Originally Posted by
Army Chief
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