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I too have not seen the numerous Colt malfunctions and I own a Colt that I can not remember ever having a feed/extract problem. The Thing just fires everytime.
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Thanks for all the answers and especially from those who really like their RIA 1911s.
Thanks * r done for your answers as one who owns several RIA pistols. I got out of your answer that you prefer to own RIA over Colt except for the blue book value of the Colt would have you to grudgingly buy the Colt if offered alongside an RIA on the same table for the same price?
Exactly.
Colts are a fine gun, I just prefer my RIA's for the money and the reliability that I have gotten from them.
Saxon,
I have seen plenty of problems from Colts at the ranges that I go too. But I will be honest that I am not sure if these people are giving the guns thier proper care along with other factors that could cause the problems that I have seen.
All my RIA's I know have been properly cared for and such ande that is probly a good reason that I have never had any problems with them. I am constently keeping them well cleaned (even cleaning them when they have not been shot but have sat around for a few weeks collecting dust) and lightly oiled and such. My 2 that are aproching the 10000 round marks show very little wear (except for the normal areas that you would expect to see it with that many rounds, ie: slide grooves and such).
As with any firearm proper care means the world to the reliability.
I inherited my Colt Series 70 Gov from my father. He put maybe 500rds through it. I had nothing but problems with it. Stove pipes and failures to chamber with all kinds of mags. In the early 90's I had a good $500 to $700 of customer gun work done to it to help it feed. It still had issues with the slide not completely closing and needing a slap to close. I kept shooting it. Finally I got sick of it and put it in the safe for 5 years.
I recently pulled it out, replaced the springs with Wolf, and slide stop with a Wilson bullet proof slide stop. It seems to run better now.
My Kimber TLE is my bedside gun. My Rock Island GI 1911 is my truck gun. No CCW here but cased and unloaded is legal.
If faced with the choice of the 2, I'd probably buy the colt unless it was beat to hell, or had peeling nickle or chrome. I'd rather have a new RIA over a peeling colt and have passed on such colts.
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Thanks for all the answers and especially from those who really like their RIA 1911s.
Thanks * r done for your answers as one who owns several RIA pistols. I got out of your answer that you prefer to own RIA over Colt except for the blue book value of the Colt would have you to grudgingly buy the Colt if offered alongside an RIA on the same table for the same price?
Exactly.
Colts are a fine gun, I just prefer my RIA's for the money and the reliability that I have gotten from them.
Saxon,
I have seen plenty of problems from Colts at the ranges that I go too. But I will be honest that I am not sure if these people are giving the guns thier proper care along with other factors that could cause the problems that I have seen.
All my RIA's I know have been properly cared for and such ande that is probly a good reason that I have never had any problems with them. I am constently keeping them well cleaned (even cleaning them when they have not been shot but have sat around for a few weeks collecting dust) and lightly oiled and such. My 2 that are aproching the 10000 round marks show very little wear (except for the normal areas that you would expect to see it with that many rounds, ie: slide grooves and such).
As with any firearm proper care means the world to the reliability.
I recently pulled it out, replaced the springs with Wolf, and slide stop with a Wilson bullet proof slide stop. It seems to run better now.
My Kimber TLE is my bedside gun. My Rock Island GI 1911 is my truck gun. No CCW here but cased and unloaded is legal.
If faced with the choice of the 2, I'd probably buy the colt unless it was beat to hell, or had peeling nickle or chrome. I'd rather have a new RIA over a peeling colt and have passed on such colts.
buy the colt for resale, and make a few bucks, then go back and buy the ria
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