1911 question

[pistolpedro1]

Good starter 1911. Has the feel and the look, most importantly, from my experience, it goes BOOM every time you pull the trigger! May want to upgrade to good mags, I use Kimber, and it will "bite" you unless you change the beavertail. Never bothered me much though. Good luck and have fun!!

So, never owned and never fired a 1911. Nonetheless when I was in my formative years as a lad I grew up in a military town and just about all my uncles and great uncles were in the military in WWII, Korea and/or Vietnam so to me when I think of handguns it is always the 1911 that immediately comes to mind. I want one, I'm gonna get one. I want a solid one, don't want to drop a couple grand so I figure if it was good enough to serve for so many decades a good ole fashioned GI configuration will suit me just fine, at least for my first one. I was poking around and saw RIA has a GI model for just over $500. My questions are simple.

Is RIA decent quality?

If I get a more vanilla "GI model" like this what will I be giving up that I simply don't know about that I'd get by default with a more high end 1911?

Thanks in advance all, appreciate it!

 

[pistolpedro1]

One pistol that is being overlooked is the Colt M1911A1 Argentine Modelo 1927. These pistols were made by Argentina under license from Colt. Argentina used a very high grade steel to manufacture these pistols. All parts are interchangeable with GI spec parts. I have 5 or 6 in my 1911 collection and think they are a great pistol for the money. You can find them in a price range of $600 to $1,000.