Rock Islands are what the majority of guys are buying as entry level 1911s.

Trigger jobs require a little more skill set than most 1911 first time owners can wrap their minds around.

The best trigger job a novice can do or buy is C&S drop in kits. MidwayUSA I noticed had 3.5lb drop in C&S ignition sets for just under $90.00

By the time I buy a quality disconnector, sear, hammer, sear spring and new main spring at dealers costs you can buy at retail a C&S ignition set and have every bit the trigger job as I can provide using close to $400.00 in stones and tooling.

I've become friends with a small group of arfcomers who live a 250 mile radius of me. They keep me busy with there Rock island projects.

One has a turkish made 1911. Inside receiver looks as if machined with a chain saw but it works very well for him.

Another bought a Rock Island kit of some sort. Feed ramp looks to be machined with a chain saw but damned if it don't miss a lick feeding.

These guys have made more mistakes than they've gotten right. Some are doing their own checkering jobs. The lines don't always go the right direction but damned if the guys aren't having fun and it's been a freind building experience for all of us.

So hell yea, you're on the right track. Everyone has to start someplace in trade or craft. Rock Island is as good a start as it gets.



back to trigger work, please look into C&S kits. They really are the way to go, I had a full on auto yesterday checking over someone else's work. Rate of climb gets out of control PDQ.

I started out with a Springer Champion I got cheap enough. 1911 Smith installed a beavertail and gave it a trigger job while I watched and he explained what he was doing. He taught me just enough to be dangerous and since then I've hacked up my SS Colt and a Remington I acquired. Since then I have bought all the right tools to do trigger jobs and beavertail GS's and getting apretty good collection of tools going. It ain't cheap .

I think your on the right track.






Bob tailed it as well.

I'd pay the extra 89.00 and get the GI model. It has the beaver tail and commander hammer already installed. You can't buy just those 2 parts for that, let alone have them installed.