MeanBean
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- Jun 30, 2019
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I am fairly new to firearms, and most of my handguns other than than the ones bequeathed to me are the of the plastic variety. But I'm yearning for a 1911. I want one in a caliber that I don't have in a striker fired pistol, so 9mm, 10mm, and .45acp are out. I've been doing some research on a Rock Island Armory .38 super GI. It fits the budget, it's got fairly good reviews, and as a 1911 it can be upgraded with any number of parts as I go.
So I mention this to my buddy/go-to gun guy, he loves the caliber and owns a couple kimbers. He sent me a link to this RIA on GunBroker. It's been heavily modified to alleviate some of the knocks on the stock pistol. Here is the description:
Upgrades consist of trigger job 3.5 lbs, action smoothing, feed ramps polished, Wilson Combat hammer, Wilson stainless grip safety, Wilson stainless checkered mainspring housing, aluminum 3 hole trigger. Black rear sight, Red fiber optic front sight. Pachmayr finger groove wrap around grips. 5" ramped barrel. 1- 10rd stainless mag. Very attractive, accurate and shooter friendly
Now this firearm is now twice the price of a new unmodified RIA .38 super. He thinks that it's worth it and I value his opinion. The money isn't really the issue it's not that far out of budget. But, by nature I'm a value shopper. In this case I'm just out of my knowledge base. I know the sum of the new parts easily make up 1/2 of the difference, so the other half is the smith's time and labor. So I'm asking the forum and those more knowledgeable than myself. Do the upgrades warrant the doubling of the price?
I wasn't sure if I could link it here, so I didn't. It won't be too hard to find if you want to view the asthetics.
So I mention this to my buddy/go-to gun guy, he loves the caliber and owns a couple kimbers. He sent me a link to this RIA on GunBroker. It's been heavily modified to alleviate some of the knocks on the stock pistol. Here is the description:
Upgrades consist of trigger job 3.5 lbs, action smoothing, feed ramps polished, Wilson Combat hammer, Wilson stainless grip safety, Wilson stainless checkered mainspring housing, aluminum 3 hole trigger. Black rear sight, Red fiber optic front sight. Pachmayr finger groove wrap around grips. 5" ramped barrel. 1- 10rd stainless mag. Very attractive, accurate and shooter friendly
Now this firearm is now twice the price of a new unmodified RIA .38 super. He thinks that it's worth it and I value his opinion. The money isn't really the issue it's not that far out of budget. But, by nature I'm a value shopper. In this case I'm just out of my knowledge base. I know the sum of the new parts easily make up 1/2 of the difference, so the other half is the smith's time and labor. So I'm asking the forum and those more knowledgeable than myself. Do the upgrades warrant the doubling of the price?
I wasn't sure if I could link it here, so I didn't. It won't be too hard to find if you want to view the asthetics.