Winners must respond within 30 days of receiving notification or an alternate winner will be selected. I have a Ted Yost built Gunsite 1911 and admittedly it is a nice gun, but it does not shoot as good as my Rock River. The Rock River Arms 1911 Poly shot nicely with everything we fed it. In the latter case, Rock River’s .45 autos made their bones at Camp Perry, where their accuracy and reliability endeared them to bulls-eye shooters. All Shooting Times subscribers now have digital access to their magazine content. The Rock River Arms 1911 Carry Pistol is guaranteed to shoot 2.5-inch groups at 50 yards with Federal 185-grain Gold Medal Match ammo, so I put it to the test. The ground pressure of an M1 Abrams tank weighing 136,000 lbs., for instance, is around 15 pounds per square inch (psi) because of its broad track system. The Rock River Arms 1911 Carry Pistol proved to be extremely accurate, utterly reliable, and very comfortable to shoot. It feels a little different than a standard steel 1911, but this was just a first look on a prototype gun. The slide racking force is what you’d expect from a new 1911 and my digits found the controls of their own accord. The 1911 Poly from Rock River has all the 1911 features you love, but in a lighter package. See our full line of Rock River rifles here at Impact Guns! Then in late 2012 the company got back in the Model 1911 business with an all-new polymer-frame Model 1911. Rock River Arms is here at the NRAAM to introduce their new polymer framed 1911 handgun. The pistol's finish is parkerized. Contest open to U.S. residents only. Rock River Arms is a company more well known for their AR-platform rifles, but at SHOT Show this year the company was showing off their polymer-framed 1911 pistol again. The Rock River Arms 1911 Poly is an Information Age rendition of John Moses Browning’s timeless service pistol. The Rock River Arms (RRA) 1911-A1 Limited Match is a semiauto pistol built on a full-size RRA national match forged-steel frame with a full-length RRA national match forged-steel slide, and chambered in .45 ACP. Here we go again. Rock River Arms's Elite Commando is a handsome and well-made 1911 pistol sure to invoke pride of ownership. Then something fundamentally shifted in the American psyche, and we gun nerds suddenly couldn’t get enough of Gene Stoner’s space-age wonder gun. This means you have the option to read your magazine on most popular phones and tablets. Polymer-framed 1911 pistols are not terribly uncommon in American gun shops, but many to most of them are just viscerally ugly. (I) Giveaway ends May 31, 2021. For Sale from Rockislandguns | No feedback Yet View | Verified Seller | 1 Completed Sales View Sellers Items. Winners will be notified by certified mail on official letterhead. To get started, click the link below to visit mymagnow.com and learn how to access your digital magazine. Rock River Arm’s 1911. Add to Cart. Making hits on paper targets and the reactive targets was easy. Ruger Custom Shop 10/22 Competition Rifle at 300 Yards, Best 6.5mm Cartridges: 6.5x55 Swedish Mauser, Best Red-Dot Sights for Lever-Action Rifles, Improved Ballistics a Key to Accurate Long-Range Shooting, Nighthawk Custom Fire Hawk Model 1911 Review, Smith & Wesson Model 57 N-Frame .41 Magnum Review, Black Hills Evolution of Rifle Cartridge: .308 Win. The magazine has a removable bumper pad/baseplate. And it's one that can be delivered in months, not years. There are plenty of good .22 rimfire rifles under $300 on the market. Rock River offers their wares in a bewildering array of shapes and sizes, and they provide them to military, civilian and law enforcement end users everywhere. And the results are darn close to Rock River's guarantee. Rock River Arms began building AR-15 rifles and Model 1911s in about 1996 and eventually offered a bunch of different configurations. Alas, they’ve come up for air after building untold zillions of AR rifles and returned to their roots. Magazines naturally drop freely away, and all switches and ditzels run precisely the same as those of your grandfather’s 1911. Rock River's Basic Limited is both a shooter and a beautiful example of the pistolsmith's craft. Critical Defense load performed particularly well. The frame accepts all manner of standard 1911 grips and the front strap comes nicely checkered to complement the mainspring housing. Hollow points, ball, solid copper or lead? David Fortier talks with Jeff Hoffman of Black Hills Ammunition about the evolution of the .308 Win. The pistol uses the classic Model 1911 barrel bushing setup and a standard recoil spring guide assembly. Despite its synthetic frame, every single component of the gun is standard, so the pistol will accept any imaginable 1911 upgrade. This isn’t just a good idea, it’s the law. Its line is quite extensive and is available in a wide array of calibers. The end