But with the difference in price, over $400, could I drop that into the cheaper pistol and end up with a gun that is just about as good? Just wondering, because if I can do it that way it would be nice to be able to improve the gun in installments, since Im in school and funds are not that plentiful. Plus it would allow me to support my local gunsmith who doesnt get much businessaround here, I live in a shotgun only state so no one has anything worked on that much. Just looking for any opinions on the idea.
You get what you pay for, especially with friearms, Ive never heard of rock island so i cant say much about them, if your set on 1911's look into the Springfield GI. This is the same gun issued to troops in ww1 with some more modern parts. It somes with the older style sights but that could be fixed easily by your gunsmith,get a set of cheap hogue(or other) grips, drop a match barrel and a custom trigger job in it and you have a very sweet pistol for the money that was spent, and the match barrel isnt really that important unless your looking into competition. I have shot a couple of these pistols and they are accurate even with the factory sights. Deffinately look into the springfield for the money you are looking to spend, cant beat almost 50 years of dependability.
Oh yeah and brand new your looking at right at $400 maybe $425 if that.