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RustyFN
03-21-2008, 06:09 PM
are some dies, turret and some components. I just bought my first 45 today and had to share some pic's.
Rusty

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b8dd00b3127cceb629b0ec406200000026100DZOGblm4Yo

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b8dd00b3127cceb629b0e6406800000026100DZOGblm4Yo
nccarr
03-21-2008, 06:19 PM
The 45 is my favorite caliber. You will love it. The cases last forever.
Nick
jawjaboy
03-21-2008, 06:22 PM
Nothin but praise for mine of 3 years Rusty. Nary a problem. It in here somewhere. :thumbsup:

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g194/jawjaboy/IM000207.jpg
P195
03-21-2008, 06:28 PM
Hey Rusty; Your new RI 45 is a nice lookin weapon..I am a 45acp fan too. I've always liked the 1911 style. Let me know how you like the Rock Island brand. I knew a couple of men who had them and heard no complaints. According to them they shoot very well. Good luck and good shooting.:thumbsup:
layusn1
03-21-2008, 06:33 PM
I really want a Springfield 45 G.I. I need a 5" G.I. so I can use that 400 Cor Bon barre/dies/brass I got. I have 2 sets of 45 dies. I'm not sure which one I want to keep though. I have the Dillon set which is cool but I have an RCBS die set, with crimp die, but it has two wadcutter, semi-wadcutter stems too...hard choice but I might could part with one.
Bogey
03-21-2008, 06:36 PM
That's a beautiful 1911, Rusty.

Everyone I know can speak highly enough of theirs.

I know I like my 1911....although it's not a RIA.
Steve Koski
03-21-2008, 06:41 PM
I'd like to say that's a beautiful gun, but I can't, because I think 1911's are friggin' ugly. I still love you Rusty.
RustyFN
03-21-2008, 06:41 PM
Hey Rusty; Your new RI 45 is a nice lookin weapon..I am a 45acp fan too. I've always liked the 1911 style. Let me know how you like the Rock Island brand. I knew a couple of men who had them and heard no complaints. According to them they shoot very well. Good luck and good shooting.:thumbsup:
I'll let you know. I'm hoping to go to the range in a few days. I know somebody that owns three and loves them. He told me his are very accurate and trouble free. Freakshow has one in I believe 10mm and told me he likes his also. I figured for the price I had to try one.
Rusty
jawjaboy
03-21-2008, 06:44 PM
I'd like to say that's a beautiful gun, but I can't, because I think 1911's are friggin' ugly. I still love you Rusty.

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g194/jawjaboy/IM000642.jpg
RustyFN
03-21-2008, 06:45 PM
I'd like to say that's a beautiful gun, but I can't, because I think 1911's are friggin' ugly. I still love you Rusty.
That's OK, as long as you still love me I feel better.
Rusty
layusn1
03-21-2008, 06:52 PM
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g194/jawjaboy/IM000642.jpg

:rofl::iagree::rofl:
thorn
03-21-2008, 07:03 PM
.........oooooo shiny.............

:willy_nilly: :bigun2:

thorn
RustyFN
03-21-2008, 07:13 PM
They also sent me two pieces of brass with the gun to get me started on loading for it.
Rusty
Bogey
03-21-2008, 07:20 PM
They also sent me two pieces of brass with the gun to get me started on loading for it.
Rusty


Were they aluminum?
layusn1
03-21-2008, 07:25 PM
No, they were Berdan primed
RustyFN
03-21-2008, 07:34 PM
They were berdan primed aluminum.:rofl: The were both brass.
Rusty
freakshow10mm
03-21-2008, 07:38 PM
Freakshow has one in I believe 10mm and told me he likes his also.
Mine's in .45 but I have a 10mm longslide coming soon from Caspian. KKM will be the barrel of choice, as always.
Bush Pilot
03-21-2008, 07:50 PM
I'd like to say that's a beautiful gun, but I can't, because I think 1911's are friggin' ugly. I still love you Rusty.

Troll bastige
Bush Pilot
03-21-2008, 07:56 PM
Rusty, I've got a RI .45. Can't say I've fired more than a couple hundred rounds through it, no problems in those few. I think for anyone looking for a reasonably priced 45 they should take a hard look at the RI.
bfox
03-21-2008, 09:27 PM
Rusty
Is it hard chromed ?
Hard for my gettin old ass eyes to tell .

Thought they only made them in 38 super .

I have one its parked .

Bill
Steve Koski
03-21-2008, 10:01 PM
Send it to me, I'll put a protective layer of Krylon on it for ya for free.
RustyFN
03-22-2008, 10:15 AM
Rusty
Is it hard chromed ?
Hard for my gettin old ass eyes to tell .

Thought they only made them in 38 super .

I have one its parked .

Bill

It's nickel. I have been looking on the web and never saw anything but parkerized. When I went to the gun shop and found this one I was pleasantly surprised.
Rusty
4eyes
03-22-2008, 07:53 PM
I'm out playin' now, Rusty. I'll catch ya in a week or so and we can compare 45 notes.
Brass Nazi
03-22-2008, 08:22 PM
Send it to me, I'll put a protective layer of Krylon on it for ya for free.