result is a full-sized 1911 combat pistol with all the bells and whistles riding nearly 1/2-lb. The Rock River Arms 1911 slide is made from 4140 chrome-moly steel, forged and CNC machined to tightly held tolerances and hardened to RC40 to prevent rail and lug wear. The rosewood grips are checkered. The "Rock River Arms" gun has a waiting time of about a year and will cost you $1500.00 or so. The first is a very inexpensive gun built, I think in the Philippines and the second is a custom pistol built in the USA. In fact, I couldn't turn it with my fingers alone; I had to use a bushing wrench. The 1911 Poly didn’t care. This Rock River Arms 1911 has an extended thumb safety (not ambidextrous), a standard slide stop, a serrated aluminum speed-type trigger with overtravel adjustment screw, and a skeletonized hammer. Taking up the Rock River Arms 1911 Poly for the first time’s like shaking hands with an old friend. The Carry Pistol's chamber is throated and polished, as is the feed-ramp. Hornady’s 185-gr. The Rock River Arms Tactical Pistol is a beautiful example of the 1911 platform, superbly finished, and carrying a suggested list price that clearly places it in the premium pistol class. The barrel is chrome moly and 5″ long with a … Between 1981 and 1991 the Larsons worked at Springfield Armory, Inc., where Mark was the head armorer.From Springfield Armory, the Larsons went into partnership with Les Baer to form Les Baer Custom and build custom 1911 pistols. Ever since the mid-90s, when they first started, Rock River has been into the 1911 game. Associated taxes and fees will be the responsibility of the winner. lighter than its steel-framed counterparts, so from the perspective of pure Newtonian Physics the recoil impulse will be a bit greater. There was the expected amount of take-up, but letoff was very crisp. My Rock River 308 shoots .4 inch groups at 100 yards using Fiocchi 180 grain match. At 25 yards, it averaged 1.25 inches. The 1911 Poly is shown on the left next to a steel-frame Kimber 1911. Rock River Arms builds some of the highest quality firearms available today. Back in 1996, two brothers named Mark and Chuck Larson started a modest gun company in Cleveland, Illinois, devoted to building the finest 1911 pistols produced. Giveaway prizes may have evidence of being test fired or exhibit minor handling marks. The beating heart of the polymer-framed .45 ACP 1911 Poly is classic John Moses Browning. The .300 Blackout is here to stay, and we take some time to look at new technology surrounding this cartridge. The sights are steel and unadorned with dots. It’s worse if the gun sports aggressive checkering on the mainspring housing. First displayed 2 years ago as a concept pistol, and possibly to determine market interest, it appears that RRA is ready to bring the polymer framed 1911 to market. In 2015, the company started building a steel-frame Rock River Arms 1911 again. It is actually an excellent value. Distributing force out over a broad area can make mean stuff seem nicer. What really sets the 1911 Poly apart is its polymer frame. But the Federal 185-grain Gold Medal loading was almost as accurate. You could swap them out for the longer sort if you wish, but I like these. Overall average accuracy for three, five-shot groups with each load was 1.73 inches at 25 yards. Contest void where prohibited by law. Big bore semiauto or a lever gun? All the controls you know on a standard 1911 are right in the same places on the 1911 Poly. I’m man enough to admit running a conventional single stack 1911 pistol all day long can leave my mitts feeling a bit violated. the next-generation 1911. The 0.4 lbs. Employees and agents of Publishers’ Development Corp. are not eligible. Rock River Arms is owned and operated by brothers Mark and Chuck Larson. The gun slides into the web, and the memory bump on the beavertail safety deactivates without conscious thought. Please visit your local dealer. The Rock River Arms 1911 .45 ACP Carry Pistol has a precision-crowned, throated, 5-inch NM barrel. Pressure, to the typical high school Physics student, is force per unit area. The Carry Pistol's chamber is throated and polished, as is the feed-ramp. This component guides the slide on its trek back and forth and provides rock-solid bearing surfaces for the wiggly bits. DropSlide OWB Holster - Rock River Arms 1911 None Holsters Outside the Waistband . History. FTX printed four out of five as a single jagged hole at 10 meters. We look at the futuristic .450 Bushmaster and how it compares to the tried and true .45-70. The frontstrap of the Rock River Arms 1911 grip frame is checkered 25 lines per inch and so is the flat mainspring housing. Mass times velocity in one direction will always equal mass times velocity in the other. On top, the Rock River Poly is your normal 1911: match barrel, Novak sights, a refreshing lack of