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Originally Posted by kgh
So what are your initial impressions?
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Initial impressions:
Wow! Much nicer gun than I was expecting-kind of like a COTEP moment.
I was hoping that the fit and finish would be at least as good as on the Springfield GI I have-it is quite a bit better.
The barrel is nicely fitted with no perceivable movement.
Slide to frame fit is very good-only a little movement at the rear, with about double that at the front-still very acceptable,
The rear of the slide is very nicely blended.
Very few sharp corners or edges on this gun-only place the slide is sharp is on the back edged of the hammer channel.
The lines of the gun are pretty straight and have a nicely softened look to them.
The trigger is quite nicely fitted with a little side to side movement and a bit more up and down movement. Trigger break is about 6lbs (by feel) and pretty clean. I took the gun apart to clean and oil and it felt like a poor mans version of a Les Baer-the tooling marks did not bother me at all, but made the gun look like the parts were fitted together.
All in all I am very happy with my purchase.
There are a few things I am not that fond of:
1) The Rock Island bilboard-but it might grow on me-otherwise I can have it removed.
2) the made in the
ipines markings on the bottom of the dust cover.
3) The ambi saftey-it also feels a little mushy, but that could be because it is contacting my grips on the one side; and
4)The design of the trigger-although it is in the same color as the rest of the gun.
While I was picking the gun up I had a chance to look at an American Classic Commander and the fit and blending at the rear of the slide was even superior to my ROC. The ejector filled the relief space in the slide perfectly and the stf fit was the equal of my gun.
All in all very impressed-if this thing shoots as good as it looks it will be a winner. I am sure I will be buying and messing with a few more of these.
I would compare it more thoroughly to some more expensive, well known brands, but I do not want to make any enemies.
