Definitely worth waaaaay more than what's on the price tag! If you want to know if they're a solid choice to a bit of research on Armscor's history. They played a large roll during WWII providing US troops with Colt 1911s during the Pacific island hopping campaign! The craftsmanship might not be on par with your top-end custom pistolsmiths...but we're talking thousands of dollars and lots of time for that sort of project. As for being reliable...oh yes. They work! Honestly I'll never go back to any other brand (although I do want a museum piece one day) because one of the head guys at RIA, Arnel, is probably the best person I've ever dealt with when it came to customer support. And the Lifetime Warranty is just
awesomesauce. As long as you're not drilling your slid or anything crazy like that he'll even install competitor's parts into you gun. And you can rest assured that it'll come back home shooting the first time every time, and accurately at that. I just discussed a lot of that with Arnel just recently, and he's almost got me convinced to ship it! My local gunsmith has a month or more or backorders..sooo we'll have to see.