forward serrations, and a normal (i.e., the way John Moses Browning designed it) recoil spring assembly. Rock River Arms Models. Re: Rock River Arms 1911 Bullseye Wadcutter by Doug Tiedt on Mon Sep 03, 2018 7:24 pm zanemoseley wrote: In my super tight pistol built by Jon, with a 9000SC in upgraded aluminum rings, with a 10# spring, it took 4.2 WST to get get reliable function with a Magnus #801 which had a lot of bearing surface which increases pressure. However, the Hornady Critical Defense 185-gr. Unloaded, the pistol weighs 39 ounces. This is a new company that I just found, and from what I hear on the net, their products are quite good, competing with some of the top names in the market. As always, you may also place your order online or via phone directly through Rock River Arms for at home delivery on other applicable items. I've been thinking about getting another 1911 lately and started looking around are the normal builders like Dan Wesson, Les Baer, Colt, a Springfield Armory Professional then looked at Pilot Mountain Arms and somehow stumbled upon the Rock River Arms page and saw they make 1911s. Rock River Arms 1911's are in the same catagory as Les Baer and Springfield Custom Shop. The new Rock River Arms Polymer 1911 Government and Commander-sized guns. (IV) Winners must undergo a background check and comply with all other federal, state and local laws. Deployed military should use stateside address. Decades later, they’re going back to their handgun roots (can I get a “hell yeah” from my fellow handgun lovers? It comes as no real surprise, since they were partners with Les Baer, who make some of the best 1911 pistols around. timeless service pistol. Wish List Compare. The new Rock River Arms Poly 1911 takes advantage of the company's pistol-building skills and adds the polymer-frame twist. All Rights Reserved. (II) Limit one entry per household. The extra width spreads out the recoil impulse without being excessively bulky. Manufacturer’s Description. Caught with your pants down around your ankles again? That definitely was the fun part, and I was thrilled that I made so many good hits on those reactive targets. Despite the remarkable weight disparity, the supermodel sinks faster into the mud because of her higher ground pressure. https://americanhandgunner.com/company/rock-island-armory. Nowadays both the US DEA and FBI use Rock River rifles, and the plant has grown from 1,800 square feet to 50,000. By contrast, the polymer frame on the 1911 Poly is about as trim and svelte as old John Moses’ originals. The frame of the gun is injection molded polymer, but there’s a small metal insert molded into the gun that holds all of the pins together and distributes the force of … Shooting a .22 LR rifle at 300 yards is just as challenging as shooting a .300 Win. The pistol functioned perfectly throughout the entire shooting session, and I really liked the plain black sights. I mounted the Rock River Arms 1911 in my Ransom Rest for that shooting in order to remove the human factor as much as possible. At the projected price point of about $800, this new 1911 will be a formidable competitor in the market at that price point, and higher price points. Rock River Arms, Inc. offers a complete line of American made, custom built AR15 style rifles. Mag. Enter To Win A Mossberg MC2C Pistol Package! If I can do this on the range I suspect I could do it in scarier places as well. 175 Gr. The end result is lighter and more aesthetically durable than the original while retaining quite literally everything that made those old guns justifiable legends. To keep the strength up and the size down, the Rock River guys mold their polymer frames around a steel frame insert. The chamber area does not have a fully supported ramp, but one isn't necessary for shooting .45 ACP ammunition like it is for other cartridges, such as .38 Super. The chamber area does not have a fully supported ramp, but one isn't necessary for shooting .45 ACP ammunition like it is for other cartridges, such as .38 Super. Match. In the case of the 1911 Poly, the frame is just a bit thicker than an original. The bottom of the grip frame is beveled, and the grip safety is a beavertail style with a serrated memory bump. Rock Island 1911's, not so much. (III) Giveaway winner(s) chosen by random drawing. I'm glad Rock River is back in the steel-frame Model 1911 business. There have been a few instances wherein I let myself get in a rush and inadvertently bumped an extended 1911 safety upwards, momentarily deadlining my gun. Red-dot sights may be just what the doctor ordered for lever-action fans of “a certain age.”