Worst Enemy

[Popeye]

Going to pick up a few more Wilson Tactical mags. for the pistol and keep the Act and Pro mags for the range. I went to the range the other day and two of the three pro mags do not lock the slide back after the last round. I did have two failure to feed rounds but I was also using reloads. So I can't say it was 100% the mags fault. The Wilson mag did feed the ball and the Hornaday FTX hollow points 100%. I didn't even waste my time putting the Hornaday ammo in any of the other mags being there only going to use reloads and plain ball ammo at the range. The Act Mag performed well this time out but I just do not trust it. As far as I'm concerned Pro mags are a POS and should not be used for anything other that range shooting. The quality is just not there. I certainly would never trust my life to one of them. Only good thing about them is they were given to me and I didn't pay for them. I'm not going to redo the guts in them like I had thought at one time, it's just not worth the time,effort and money for range mags that I could never really trust to be there in a SHTF situation. The ROCK GI 45 I like alot it's fun to shoot and I'm getting better with it all the time. It's a totally different animal then my Plastic Fantastics.

[DasFriek]

I bought an RIA CS Officer a week before my MK9 so im still going threw the break in process with both which is 500 rounds usually for me to call a gun "safe" to carry.

I bought a Kimber 7 round flush stainless mag for carry but soon found out it had issues once i took it apart for cleaning, Mainly wouldn't lock back on the last round.
I bought a Wilson Combat mag rebuild kit and its been perfect ever since.

I also had an issue with both guns shooting +P ball ammo which would result in stovepipes with a spent case crushed and holding the slide open with a live round half chambered. Both guns!
Im hoping a heavier spring will clear the issues up as both shot 100% with standard load ball ammo. Even still its only 2-3 rounds its happened on each gun out of 400-450 rounds.

I hated the RIA trigger that came on mine, It was serrated and stepped up and met at a point in the center of the trigger making for one heck of a pressure point. Luckily i had a Harrison Design IonBond trigger as a spare to my other 1911 and the trigger fit right in.
What i noticed inside was the trigger parts were all parkerized and no mating surfaces were polished.
I polished all the parkerization off any mating surfaces and adjusted the play out of the trigger and even tho they aren't high end tighter tolerance parts the trigger pull turned out amazingly well. Even as good as my high end custom i just finished.

The little Rock has quickly become a gun a i like alot and one of the few low cost options on the market for a Micro 1911 thats actually reliable. Most people wont touch a small 1911 thats under $1000 for fear of never ending headaches, But this gun is a great option when $1k isnt an option.