I picked one up about 4 months ago. It's a great shooter. I got it because I stores of .45 and the only 1911's I had to fire them through were 'semi' safe queens. Wanted an affordable shooter and the R1 has filled the void. It's a great value 1911.
edit: the 1 thing I was not a fan of were the grips, the checkering was leaving some battle wounds on my hands after awhile, so I put some smooth grips on it and it has been butter since.