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I bought a Rock Island Tactical back before Christmas. I shot a couple boxes of ammo through it and it worked fine but I decided it needed a little "tune up." I stripped the frame down and sent it out to Rogers Precision to have the frame scalloped. I also asked Chuck to scallop an S&A mag well to match. After I got the frame back I ordered a bunch of new parts from EGW and 10-8 Performance and then sent the whole mess off to Miller Custom in Ill. for the workover. I asked Robert to install new sights, a new grip safety, thumb safety, a GI-type recoil spring system, a Dawson rail and a flat trigger. I also asked to have the top and rear of the slide serrated. About all that's left that's factory RIA is the frame, slide, barrel and grip screw bushings.

Shortly after buying the RIA Ractical I also bought an STI Spartan. I had plans on getting the Spartan set up similarly to my Trojan so I'd have a back-up USPSA Single Stack gun. Well, I had been using both guns and had them both torn down for detailed cleaning and parts inspection when I saw on the board that Mr. Chuck Rogers was running a batch of his frame scalloping. Knowing that he doens't normally accept off-shore pistols, I contacted him and asked him if he'd be willing to work on an STI Spartan frame. He agreed.

At this same time, I was packing to travel to Glynco, GA to attend some training I had been selected for on rather short notice. I was busily getting things ready and making travel plans, etc and grabbed what I thought was the STI frame and boxed it up and shipped it out.

Guess what? I sent the wrong frame in for scalloping. I didn't realize what I'd done until I got back home. Well, after having spent $300 for scalloping on the frame and the mag well I figured I was too far gone to turn back. That's when I ordered all the new parts and decided to "perfume the pig" so to speak.

I have to say that I'm totally impressed! Both Mr. Miller and Mr. Rogers were great to deal with all the way through.

I'll get a range report up as soon as I can, if anybody cares to hear how this sucker shoots!

I should also note that the scallop on the left side of the slide was something I did before I sent the gun to Robert. I wanted to re-create the scallop for disassembly that the old BHP's have. I've always liked that touch and I thought it'd be neat on a 1911.

Not very familiar with the Rock Island gun though,is it made in the US?

they did a great job, wow, does not even look like the same gun.......

These are made in the Philippines by Armscor and are imported into the US under the Rock Island name. Armscor 1911's are also imported by Charles Daly, High Standard and STI. There may be other importers also, I'm not sure.

I've got about 400 rounds of factory and handloaded ammo through the gun since I got it back from Mr. Miller. It runs like a top and is very accurate. I've had no issues with ammo type or mags used.

I have a lower tiered 1911 that I picked up on a whim and wouldn't mind having the same work performed. Would you mind posting a detailed list of parts used and work done by Miller? I'm assuming your list above is a basic run-through of what you had done to the weapon.

Here's what I got:
Although I was originally planning on having the gun finished in black, I decided to ask Robert to send it off for chrome.

Tokarev....very nice indeed...and nice to see you back on the forums, hadn't seen you online for quite a while and was wondering where you'd been!!

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Thanks tokarev - going to give him a shout tomorrow and work out the details.

Thanks for the kind words! I've been busy with other things and haven't been spending as much time on the boards these days. More time shooting=less time on the keyboard!