1/3rd the price of the "expensive" but not better guns... just think of all the ammo you can buy with that $$$!!!
but the quality of the seer and disconnect and all general parts is higher than the standard RIA tactical. It all about internal quality, thats why i dont really like Kimbers, Because they look really pretty but the seer and disconnect and all the springs ect are not as well made as custom parts.
I own both the RIA M1911A1 and the RIA Tactical model chambered in .45 ACP.
I own one Kimber, the Tactical Custom II and it's been a POS since I purchased it. Surprisingly when attempted to take down the gun the mainspring housing is actually PLASTIC not bar stock. Add in the strongly critisiized Swartz safety system and an aluminum frame and all the failures to feed and extract and it quickly became a safe queen.
I use Wilson Combat 47D mags in both of my RIA's and I've yet to have a failure out of either, and I've put 500 rounds exactly through them of various ball and jacketed hollow point ammunition. For the money, they are the best kept secret in the 1911 genre. Sure, they are a cast frame, but at least it's steel not aluminum.
If I'm going to spend over $1,000 on any 1911 I then I don't want one piece of it to be MIM parts, not one.
Find me a piece of MIM parts in a Springfield TRP or Springfield Professional and I'll buy you a case of beer.
Just my experience with Kimber and RIA.
I believe you are confusing "MIM" with "Investment Casting", which are two different things entirely. Investment casting is just fine. Also you must have opted for that aluminum frame because they are forged steel, unless otherwise specified. Yeah the mainspring housing is plastic. So what? Metal ones are cheap if you want otherwise, but they aren't a problem. Swartz safety system? That is "criticized" and thats as far as it goes, really. Find me enough "posts" out there to confirm its an issue and we can come to an agreement there... Why don't you send your Kimber in for warranty service, they're pretty good about fixing stuff, yanno?
Anyway, don't get me wrong, I like the RIA series of 1911s. I just don't think they're worth buying to "modify" because of the cheaper parts in them.
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