Would you buy this gun

sdmc530 · #1 05-23-2023, 10:34 AM

Thanks all, I know the wheel guns actually are decent. My FIL has a couple and are not bad honestly, they shoot well. But the autos scare me a bit. Price is low only reason I am asking. But for that price I can get almost any

9mm too. I love me a

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Semper Paratus · #2 05-24-2023, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by sdmc530

Thanks all, I know the wheel guns actually are decent. My FIL has a couple and are not bad honestly, they shoot well. But the autos scare me a bit. Price is low only reason I am asking. But for that price I can get almost any

9mm too. I love me a

!

Gee I'm sorry that you love a soulless inanimate hunk of striker fired plastic. At least 1911 and derivatives have a soul. At best a grock is a tool...kind of like one found in the K-Mart starter sets...semi functional but no pride.

DrHenley · #3 05-24-2023, 11:34 PM

With most bargain barn 1911s it is hit or miss. Both my RIAs are lemons, but I know lots of people have good ones.

With that history in mind, you probably can understand why I would buy Taurus over an RIA. But who knows? Maybe the third time is the charm. But twice burned is my limit.

Riverpigusmc · #4 05-25-2023, 05:05 AM

Taurus is having a recall on the GX4, so there's that..

sdmc530 · #5 05-25-2023, 09:39 AM

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Taurus is having a recall on the GX4, so there's that..

I think I am going to pass. I am a buy once cry once cry type of person so will just hold off getting a 9mm 1911...someday

sdmc530 · #6 05-25-2023, 09:38 AM

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With most bargain barn 1911s it is hit or miss. Both my RIAs are lemons, but I know lots of people have good ones.

With that history in mind, you probably can understand why I would buy Taurus over an RIA. But who knows? Maybe the third time is the charm. But twice burned is my limit.

Very correct, why my hesitation. Now I have two RIA, both are great shooters. Never had an issue with either one. But I have a buddy who has one and it never has been right even after some warranty work. Just not a good gun.

DrHenley · #7 05-25-2023, 10:18 AM

On one of my RIAs, a compact, the receiver is actually pretty good but the slide is awful in just about every way imaginable. I put a Kimber compact 22 slide on the receiver and that combination is very close in size and weight to my Sig Ultra Compact 45 carry gun. (RIA w/22 slide has aluminum slide and steel frame, and Sig has steel slide and aluminum frame). I then completed the build with an extended magwell and G10 grips similar to the ones on the Sig. So I can take the RIA/Kimber (RImber?) to the range and shoot a bunch of 22 ammo through it, then seamlessly switch over to the SIG which feels exactly the same.

Every once in a while I kind of forget why the RIA slide is awful and put it back on and take it to the range and immediately remember why I don't shoot it. Maybe I should get a Caspian slide for it.

DrHenley · #8 05-25-2023, 11:57 AM

An oddity with the RIA compact that I cannot understand. Although it is a full 3/4 pound heavier (42% heavier) than the aluminum frame Sig Ultra Compact, it has more felt recoil than the Sig. That seems to defy the laws of physics.

FfNJGTFO · #9 05-26-2023, 10:13 AM

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Very correct, why my hesitation. Now I have two RIA, both are great shooters. Never had an issue with either one. But I have a buddy who has one and it never has been right even after some warranty work. Just not a good gun.

So do I. Never had an issue with either of mine. One of them I intend to give to my niece whenever she sends me her DL info.

sdmc530 · #10 05-25-2023, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Semper Paratus

Gee I'm sorry that you love a soulless inanimate hunk of striker fired plastic. At least 1911 and derivatives have a soul. At best a grock is a tool...kind of like one found in the K-Mart starter sets...semi functional but no pride.

kind of hurt my feelings there