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4/23/2012 10:55:35 AM EDT
Between a like new (total of 35 rounds through it) RI 2-tone Tactical model...and a SA MIL-SPEC..used with about 2K through it.  Price is about the same, and the RI still has the box and all the paperwork....Or should I go to the dark side and look for a .....a...... that thing that rhymes with "clock"...
4/23/2012 11:06:13 AM EDT
[#1]
IMHO, you got 3 good directions there.

But, if you think it might be your defensive pistol at some point, then I would go with something that includes a 21 in the model number.

I've owned all 3 of those. The RIA is nice, lots of features for the price, I ended up trading mine to my dad for his SA Loaded after only 50 flawless rounds. Don't know about customer service and RIA if you were to need it though. SA, good customer service if you were to need it. And, then the thing that rhymes with Clock, my SF is what I carry at work everyday.

So the answer is. I don't know what you want.

Something tells me you want a 1911.
4/23/2012 11:38:06 AM EDT
[#2]
I would go SA INC.
4/23/2012 12:53:36 PM EDT
[#3]
Mil-Spec. Nothing against RIA i just like SA.
4/23/2012 3:24:57 PM EDT
[#4]
Depends on if you can live without the bells and whistles on the RIA . I have a Mil spec and like it, but I changed ... everything.
4/23/2012 5:13:15 PM EDT
[#5]

SA Milspec

 
4/23/2012 6:31:09 PM EDT
[#6]
lots of votes for the mil-spec...why...is the quality that much better than the RI?....is there something else I'm not considering????
4/23/2012 6:41:51 PM EDT
[#7]



Quoted:


lots of votes for the mil-spec...why...is the quality that much better than the RI?....is there something else I'm not considering????



IMO - Yes



 
4/23/2012 7:52:00 PM EDT
[#8]
px9109lp
4/23/2012 8:18:05 PM EDT
[#9]
quality is better, and no matter how good RIA's customer service is, I believe SA's is better
4/24/2012 2:56:40 AM EDT
[#10]
Quoted:

Quoted:
lots of votes for the mil-spec...why...is the quality that much better than the RI?....is there something else I'm not considering????

IMO - Yes
 


+1
4/24/2012 3:32:11 AM EDT
[#11]
SA hands down.  People say the RIA is a good pistol but I since I lost my job twice to being outsourced to the Philipines in the last four years I will not knowingly send more money their way.  I am kinda biased in this decision though.  
4/24/2012 6:28:41 AM EDT
[#12]
The problem I have with the 2-tone RIA is that you'll have to cut through the pretty nickel finish if you want to do anything to it.  

I'd rather have a gun with a cheap (blued) or no (stainless) finish so that the inevitable refinish is also cheap and easy.
4/24/2012 10:35:12 AM EDT
[#13]
Quoted:

Quoted:
lots of votes for the mil-spec...why...is the quality that much better than the RI?....is there something else I'm not considering????

IMO - Yes
 


I have no experience with the RI, but I do with SA, so I would choose SA.

When it comes to needing info on 1911s there's a few guys here that when they speak, I listen. SGB is one of them.