jpmuscle
05-10-15, 13:49
Ok, long story short I'm bored with my polymer guns and have become overwhelmed with desire to re-immerse myself in the 1911 worls again. In the past I owned multiples the favorite of which was my TRP operator. However, they were all sold in order to fund a SA professional or comparable Wilson, which regrettably never materialized. I'm contacting SA on Monday to order a Pro Operator and figure I'll just suffer through the wait, but so be it.
Now that said I want a single stack 9mm 1911, specifically one with a rail but in that configuration my options are limited. Basically something along the lines of a WC CQB tactical, Nighthawk, or a custom from another reputable smith. This I'm willing to do but not right at this moment since cash is tied up in other projects. The Warren Tactical 1911 looks intriguing as well so that is another possibility. I could do without the Fiber optic front site, 25 LPI checkering ( I like 20) and green would have to go. Shown below:
http://warrentactical.com/images/WTS-1911-WhiteBkGrnd-lrg.jpg
So then I remembered that RIA now makes a 9mm 1911 with a rail and from what I can gather they have a decent reputation but your certainly not getting high end quality for a gun running in the $600 dollar range but I can live with that. I'm thinking it would make a good project gun to cut my teeth on some basic 1911 pistol-smithing skills with the majority of the major work already done (e.g. cutting frame rails etc). Specifically things like fitting sights (their not novak cut but from what I gather novak sights can be made to fit), plunger tubes, checkering, BT safeties, Trigger/ignition parts, extractors, high cut the trigger guard, maybe a barrel eventually if necessary. I can do cerakote work at home so refinishing it isn't a huge deal, hell I'll krylon it if need be I just want it to work. Plus I see the journey as being half the fun. And before anyone says it yes, I don't expect it to be necessarily easy. Really what it comes down to is the cost benefit of training with 9mm on the same platform and learning some needed smith skills along the way.
http://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/product_info.php/cPath/21_876/products_id/718002456/Rock+Island+Armory+51961+TCM+TAC+Ultra+FS+Combo+-+22TCM9mm
http://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/images/718002456_1.jpg
For those of you that have been down this road before me what are your suggestions on both information and tool resources? It looks like pretty much everything can be had from brownells. Good info on this site www.blindhogg.com as well. I also have the books below on order from brownells. Lastly, does anyone have any hands on experience with either the Warren 9mm 1911 or the RIA Tac ultra in 9mm?
http://www.brownells.com/userdocs/products/p_924800245_1.jpg
http://www.brownells.com/userdocs/products/p_924200045_1.jpg
Now that said I want a single stack 9mm 1911, specifically one with a rail but in that configuration my options are limited. Basically something along the lines of a WC CQB tactical, Nighthawk, or a custom from another reputable smith. This I'm willing to do but not right at this moment since cash is tied up in other projects. The Warren Tactical 1911 looks intriguing as well so that is another possibility. I could do without the Fiber optic front site, 25 LPI checkering ( I like 20) and green would have to go. Shown below:
http://warrentactical.com/images/WTS-1911-WhiteBkGrnd-lrg.jpg
So then I remembered that RIA now makes a 9mm 1911 with a rail and from what I can gather they have a decent reputation but your certainly not getting high end quality for a gun running in the $600 dollar range but I can live with that. I'm thinking it would make a good project gun to cut my teeth on some basic 1911 pistol-smithing skills with the majority of the major work already done (e.g. cutting frame rails etc). Specifically things like fitting sights (their not novak cut but from what I gather novak sights can be made to fit), plunger tubes, checkering, BT safeties, Trigger/ignition parts, extractors, high cut the trigger guard, maybe a barrel eventually if necessary. I can do cerakote work at home so refinishing it isn't a huge deal, hell I'll krylon it if need be I just want it to work. Plus I see the journey as being half the fun. And before anyone says it yes, I don't expect it to be necessarily easy. Really what it comes down to is the cost benefit of training with 9mm on the same platform and learning some needed smith skills along the way.
http://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/product_info.php/cPath/21_876/products_id/718002456/Rock+Island+Armory+51961+TCM+TAC+Ultra+FS+Combo+-+22TCM9mm
http://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/images/718002456_1.jpg
For those of you that have been down this road before me what are your suggestions on both information and tool resources? It looks like pretty much everything can be had from brownells. Good info on this site www.blindhogg.com as well. I also have the books below on order from brownells. Lastly, does anyone have any hands on experience with either the Warren 9mm 1911 or the RIA Tac ultra in 9mm?
http://www.brownells.com/userdocs/products/p_924800245_1.jpg
http://www.brownells.com/userdocs/products/p_924200045_1.jpg