mljdeckard
Member
Here is my dilemma.
After many years of carrying full-size 1911s, including a Para double-stack .45, I have decided to change back to 9mm. I still want a full-size double-stack, just in 9mm.
So I am looking at RIA, and they have a couple of options. One is a full-size, double-stack, but it has a full-length railed dust cover. This would mostly be annoying, since I would have to get a new pile of holsters.
HOWEVER, they also have a full-size, double-stack 9mm, without a rail, that is a switch-hitting .22 TCM. So I scratches my bicked head a little bit, and looked it up. .22 TCM is a cut and necked down .223 case, that takes a 40-grain .22 bullet. Hmmm. Ok. Could be fun, I would plan on mostly loading my own, and possibly shelving it if it doesn't stick in the community. It appears that RIA is trying to promote the cartridge by basically force-including it with this 9mm option. Instead of; "Buy this 9mm, and we will include this fun cartridge setup for free!", they are rather making it the main option. "If you want a 9mm double-stack without the rail, you have to buy this .22 TCM, and with that, you can ALSO shoot 9mm."
Whatevs. I looked on Bud's, they are selling in a range I would be willing to pay, and like I say, the worst that would happen is that I would be stuck with an obscure cartridge conversion kit that would be fun to explain to people twenty years from now.
My question is, is this a real 9mm handgun? Is this something that was engineered to run hard, train, and carry for years, or is it a frame that can ALSO take a 9mm, but not built to the same standards as other guns? Can I shelve the .22 TCM kit, and run it as is, and be fully confident in it?
After many years of carrying full-size 1911s, including a Para double-stack .45, I have decided to change back to 9mm. I still want a full-size double-stack, just in 9mm.
So I am looking at RIA, and they have a couple of options. One is a full-size, double-stack, but it has a full-length railed dust cover. This would mostly be annoying, since I would have to get a new pile of holsters.
HOWEVER, they also have a full-size, double-stack 9mm, without a rail, that is a switch-hitting .22 TCM. So I scratches my bicked head a little bit, and looked it up. .22 TCM is a cut and necked down .223 case, that takes a 40-grain .22 bullet. Hmmm. Ok. Could be fun, I would plan on mostly loading my own, and possibly shelving it if it doesn't stick in the community. It appears that RIA is trying to promote the cartridge by basically force-including it with this 9mm option. Instead of; "Buy this 9mm, and we will include this fun cartridge setup for free!", they are rather making it the main option. "If you want a 9mm double-stack without the rail, you have to buy this .22 TCM, and with that, you can ALSO shoot 9mm."
Whatevs. I looked on Bud's, they are selling in a range I would be willing to pay, and like I say, the worst that would happen is that I would be stuck with an obscure cartridge conversion kit that would be fun to explain to people twenty years from now.
My question is, is this a real 9mm handgun? Is this something that was engineered to run hard, train, and carry for years, or is it a frame that can ALSO take a 9mm, but not built to the same standards as other guns? Can I shelve the .22 TCM kit, and run it as is, and be fully confident in it?
