Quite right friend, not the place for me. As gun owners we have enough to contend with in this world without other gun owners giving us crap. Glad you are so perfect.
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Quite right friend, not the place for me. As gun owners we have enough to contend with in this world without other gun owners giving us crap. Glad you are so perfect.
With due respect, you want everyone on the internet to agree with you. It doesn't work that way. And honestly, as I said earlier, if it works for you it does. Does it really matter if others agree? I think the Sig P226 is an excellent pistol. Plenty don't agree. In fact, many who have never even shot one don't agree because this is the internet. That's okay; doesn't change what I think. Just food for thought.
I am glad your RIA 1911 is working well for you but I wouldn't personally use it as my EDC or HD. Now if it was used for the range and plinking, then i can see the appeal.
Dont get my wrong, I have almost purchased a RIA 1911 a few times but like to think all my firearms serve a purpose which I dont know where the RIA 1911 would fulfill.
If I am getting a 1911 and have a budget <$700, I would get a Springfield Mil-spec or used Range Officer/Loaded or even a Ruger 1911. Just my opinion
I got what I wanted out of my RIA 9mm tactical. A range toy. had manyfrustrating failure to feeds initially. A new magazine and a few hundred rounds later and no malfunctions.
If it brakes, I'll fix it. Probably with some "nicer" parts. It will take lots of broken parts to not come out ahead. Several hundred bucks cheaper than Springfield. you don't see "cheap" used springfields much. . . at least I didn't for several months.
I don't consider 1911's to be serious handguns. But that is my unimportant opinion.
Sadly, this is precisely why threads like this go sideways.
The focus here is on the gun, not on the owner, not on the purchase decision and not on anything that is (or should be) intended to be in any way personal. We're talking about a pistol that comes with some attendant concerns which should come as a surprise to absolutely no one, given the price point to which it is built. Pros and cons. Things to watch for. Important considerations that really have to be aired if we're to be in any way objective after such a gun is rather subjectively introduced as "one fine weapon."
This has nothing whatsoever to do with gun owners giving other gun owners crap ... but when this is neither recognized nor appreciated, defenses go up, tempers flare and feelings invariably get rubbed the wrong way. In hindsight, I suppose we should have recognized that what the OP was really after was vindication (who else buys and loves these guns?), but again, individual feelings are irrelevant here.
A RIA 1911 is not one fine weapon. That doesn't make the guy that owns one a dummy, either. It just means that he's deriving an unusually high level of satisfaction from an unusually low-grade 1911. That doesn't work for everybody, but if it works for him, then there probably isn't a lot more that can be said. Not that will be heard, anyway.
AC
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This.
Once again Army Chief is the voice of wisdom, reason and truth.
Friend, if you don't wanna know or care what others think of a particular fire arm you purchased, and potentially get good feedback from those who may know considerably more than you do about the platform, don't f-ing ask. The OP asked specifically and got the feedback.
That's how it works.
Most have already made their decisions (If they really cared they might as before they purchased) and are looking for validation of that decision. When the response is less than favorable, they get sand in their vag and respond with insults.
"Don't ask Qs to which you don't honestly want answers to" is a personal motto of mine that applies to all sorts of things in life.
"Honey, am I the biggest you ever had?" and "does this dress make me look fa?t" and so forth fall under that category.
So, find an RIA forum and pat each other on the back about your purchase. Here, honest assessment is what you'll generally get, and they are often some of the most BTDT types you can find on the subject at hand. I learned a ton about the M4 when I came here, and it directed me to a quality product.
It's also perfectly fine to simply disagree, but don't turn in a whiny bitch about it.