Anyone have experience with them? Do they provide decent platforms to customize?
Thanks

What do you mean "customize"

Sorry Bender, should have been more specific. Just work with as far as swapping triggers, maybe upgrade in bushing, barrel... just wondering if anyone has used one personally and if it performs ok and could be used to build upon later to increase accuracy

I was wondering the same thing with the rebate but I don't know if I could bring myself to buy another Remington product.

CTGilley said:

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I was wondering the same thing with the rebate but I don't know if I could bring myself to buy another Remington product.

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I share your disdain for current Remington products of all shapes and sizes.

For the most part, the R1 has seemed to escape that reputation, but unless you're a pretty good gunsmith yourself, I hesitate to recommend buying any stock production 1911 with the idea of "customizing" it. Unless you already have the parts and knowledge, by the time you buy either by the parts (hopefully just once unless you manage to really screw one up installing it) and tools or buying the parts and paying a gunsmith to customize it for you, you probably would have been better off just buying a nicer 1911 in the first place money wise.

Just my .02 on the 1911 game. Production level 1911s like the R1 and Springfield Operator are not bad guns at all in stock form, but you can quickly go down a money rabbit hole trying to customize them to even close to the level of higher end 1911s you could have bought instead in the first place.

NVM

sorry for the edits

CTGilley said:

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What are your thoughts on the SR1911?

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MAYBE a smidge up from the R1, but not much. Both are good production 1911's that won't break the bank and you can take out and shoot without worrying about covering the world in felt and bubble wrap for fear of a scratch that you get on a high end gun.

Haven't read much in the way of horror stories about either run - also haven't read much in the way of drooling over them like they are a diamond in the rough either. Both are solid production, but won't have the polished rail and chase between the slide and frame and neither is going to have a world class sapphire polished trigger and sear either. Both will have some sintered parts here and there, but unless you abuse the hell out of them - shouldn't be much of an issue.

Upgrades depend on your level of mechanical know how. Some are easy, some require light fitting, some require you to have a good magnifying glass, file and patience.

I would put it above a Rock Island, better finish and probably slightly better tolerances.