Originally Posted by
usmc51
I talked with a buddy that was one of my gunsmithing instructors and is a full time gunsmith now about RIA and Tisas. He had some good insight. He wasn't real familiar with the Tisas, either, but thinks at least their Hi Powers are supposed to be made very well; we think those are what Nighthawk is using on their Hi Power builds.
Most surprising, he had some good things to say about the RIA, at least the ones ten or so years ago. They actually tested the steel hardness at the school and found the slides and frames to be fine at the time; I have since heard of a number of issues with Philippine steel, but you never know what you'll get. After junking all the internals (not unique to RIAs, you pretty much need to with any) and rebuilding, he said his RIAs were VERY accurate.
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