. Its steel slide has rear serrations promoting a positive grip for slide manipulation. Rock River Arms, Inc. remains open for manufacturing during the Covid-19 Pandemic. lighter than the ferrous originals. The Rock series is Rock Island Armory’s most well-optioned line of 1911 pistols built in the traditional 70 series design with the addition of next level upgrades. The trigger is serrated and adjustable for overtravel. No substitutions or transfers to a third party are allowed. The Carry Pistol's rear sight is low profile and adjustable for windage. Big, fat, oversized everything makes these guns look like a standard steel-framed 1911 in the throes of an allergic reaction to peanut butter. A first look a the new Rock River 1911 with a polymer frame and machined slide. Like other 1911s, it is about 8.75 inches long, 5.25 inches tall and 1.3 inches wide across the grips. It’s not the first attempt at a polymer single-stack 1911, but (aside from the little 85 percent scale Browning Black Label pistols) it is the only one we are aware of that’s currently on the market. If you’d prefer something more sparkly, the sights naturally are dovetailed. Keep American Handgunner content coming every week.Say “hands off” and become an Insider now! And the Rock River Arms 1911 Poly is an Information Age twist on a timeless design. However, we are not open to the public for direct sales. The capacity of the single-stack magazine (made by Check-Mate) is eight rounds. These hand-fitted custom 1911 handguns with National Match frames and slides developed a well-deserved following. I find the end result quite pleasant. The rear sight is a low-profile, windage-adjustable Heinie sight, and the front sight is dovetailed into the top of the slide. The Rock River Arms 1911 Poly is an Information Age rendition of John Moses Browning’s Overall length of the Rock River Arms 1911 Carry Pistol is 8.88 inches, and height is 5.75 inches (from the bottom of the magazine to the top of the rear sight). Rock River Arms Poly 1911. Rock Rivers are made in Illinois. They christened their undertaking Rock River Arms and vigorously pursued perfection. The ground pressure exerted by a 105-lb. The most accurate load was the Winchester Win1911 230-grain FMJ, and its average was 1.20 inches. At the time of this writing, Rock River Arms offers the polymer-frame 1911 and six steel-frame 1911s. I got my hands on this Rock River Arms 1911 Carry Pistol for this report. The mainspring housing is flat and checkered, while the metal components are all Parkerized. The gun comes with a brace of 7-round magazines. The grip frame frontstrap is checkered at 25 lines per inch. Like situational ethics, standards of accuracy vary according to circumstances. Wonderfully executed and dripping with cool, the RRA 1911 Poly is yesterday’s gun ready for continuing service today. The pistol's slide has grasping grooves at the rear and the front, and the ejection port is lowered and flared. After all, we thought the Obama-generated ammo shortage was finally over. I couldn't detect any side-to-side play between the slide and frame, and with the pistol in battery the barrel didn't move a bit when I pushed down on its hood. It makes the cut for those looking for a high-end 1911 at a reasonable price. By 2011 AR production had grown so much that Rock River Arms dropped all of its Model 1911s. It's more accurate than I can hold, and with all but one load it proved eminently reliable, even in temperatures well below freezing. Next, we pit subsonic rivals against each other before stretching the legs of this CQB round out to 600 yards from a short 9-inch barrel. ). The difference here’s the 1911 Poly is easier to tote and more resistant to scratches and dings. The owner of Rock River worked at Springfield Armory with Les Baer. How brutalized you feel’s a function of recoil pressure. And the Rock River Arms web site lists all their 1911 pistols in an area titled "Custom Pistols." After finishing the shooting from the bench at 25 yards, I fired five rounds of the Federal match ammo at 50 yards and produced a group that measured 2.59 inches. The new Benelli Lupo bolt-action rifle is just as unique, innovative, and performance-oriented... Tom Beckstrand and Neal Emery of Hornady highlight the 6MM Creedmoor ammo. No purchase necessary. After that, I shot up exactly 100 rounds of the various ammo firing at my favorite tumbling targets (Birchwood Casey's Hex Ball and Champion's Crazy Bounce Star) and on steel plates at varying distances. The flat polymer mainspring housing is mated in the poly-frame and has a steel frame insert. The Rock River Arms PS6000 is a full-sized 5″ 1911. You are thinking of a "Rock Island" not a "Rock River Arms" pistol. The Rock River Arms 1911 .45 ACP Carry Pistol has a precision-crowned, throated, 5-inch NM barrel. Both sights on my sample pistol are plain black and horizontally serrated. Rock River Arms 1911. Prizes will not be awarded if illegal in jurisdiction of winner(s). The Rock River Arms Poly RRA 1911 is an innovative and capable 1911 pistol. You can buy this pistol with a rib rail (which