Did someone say Krylon?

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g234/JRTRAPP1/g973-1.jpg
willsands
03-23-2008, 05:31 AM
Rusty, the RI looks good. If you want to load up those two aluminum cases there is a blue press in your neighborhood that is already set up for 45ACP. We can paint the cases gold, drill out the primer pockets and you will be range ready in no time.

Willy
Steve Koski
03-23-2008, 07:32 AM
JT: I was thinking tactical black Krylon, probably a matte finish, but Dillon blue would be nice too.
hugginsvilleH&A
03-23-2008, 12:28 PM
ahhh love my 45's, who sig line said "nothing says love like a 45" ????
RustyFN
03-23-2008, 12:54 PM
I'm out playin' now, Rusty. I'll catch ya in a week or so and we can compare 45 notes.
Sounds good. Give me a holler when you get back and I will hopefully be ready to do some shooting. I go in for surgery on Wednesday the 26th and will be recovering for a couple of weeks but hopefully all that sickness I was feeling the last couple of times we went will be gone.

willsands:
Rusty, the RI looks good. If you want to load up those two aluminum cases there is a blue press in your neighborhood that is already set up for 45ACP. We can paint the cases gold, drill out the primer pockets and you will be range ready in no time.

Willy

Sounds good. I have everything I need but bullets and they are only about a mile down the road. I'll give you a call when the primers come in and hopefully we can get together the first week of April to do some loading.
Rusty
MakeMineaP99
03-23-2008, 12:59 PM
Rusty,

Some of my favorite plinking loads in .45:

230gr RNL
3.5 grs Clays
WLP
Mixed
1.260" OAL
.470 Taper Crimp

230gr RNL
4.5 grs Solo 1000
WLP
Mixed
1.260" OAL
.470 Taper Crimp

Launched out of SIGs.
RustyFN
03-23-2008, 01:09 PM
Thanks for the load Dan. I don't have either of those powders yet and I'm not sure how good Titegroup will work in 45 so I might need to try some of those.
Rusty
saunderscc
03-23-2008, 06:41 PM
Hey Rusty did you pick that up used or new? I have been looking at the RIA 1911's since you posted this thread and I have yet to hear anything bad about them.
MakeMineaP99
03-23-2008, 07:18 PM
Thanks for the load Dan. I don't have either of those powders yet and I'm not sure how good Titegroup will work in 45 so I might need to try some of those.
Rusty

Rusty,

Clays is soft shooting, but it does like to spike.

If I had to buy one or the other, it would be Solo 1000, think of it as improved Clays. It's become popular on the match circuit. It's a bit hard to find, try a skeet field or online (Grafs has good prices with discount). When I can find it locally, it sells for $20+/1#.

I shot lead exclusively in .45. I've haven't used TG since it isn't lead friendly.

Dan
RustyFN
03-23-2008, 09:22 PM
Thanks again for the tips Dan. I haven't been shooting much lead so now that I have the 45 I know I will be shooting a lot of it.

Hey Rusty did you pick that up used or new?

I bought it new. I have been hearing a lot of great things about RIA guns but had a hard time finding out much about them on the internet. I was talking to a friend about ordering primers and told him about the gun and he told me he saw them at a local gun shop. He had one that was parked and the nickel one that I bought. For the price after doing some testing if this gun shoots as good as I have heard I'm going to get another one. The owner of the gun shop said they are a very good gun, built tight and are very accurate. He said he has been selling a lot of them. I actually heard about them first from Dave in GA over at THR. I called him and was talking to him about a conversion I am thinking of doing and he was telling me about the RIA's. I don't know how soon I will be able to shoot it but will give a report after.
Rusty
RenoF250
03-23-2008, 10:21 PM
Rusty,

I shot lead exclusively in .45. I've haven't used TG since it isn't lead friendly.

Dan

What do you mean it isn't lead friendly? I shoot 230 grain LRN over ~4.6 grains of TG and it seems to work fine.
MakeMineaP99
03-23-2008, 11:01 PM
What do you mean it isn't lead friendly? I shoot 230 grain LRN over ~4.6 grains of TG and it seems to work fine.

It's a very fast powder, in some guns it can lead to leading in the leade. SIGs are picky animals, they require almost as much attention as a woman.
freakshow10mm
03-23-2008, 11:07 PM
lead to leading in the leade.
That's a tongue twister!:smilewinkgrin:
MakeMineaP99
03-23-2008, 11:08 PM
That's a tongue twister!:smilewinkgrin:

I try my best, I'll be here all night.
ustate
03-24-2008, 01:35 PM
I bought a RIA .45 a couple months ago and it has been a great gun. I'd been told that 1911s needed some break in time to function correctly but so far it hasn't had a single failure of any kind and is very accurate.
RustyFN
03-24-2008, 04:23 PM
I bought a RIA .45 a couple months ago and it has been a great gun. I'd been told that 1911s needed some break in time to function correctly but so far it hasn't had a single failure of any kind and is very accurate.
That's what I like to hear. The only problem is the gun is only as accurate as the person holding it, in which case mine will probably suck.:animlol:

Rusty