How do Rock Islands compare?

[Mike45]

I love my Rocks and I would say that the Rock is a solid budget gun.

I have put my fair share of mod's into the one's that I have and I will continue to do so in the one's I have left that are not modified.

But I am moving in a different direction and that is in buying guns that don't need modification (i.e. Dan Wesson) or semi custom built guns.

My reason for this is that it has been a wear on me getting the gun/guns the way I want it them.

I am going to start buying or having the mod's to my guns' done in one full service place. That is the one thing that Rock Island can not offer.

[Neener Neener]

While I have no where near the level of expertise as others who have posted in this thread, I will still offer my opinion. I have a couple of DWs, a Colt, and an STI. As previously stated, the RIAs are way out of proportion quality to cost wise. Mine is a commander. While it did have initial issue with FTF/FTE, RIA had it fixed and returned in 2 weeks with some additional tweaks done by Arnel just as an added bonus. The trigger is great for an entry level piece. Accuracy is spot on. It gets carried on a regular basis, just as do my other 1911s, with my absolute confidence it will work as needed should a situation arise where it has to protect me or my family. There is just no going wrong with purchasing one.