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The AL3.0 has fairly compact dimensions. The 2” long barrel has a 1 to 17.9” RH twist and even a barrel shroud to help safeguard against accidental burns. The barrel is contained within a frame plus package combination that is 6.75” long, 4.09” tall and 1.50” wide across the fluted cylinder. Unloaded weight is a neat 1.5 pounds, which jumps to 1.72 pounds fully loaded.

Sighting is done via a fixed front long ramp sight and a fixed rear sight.

Single-action trigger pull is 4 to 6.5 pounds while double-action it ranges 11.5 to 13 pounds.

The revolver has safety and design features to guarantee safety whether there are impurities in the cylinder, bullets are off the barrel, etc. The gun also has a drop safety.

The trigger is curved and sits in an egg-shaped trigger guard.

The gun is fully blued for durability, but it also enhances the purposeful style. Finally, the grip is rubber with a deep undercut, three finger recesses and little mounds on either side, all of which combine for a comfortable, good grip.

Rock Island Armory is a division of Armscor, which is short for Arms Corporation of the Philippines. It was founded in that country in 1905 by two Englishmen as Squires Bingham & Company. The name changed to Armscor in the 1980s.

That same decade, Armscor set up operations in the United States and acquired Rock Island Armory, famous for making M1911 semi-automatic pistols. It set up its American headquarters at Pahrump, Nevada and later started making ammunition in Stevensville, Montana. Now, Armscor is the world’s largest producer of M1911 types. You might expect this gun to be made in the USA or in the Philippines, but the Rock Island Armory AL3.0 is actually Made in the Czech Republic.

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