1911 Rock Island Tactical & Chiappa 1911-22 Report

This last weekend, I finally had a chance to take Sandy’s 1911A1 Rock Island Tactical out and shoot it. It performed just like I expected it to. Digested any type of ammo that I loaded into it. I had some Federal, Winchester and even some CCI aluminum cased FMJ that I used. It ate them up and spit them out without any problem.

At the same time, I had a Chiappa 1911-22 .22 that we had just received so I took it also. I have never had one of these in stock and I have wanted a .22 1911 for myself so I thought this would be a good time to try one out. In loading the magazine I was not real impressed. The inside of the mag is larger than the shell by quite a bit so the shells load into it something like a double stack mag but not exactly. I tried several different types of ammo (Federal, Winchester, CCI Stingers, Wolf , Etc) and found out that this pistol likes the copper plated bullets better than the plain lead ones. At least twice on the first shell with the lead bullets it did not feed right but after the first one everything was ok. I did have one failure to fire (it looked like a light strike). Let me be clear, this firearm came right out of the box with no cleaning, lube or break-in so I will reserve judgment until I get a chance to clean it and try it again. I am going to call this one a keeper, so that might tell you what I thought about it.

In the shop, I do have some Taurus 24/7 compacts and Judge 45/410 revolvers in stock and by next week I should have a shipment of Ruger LCP pistols in stock. Also, plenty of Rock Islands in stock.

I hope that you have a great weekend,
Mike has left the building

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