A week ago I wrote about my problem with my Rock Island Armory 1911 Officer magazine release. To recap briefly, the magazine locking lever’s tab sheared off after about 1,000 rounds. This made the magazine catch very difficult to push and made it impossible to load a magazine in the pistol. True to what I’ve […]
Part of our annual trip to Tybee Island involves teaching new and novice shooters about firearm safety, culminating with a visit to an outdoor range. I helped a few of the new shooters get acclimated before deciding to put a few rounds downrange myself. I am scheduled to take a multi-day handgun training course in […]
I like getting the most bang for my buck — and as such really like my 1911 handguns from Rock Island Armory. I own both the 5″ barreled Government model (my review), and the 3.5″ barreled Officer’s model (my review). I like the Officer’s model so much that it replaced my trusty Glock 27 as […]
I’ve had two of these before, but the first one was via an online quiz service that seems to have deleted my pictures. So anyway, here’s the game: I post pictures of myself in clothes I would normally wear. You tell me if I am carrying a weapon or not, and if so where it […]
I test-fire and compare the Rock Island Armory 1911 compact Officer model handgun, and compare it to my other concealed carry pistols: Glock 27, Kel-tec PF-9, and my full-sized Rock Island Armory 1911 Government model pistol.
My search for an inexpensive 1911 handgun and a memory from almost two dozen years ago leads me to the Rock Island Armory 1911 Government pistol.
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