Any opinions on which is better the ria or taurus 1911 in 9mm. They are both cheap options but i dont know much about either one. Taurus seems to be more upgraded with the polished feed ramp but i dont know much about 1911's so any help would be great.

RIA by far

that was a fast response. any reason glenn?

+1 RIA... or you can also go for the STI Spartan in 9mm.

any reasons to stay away from taurus? just wondering the reasons behind this

It is much better built, less/no MIM as far as I know. I know the taurus is loaded with MIM parts

whats MIM

RIA...

 

Those filipinos know how to make 1911s. They've been doing it for years under the name ARMSCORE.

whats MIM

Metal Injection Molding

I would buy the taurus, just for the forged frame and slide alone.

+1 RIA... or you can also go for the STI Spartan in 9mm.

 

+1 on the STI Spartan. IMHO you can't beat them right out of the box! Nice Hi-vis sight too! VERY highly rated and GREAT customer service, so it's well worth the difference! You may want to check them out BEFORE you buy something for just a few bucks less and be VERY sorry later!

 

Dave

Taurus, all the way. Way more bang for your buck.

I've never shot either. But everybody says the RIA's are tack drivers and have perfect reliability. So, I guess somebody would have to convince me to go Tarus, having shot neither. Some of those RIAs look pretty sharp, too.

We are up to needing 3 P2P's as I see it.

 

Harry

Everytime there's a "which 1911" thread, a stupid STI gun comes up. Why? To the original poster, you can't go wrong with a Smith&Wesson, Springfield Armory, Kimber, Les Baer, Ed Brown, ParaUSA, Dan Wesson, Taurus, Colt, Sig Sauer, Remington, or any other top manufacturer.

So were up to 13 or 14 P2P's??

 

Harry

Everytime there's a "which 1911" thread, a stupid STI gun comes up. Why? To the original poster, you can't go wrong with a Smith&Wesson, Springfield Armory, Kimber, Les Baer, Ed Brown, ParaUSA, Dan Wesson, Taurus, Colt, Sig Sauer, Remington, or any other top manufacturer.

 

and why not an STI... it works. I have an STI Spartan, the cheapest in STI's 1911 line up and the fit and finish is excellent for the price. I also have Colts (in 45 acp and 38 super)...RIA Tac in 45 acp... SPS modular 1911 in 40S&W... sold a Para 14.45 long time ago. My dad also had a Remington Rand... WW2 vintage. I love my 1911's and would want to own each manufacture if I can afford it.

 

I think at any give weekend... in matches around the country (or the world), there are a lot of STi's that go through thousands of rounds and work accurately and reliably. They are not stupid handguns it just happens that they work well for those who choose to shoot them. Even Ted Nugent has one in 10mm flavor.

 

BTW... I also love my Glocks.

Taurus, all the way. Way more bang for your buck.

 

Listen to Ray - he's had great success with some guns. /sarcasm off/

Listen to Ray - he's had great success with some guns. /sarcasm off/

 

I do believe Mr. Tony357 is a Taurus guy as well. And everyone wants to shoot my Judge, just sayin.

As ray ray mentioned i have a few taurus guns all have been good no problems. these two are amazingly accurate.

 

2 taurus 1911's 38 super these two are sweet one stainless with rail and one black.

 

pt98 380 i shoot this gun low if you shoot it out of a rest it is on target very strange.

 

608 ss 357 revolver sweet gun

 

also own springfield .45 1911

 

AMT hardballer .45 1911

 

kimber 1911 9mm

 

 

1-1/8 group. target is 3 in diameter.

 

 

Wow I think taurus is more bang for the buck than ria. But reliability its my question. I heard alot of ppl say its a nightmare to work on asmany 1911 parts will not fit properly. Our they have feeding issues. I don't know what's true our not true. The sti in 9mm is even more money. The taurus price tag is the top of my budget for this one. Anyone have a taurus 1911 9mm?

It is not that the parts do not fit, most upgrades are trigger jobs and beavertail grip safeties, when triggers are replaced to fit the trigger to the other parts the mim parts are so hard to file fit it makes the job difficult to do so most smiths will replace all related components to make their job easier.

 

The trigger does not need this type of work as it is already done both of mine are 4-5 lb trigger pull and smooth.

 

I added magwells to both of mine from wilson combat, drop in very little fitting you can see the magwell on the black one.

 

both of these are in 38 super basicly 9mm on steriods..

 

Also i shot the black one in competition and did very well with it..at least as good as i can do..LOL...the gun functioned very well with no hiccups..

I'm leading towards ria. Going to try to fondle each this week. If I can find an ria local.

LOVE LOVE LOVE my Taurus 1911 .45 and so has everyone who has ever shot it (a few from the board). NEVER a problem with it, even with cheap steel case ammo!!!