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?
"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:
- RIA went on a media blitz in Jan/Feb 2023 and debuted this at the SHOT Show '23
- Fred Craig designed it... and then swiftly left RIA immediately after..?!
- this pistol uses a locking system that is either absolutely new, or at least newly refined and the only of it's kind being used
- the release to the general public was just after a handful had been sent to gun magazines, Youtube channels, etc and the only way to get one was from Advanced Tactical out of Nevada
- I managed to get one pretty early -- received it on March 3rd but I suspect that RIA has had some production issues and not many more have since been shipped...? Because -NOBODY- seems to be discussing this anywhere now...?
- I did my own amateur review of it on another forum that I can either link here or copy & paste. I don't do videos and I mostly loathe Youtube
- sorry, it has been a crazy busy spring/summer, and I have only a bit over 400 rounds through it so far. Operation -- loading, feeding, firing, extraction, ejection have all been 100% flawless in these few rounds. Zero issues, zero bobbles, zero questions, no mysteries, no concerns.
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?