Making the Rock Island Armory. Reliable. The RIA. By Jason. I have good news for all those asking about the Rock Island 4. Here are my findings. My first firing session of 1. My ammo was Winchester Win. Clean ammo. The magazine is cheap and she needs a polish job. After that firing session heres what I did One needs to do Syds Fluff Buff. I polished everything that had metal to metal contact. But thats just me. I disassembled the entire gun hammer, sear, pins, springs you name it down to the bare frame. I gave everything a very through cleaning. I also added a Chip Mc. Visionaire is the highly collectible, multi format, luxury art and fashion publication based in New York City. Started in 1991 by Cecilia Dean, Stephen Gan and James. Guy Gerber Fabric 64' title='Guy Gerber Fabric 64' />24 Gift Ideas for the Guy Who Loves the Outdoors This is the best outdoor gear to give or receive this holiday season By Adam Bible September 29, 2017. Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. Easily share your publications and get. R-1619360-1286215581.jpg' alt='Guy Gerber Fabric 64' title='Guy Gerber Fabric 64' />Cormick Full Length guide rod. I had to made a slight modification with Dremel to make it fit, a five minute job. I replaced the stock recoil spring with a Wolff 1. With the FLGR in, the entire slide action is much more smooth when manual cycling the slide. Guy Gerber Fabric 64' title='Guy Gerber Fabric 64' />I also ordered 1 standard 8 round Chip Mc. Cormick magazine and 1 8 round Power Mag, just to see if there would be any difference in feed ability or function both worked fine. I also made a slight adjustment on the stock extractor. The rest of the Rock Island was left bone stock. Ut Accelerated Nursing Program on this page. I have always used Mobil One synthetic oil in my guns for lube. They get real dirty but they always workI purchased the same ammo, Winchester Win. Clean ammo along with CCI Blazer. I fired a total of 2. There were just three errors, of which two were me an the other was caused by a bit of debris lodged in the extractor. I cleaned the extractor with a dry brush and there were no further problems. I found that after adding the FLGR and the 1. Im not a gun guru but the shots were right on the money It shoots to point of aim and prints a nice tight group as they say. My first impression was the pistol was OK. But when I fired it, it was not smooth like my other. Para. After the polish work, a few tweaks and some good mags, this Rock Island is a keeper. It was a joy to shoot. But remember that this is a Clone of a Colt 1. So, some of these so called drop in parts might need a tweaking to make them fit. Im not a gunsmith but I was able to make the necessary corrections with a Dremel. No problems. A sweet gun for an exceptional value. Or it would make it a nice build up gun. Whatever you do with it, I dont think you can go wrong.