 bucks 1911
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There's another fella interested in one, mentioned in another thread:
www.artfulbullet.com
I've not handled one, but I had one of the "cheap" RIAs, from the Philippines and it was impressive, regardless of who made it.
bye-bye 223 Moving on to another caliber.
"a sneeze and a shart..." THAT just about made me make that very noise when I read it but it was coffee coming out to top end, not a sneeze. I'll check the other end when I'm don typing.:oops: The Turks take their arms industry pretty seriously and have been making double-shotguns of...
www.artfulbullet.com
I've not handled one, but I had one of the "cheap" RIAs, from the Philippines and it was impressive, regardless of who made it.
RBHarter
West Central AR
I've avoided this 1911 thing .........
Plagiarismish ..........
It's pretty hard to screw up a parts interchangeable clone design thats been in production for 110 years.......but a couple of high rent outfits have , by trying to improve on a near perfect design ...... Or make it do something it wasn't designed to do .
If it'll feed fat flat nose bullets and keep them on a coffee cup at 25 yd it's a benchmark example leave it alone .
Plagiarismish ..........
It's pretty hard to screw up a parts interchangeable clone design thats been in production for 110 years.......but a couple of high rent outfits have , by trying to improve on a near perfect design ...... Or make it do something it wasn't designed to do .
If it'll feed fat flat nose bullets and keep them on a coffee cup at 25 yd it's a benchmark example leave it alone .
Thumbcocker
Active Member
RIA is a lot of gun for the money.
Missionary
Well-Known Member
Last time north we bought a compact RIA. $385 out the door & very accurate.
Winelover
North Central Arkansas
Same here. I have Browning's improved version of the 1911...............the High Power. Don't care for Cocked and Locked! Since then, I bought nothing but DAO centerfire semi-autos, all 9 mms. I'm a southpaw and prefer semi's without safeties. Only 45 in my stable is the 45LC BH.
JonB
Halcyon member
I really like my inexpensive RIA 1911 (38 super).
Mine was $550 out the door from my LGS.
A quick search on gunbroker comes up with full size RIA 1911 45 acp, for $409 (without shipping, tax, and transfer fee).
I'd consider the TAC version for $529
Mine was $550 out the door from my LGS.
A quick search on gunbroker comes up with full size RIA 1911 45 acp, for $409 (without shipping, tax, and transfer fee).
I'd consider the TAC version for $529
Missionary
Well-Known Member
A 38 Super is on my next 1911 list and will very likely be a RIA.
Charles Graff
Moderator Emeritus
The Tisas 1911 enjoys a good reputation among my friends that have one.
Kevin Stenberg
Well-Known Member
I have one and I am very happy with it. But it is my only 1911 and the only reason I have this one is because I could justify the gun for the price.
The trigger pull om mine is quite light.
The trigger pull om mine is quite light.
Reloader762
Active Member
I have the Tisas 1911 Duty that I gave $465 for out the door at my LGS. The fit and finish is excellent, and even my 1911 buddies were impressed with all aspects of the handgun for the money. It will eat all my various 45 ACP cast bullet hand loads with various bullet configurations with no issues, and if you miss, it's not the gun fault. It also comes with two Mec-Gar 8 rd. mags. Lots of good review from individual that have owned and shoot the Tisas 1911 in the GI version.
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Petrol & Powder
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That was a strange confluence of events. BUT A NEAT TIME.
The Norinco 1911 pistols were an inexpensive way to get a 1911 receiver. A lot of folks purchased those just for the frame and built a custom 1911 on that affordable frame.
The early 1990’s were just on the cusp of the explosion of the semi-custom 1911 clones. There was a window in time when you could buy a Norinco pistol, discard most of it and purchase a bunch of high-end parts to build a pistol back onto that inexpensive frame. And to make that process even better, the steel used in those Norinco frames turned out to be fairly decent.
As the “out of the box” tricked out 1911 pistols became more common, that practice died out. It was a cool time fueled by catalogs from Cylinder & Slide, Gil Hebard, Wilson Combat and others.
Petrol & Powder
Well-Known Member
May your Christmas Wish come true
Snakeoil
Well-Known Member
Yup. I have pistol #63 out of Wilson's shop. Back then, he just engraved a number on the frame with a vibro pencil. Was probably built in the late 80's/early 90's. I also have a Springfield Armory (the first time they were in business) 1911. I would stare at the Brownell's catalog looking for trick parts to make that pistol into a race gun. I put a barrel in it, beavertail grip safety, extended safety release and sights. Gun will feed empty cases. I probably should bead blast the top of the slide and reblue the gun. Back then, ugly did not bother me. I can't imagine how many rounds have been thru that pistol.
My shooting partner back then had C&S build a 7 shot cylinder for his S&W Mod 28. Did a great job. Then he had them build a 1911 race gun and one day at the range he was carping about how the gun shot right and no matter what he did with the sights, it kept shooting right. He asked me to take it home and check it out, which I did. I took the gun apart and all looked good. I scrubbed the bore thinking it might have some lead build-up. As I peered down the bore, I saw what looked like a hair. I blew it out with air and it was still there. I ran a brush down it and still there. So, I took a dental pick and carefully ran it down the barrel and when it got to "the hair", the pick dropped into "the hair". The barrel was cracked. The position in the barrel told me it had cracked at one of the threads that held the compensator to the barrel. When I called John, he could not believe it. When he called C&S they said NFW. John sent the gun back to them (he'd probably waited close to a year for them to build that gun and when it arrived, he sold me the Wilson gun I have now) and they turned it around fairly quickly, with a letter of apology and saying this was a first for them. John had the worst luck with guns of anyone I've ever known. His guns all worked flawlessly until the day of a match and then they would act up. If anyone was going to have a cracked barrel, it was John.
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JonB
Halcyon member
The Local Farm Store (Runnings) has the Tisas on sale for $299 this week.
I'm thinking I'm goin to visit the store today.