includes front and rear sights), a slide-mount rail, or a Weigand frame-mount rail. ISS Prop House gives us the rundown on the guns used in Enemy at the Gate. The trigger pull of my sample averaged 4 pounds, 4.8 ounces over the five times that I measured it with my RCBS trigger-pull scale. ©2021 Outdoor Sportsman Group. I’ve got enough gray in my beard/miles under my tires/pick a euphemism that means old/ that I know Rock River Arms is a 1911 company that jumped on the AR bandwagon just at the right time, and lately has been getting back to its roots. Match bullet. Everything about the 1911 Poly makes the gun shoot reliably, comfortably and straight. Box 501377, San Diego, CA 92150-1377. Take one of those excellent pistols, make sure the tolerances will allow […] The 1911 Poly shot well everything we fed it. Low prices and fast shipping! |   The trigger is just divine. The 5″ 1:16 twist chrome moly barrel keeps the gun shooting straight, while the aluminum speed trigger, commander hammer and beavertail grip safety keep things fast. The Rock River Arms 1911-A1 Carry is an all-steel, .45 ACP pistol with classic lines that weighs about 39 ounces unloaded. The gun is about 6.5-oz. Note the 1911 Poly is a bit more portly. From: $51.95. Rock River Arms is probably best known for its excellent line of AR-15 rifles. To protect the privacy and security of winners, names will not be made public. You might think of Rock River Arms as an AR manufacturer but in reality the company’s first gun ever was a 1911. For more info: https://americanhandgunner.com/company/rock-island-armory , Ph: (866) 980-7625. Rock River Arms is famous for their iterations of two classic American martial firearms, the AR-15 and the 1911. Subscriber Services. Rock River has seven full-sized 1911s in its lineup, one of which is the RRA POLY 1911. Light, terse, airy, ethereal, diaphanous, delicate, gossamer … how many adjectives could there be to describe a really exceptional single-action 1911 trigger? The Rock River Arms (RRA) 1911-A1 Bullseye Wadcutter is a semiauto pistol built on a full-size RRA national match forged-steel frame with a full-length RRA national match forged-steel slide, and chambered in .45 ACP. Rock River doesn't mess around with anything they … Parting ways with Les Baer in 1993, the Larsons … For example, most people think of Rock River Arms (RockRiverArms.com) as an AR company that also makes 1911s. Not a bad 1911 for $500, but not not a "high end" gun. In between the two world wars Harrington & Richardson offered a very handy gun, in fact it is so handy it was named the Handy-Gun. 175 Gr. We ping steel with a .300 WinMag at over a mile. The Smith & Wesson Model 57 N-Frame .41 Magnum—a favorite of sixgun superstars—refuses to go... Give a Gift   Rock River Arms powered down their handgun line, ramped up to build black rifles, and rode the crest of the wave. Factory warranties may apply in some cases. Mail-in entries accepted; send postcards (no envelopes) to: American Handgunner Magazine, GOM May/June 2021, P.O. Posted: 12/2/2012 5:33:08 PM EST I was wondering this myself I have a RRA ar15 and if the 1911 is anything like the AR its gonna go bang everytime and be a jewel. All entries must be received by giveaway end date. Suffice it to say, the trigger breaks decisively at exactly the right time with an almost undetectable, weightless take-up. Lighter than the original yet easier on the hands, the 1911 Poly is However, the pressure thing we discussed earlier comes into play here and makes the 1911 Poly a bit more comfortable to me than is the case with a steel original. But first I fired it at 25 yards with the Federal load and five other factory loads. Lighter than the original yet easier on the hands, the 1911 Poly is the next-generation 1911. Summary: The description, specs, photo, pricing and user ratings for the Rock River Arms 1911-A1 Limited Match pistol. The bushing is tightly fitted. Sight radius is 6.69 inches. The gun also remained quite a comfortable way to kill a lazy afternoon at the range. The end result’s a gun filling the hand just a bit better than the skinny originals, without feeling as bulky as a double-stack .45. supermodel in stiletto heels is, by contrast, around 470 psi. The extra grip width fits my hand nicely, and I found packing the 1911 Poly through my long 13-hour days at work to be more pleasant than was the case with a more conventional heater. The left-sided manual safety and slide release are the same size as those of a standard 1911. In the Rock River Arms 1911 Poly, we see John Moses Browning’s timeless combat pistol rocketed into the Information Age. The gun digested everything swimmingly despite a total lack of attention to proper maintenance. may not seem like much but take it from a guy who has packed a lot of full-sized 1911 pistols at work under scrubs — every little bit matters.