Tisas 1911

[Wyzz Kydd]

I went to Wally World yesterday to pick up some candy.  I bought a big box of Reeses and a decent size bag of Ghirardelli chocolates to take to my LGS.  I've been doing business with them for about 20 years now and they're good people.

This is the time of year when they really stock up on guns, both new and used.  Their end of year sale is coming up so I thought I would get a first look at what they'll be offering and shoot the breeze with them a bit.

What do you know they had three different new Tisas 1911s.  They had the 1911A1, a Duty, and a fancy one engraved with a Davy Crockett quote about hell and Texas.  With my veteran's discount the out the door price on the Duty was right at $500, which might be just a tad more than I could have found on GB, but I was willing to pay that small premium to support my local buds, so I purchased the Duty.

Here are my first impressions of the gun. 

It's a solid piece, no rattles of any kind.  Slide to frame fit is very nice.  The thumb safety has a great positive engagement with no slack/looseness.  The grip safety with memory pad or whatever it's called nowadays feels just right.  Presentation is what I would expect in a 1911, the sights just naturally come up to where you want them.  The Novak style sights are easy to pick up, though I would prefer night sights and a bigger front sight (I'm not a bullseye shooter, I just want to pick up those sights superfast).

The trigger is excellent, very short and smooth, with a quick reset and probably breaking right at 4 lbs based on my totally unscientific seat of the pants estimate.  As a rightie I'm not a big fan of an ambi safety, but it's not overly obtrusive and if you're a lefty you'll probably appreciate it's presence.  Take down was a breeze as was reassembly.  It came clean and lubricated just enough and just where I like to see lube.

I could find no tool marks anywhere on the gun.  The bore looked good with nice crisp rifling. 

What really stands out to me are the trigger and how tight the gun is.  Both are very impressive.

I'll present it to my middle son Christmas day and we'll take it to the range and report back.

[El Spicoli]

I got a Tisa's Bantam in .45acp and it is a pretty sweet gun.

[Wyzz Kydd]

If this one performs well at the range I’ll buy one for the youngest son.

[Wyzz Kydd]

I've been busy, but have had time to put about 500 rounds or so through the Tisas.  With hardball or duty ammo it's been flawless.  Having said that, it doesn't seem to like the lead .45 ACP I use for some competitions.  Multiple failures to feed with that.