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August 11, 2023, 12:21 PM | #1 |
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RIA 5.0 -- anyone have any opinions?
Has this new pistol, new design been discussed anywhere on TFL Forums?
"The search is your friend" they will say. And some folks are far more skilled at the search than I am. When the model name is as succinct as 5.0 and only expanded with RIA, the search engine either gives you nothing, or every occurrence of RIA. If you have chatted about this pistol on TFL and can find the discussion, please link it here. Otherwise, let's talk about it now! Items up for discussion:
What else, folks? Has anyone seen one for sale? Has anyone wanted one but could not get? Has anyone bought one and shot it? Anyone a dealer or know a dealer that has inquired? Does anyone know why these are not shipping en masse?
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August 11, 2023, 07:39 PM | #2 |
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Do search on YouTube, half dozen reviews on there.
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August 14, 2023, 09:49 PM | #3 |
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Classic misstatements by a lot the reviewers that anyone can see.
-The bore axis is not lower, the axis is actually very high. Measuring finger to top of slide? It appears actually very tall. With no protruding controls, it's rather normal width with no obviously large triangular peak at the top. It might be chunker that it looks on paper is what I'm saying. -Claiming it's aluminum for weight increase. Increase of M&P Metal and M&P compact is 3 oz. Aluminum doesn't weigh more against polymer if there isn't a polymer version to compare. Steel for increase weight? sure. Aluminum? Not really. That said, interesting looking. Sku US5.0ST returns nothing on gun.deals or gunbroker.
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August 14, 2023, 09:55 PM | #4 |
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Looking again, major flub on the top of the tang that was bothering me but didn't want to say. But now anyone can confirm with in their stock photos. Not one person in the many multiple stock photos have the web of their thumb locked into the tang. For me, this area is where lots of flip control comes from. Certainly in a CZ likesh design.
Usually see this on women with smaller hands the tang is not designed to (very clear with the female pic they have) but not on large man hands. That's going to be a a problem for the current frame design. Especially when claiming "deeper bore axis." Who cares if my hand doesn't grip it right. https://advancedtactical.com/ria-5.0/
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August 15, 2023, 10:26 AM | #5 |
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I'm not impressed. The images I've seen remind me of the ill-fated Hudson semi-auto that was shown at the SHOT Show a few years ago but never really gained any traction in the marketplace. My gut feeling is that Armscor felt a need for a polymer semi-auto, and they looked around to find something that none of the other major brands was selling. This is the result.
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August 15, 2023, 12:01 PM | #6 |
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Tee hee. I'm a little confused.
It's clearly not for sale, but you have it. You tell us about it!
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February 2, 2024, 04:45 PM | #7 |
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I hate to drag up such an old topic, but I noticed in videos of the 2024 Shot Show, that RIA is devoting a huge part of their display on a resurrection of the 5.0. It was also the only product their reps were talking about. New and Improved! Now has an RMR cut on the slide. RIA making a big second push on this dog.
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February 2, 2024, 07:42 PM | #8 |
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Armscor paid Fred Craig to design it, and they invested in the tooling to manufacture it. Like it or not, it's a totally new, clean sheet design. It's only natural they they want to recoup their R&D and start-up costs by selling as many of them as they can.
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February 2, 2024, 08:29 PM | #9 |
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The price seems high for what it is, MSRP $1998 on RIA web site.
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I personally don’t like RIA guns in general and I don’t buy anything cheap. This is a nice pistol. |
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February 5, 2024, 02:47 AM | #13 | |
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Lots of opinions in this thread, followed up by little to no knowledge. |
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February 5, 2024, 08:06 AM | #14 |
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Okay, if anything shown interests someone then at least it's available to be purchased however personally, I find it ugly, the slide appears hard to rack with far too little surface area to hold and with stupid holes that are just more places for junk to enter.
It's not something that would interest me at any price but I'm glad though amused if it is what others want.
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February 5, 2024, 11:24 AM | #15 |
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Funny the Hudson is mentioned because it's back too
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BUT, the RIA5.0 is a really nice pistol. Not my cup of tea, but I can appreciate what it is. |
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February 5, 2024, 11:34 AM | #17 |
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I just can't get past that the tang can't be physically engaged by a human hand on the RIA 5.0
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February 5, 2024, 03:07 PM | #18 |
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This new one has a higher quality finish than the original offering and they integrated the sights with an optics cut which makes it more viable for the folks who like dot sights. That and the added cuts on the slide are the differences in this new model.
It will be interesting (at least to me) to see if this one sells and if they actually ramp up production. They simply did NOT roll out many of the first models. I have one of the first models. No way to be certain unless a Rock Island insider could look, but I believe I got one of the first 25 examples that were let loose to be purchased by us common folk that do not have any industry credentials. It's an interesting gun that I need to spend more time with... at this point, post #13 is absolutely key to the discussion. But this is no real surprise, sigh. If you have any interest in my review, you can find it here: https://www.1911addicts.com/threads/.../#post-2781186 If you have no interest whatsoever, I'm certain you'll share it.
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February 6, 2024, 02:49 PM | #19 |
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I don't understand their website at all.
RIA is pretending the non "e" was ever released in any numbers, which it wasn't. Then everything is called "upgraded" and "new" from again, item above, something that was never really released. https://www.armscor.com/ria50e
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February 6, 2024, 04:39 PM | #20 |
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A friend liked the looks of the first version but I doubt he will stay interested in the “E” at nearly twice the price.
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