Not sure but if you have one, do it. It would be an interesting story to see how long it lasts.
Has anyone slicked up their RIA double stack and used it in competition ? Seems like it could be a decent start to a race gun.
I just bought a RIA Target double stack, it runs fine and mags are cheap. I'll compete with it if I like it better than my Tanfoglio or use it as a back-up. I'd replace the extractor, ejector and firing pin with top quality for piece of mind. I've also got a single stack RIA 9mm with 3-5 thousands rounds through it. It broke an ejector. I also put a good recoil spring in it and tuned the extractor. Accuracy has been very good and the trigger and slide fit is better than my Springfield.
Torture test.
For the gun itself or for the owner of the gun?
thanks for the input guys.
Rock Island Armory 9mm 1911 2,000 round field strip and inspection ? Gun Nuts Media
Rock Island Armory Ultra FS 9mm 1911 review ? Gun Nuts Media
Rock Island Armory Ultra FS at USPSA ? Gun Nuts Media
I've been following him on Twitter for some time. Seems like at least the FS 9mm run really well.
I'm thinking of getting one of those. There are magazines on the market that will work with it, but not the Para-Ordnance P18.
I doubt ANY of the newer"budget" guns will give a long service life without a major rebuild eventually
If you are going to really put a lot of rounds through any gun I would buy a quality gun to start with.
You will probably have equal money in them but with a better gun you will have something that retains value.
according to the testing by the links I posted above, the RIA out performed the "nicer" guns. I'm not at all claiming RIA is the end all, but it is an attractive budget level pistol. It is nonsensical to compare it to an SV or STI (not Spartan line).