Thanks for this report! What makes this a "no nonsense" pistol for you. What do you mean by that.
They had a couple of the compacts at Bradis this past weekend I think.Congrats on the RIA, great firearms. I have shot a friends full size and really liked it, and then his brother in law got a semi compact version and likes it just as well. Extremely reliable, the semi compact version replaced a colt that would not shoot three in a row even after being worked on several times. The RIA cost less than half and worked perfectly!
I have looked at getting a compact "tactical" version of the RIA myself, though I have never seen one in person it would be my choice.
Just don't drop it on it's nose.