I own a PT1911 and have spent quite a bit of time with an RIA GI. My Taurus has functioned flawlessly eating all I fed it. The RIA GI functioned equally well. However after both guns had gone through break in, the RIA developed quite a bit of slop in the slide and barrel lock up, while the Taurus did not. I know depending on what you use your gun for this may notbe a big deal for some, but I found the poor lockup concerningon the RIA