The Philippines is apparently switching to ARMSCOR 1911s.

[JF89]

https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2018/12/03/philippines-orders-pistol/

 

"The Philippine Department of National Defense has announced that they have signed a contract to manufacture 50,000 ‘.45 caliber high-capacity pistols’ with ARMSCOR for the use by the Philippine armed forces (AFP)."

 

 

Edited December 3, 2018 by JF89

[bubbas4570]

All that I can say is that the two compact 1911's i owned from RIA were very reliable, they digested everything I asked them to, and I trusted my families lives with them.

[392heminut]

I've handled several Rock Island Armory/ARMSCOR pistols and been pretty impressed with the fit and finish of them. Damn nice pistols for the money!

[Sisco]

I have two Phillipine made 1911’s by Iver Johnson. Both are well made and reliable. If Armscor is as good, which I assume they would be, makes sense.

[JF89]

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)