rock island and firestorm 45?
either one of these 2 low priced 45 any good? your thoughts.thanks don
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Firestorm, to the best of my knowledge was the recent "Trade Name" under which Spanish made Llama pistols were marketed in the U.S.
Since its reported that Llama went belly up last summer, it probably wouldn't be prudent to purchase a Firestorm pistol at this time.
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I've sold several of the Rock Island 45's, they have been a very good purchase for the price. GI parts do interchange, as they advertise. Frames are cnc'd and are very clean...
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I bought one of the Rock Island Armory .45's from the store where Drobs worked and it's a great shooter. For the money it is a good gun and you can do the upgrades just like ant 1911.
PJ
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Never had a Rock Island pistol, I have a Firestorm story for you.
I have a standard 1911 Firestorm that I got in a 'bulk trade' about 5 years ago. It has had about 2000 rounds through it and it is 'loose', but it was kinda 'loose' when I got it. I don't think it had been fired more than a box when I got it, and it shoots well today. The trigger is not the best, but it has never failed to feed anything. But that is the ending of the story, the beginning is below.
After about 200 rounds it failed to drop the hammer. I broke it down but saw nothing right away. I put the slide back on and found that it WOULD drop the hammer if I re-positioned the slide a tad. The trigger group was not sensing the the slide was 'in battery'. A little adjustment in the milling's in the slide and all worked fine.
A while later, there were some 'tattle tales' on some surfaces in the reciever that hinted that the slide may be hitting a little too HARD. The recoil spring always felt a little light, so I went through my ' parts drawer' and worked my way from 'too heavy' to operational.
Like I said, It still shoots respectable today. Do I enjoy shooting it ? ...Not as much as my Milspec SA (new toy). Is it a good gun ..... mixed signals..it has not had a problem in nearly 2000 rounds, but some of the initial 'in battery' problems indicate that there may have been poor tolerance control on the original machine work .... and the slide 'hitting hard' may not have been fully due to a weak recoil spring, it could be due to the materials not being up to the task.
So why do I still have it.....I really don't know. Kinda like the kitten your wife nursed back from injury and starvation.
If it is the ONLY 1911 you ever expect to buy, save another $ 200 and get a good used piece, or a good buy on a SA Milspec, the cheaper GI model, or something some other folks may suggest.
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