I had good luck with both RIA 1911s I had. I just found the article neat and its cool to see RIA get selected by a military/LEA. I was never the biggest 1911 guy though. I like the platform ,I just never invested the time to really learn it the way I should have. Ive owned:
A few Colt 1911s
A Les Baer monolithic heavyweight (forget the exact name)
A couple RIA
A SA RO (or Operator, I forget the name lol)
The RIAs were just as functional, just not as purty (which is what is most important)