[BILLY D.]

44mag

welcome to the forum. hope you enjoy yourself here.

i read two articles about rock island recently and both articles gave rock island 45's excellent marks. they are not target pistols but both were more than serviceable.

the groups i read about were in the serviceable range, 2>4" at 25 yds. most were between 2&3" but the gun didn't like a couple of brands of ammo.

i don't know whether the rock island they were talking about is the same r/a that was an armory during wartime and produced '03s and m-1's or not.

as far as a good load, the 185gr nosler h/p and 4.5 grs of bullseye with a cci primer worked great for me. as usual, start your charge lower and work up. your mileage may vary.

i don't know whether auto ordinance still manufactures 45's or not but they would be a good place to look for a servie pistol also.

good luck.