Tisas 1911

I bought a Stingray, which is an aluminum framed commander sized 1911 in 9mm with a bobtail grip. I have only had time to fire 100 rds through it, but I have been impressed. The first 50 rds were Blazer aluminum and there were no problems of any kind.

I sold my RIA 9mm to a friend and I wanted to have another 9mm 1911 and thought a lightweight commander sized would be just what I needed. All of the magazines I had for the RIA work just fine in this one also.

It is also available in .45.

Got one myself, and you're right. A very nice handgun, especially "for the money." I don't know, I've got several hundred rounds through mine now and have yet to have the first malfunction. I got a couple extra Mecgar magazines, but almost never use them. The two that came with the gun work just fine.



It doesn't look half bad either.

I like the concept, but just can't like that bobtail grip look.
It looks hacked to me, sorry...

That grip feels fine and it doesn't print as bad when carried on your waste.

I'd like one in .45.

max, my birthday is next month.

I might get one also, just to have a set.

I didn't know they made the Stingray in 45 until recently, but I bought a B45B in 45 that I saw in the dealers case. That's basically the same thing as a Stingray except it has a steel frame. Still Commander size, with a few cosmetic changes, but it fills the same nice, and shoots just as well.



I do like the two tone color of the Sting Ray better, and I shoot that one more, but only because 9mm is so much less expensive

Bought one a couple of months ago...very impressed for the money. It is basically a copy of the Ed Brown Bobtail ($3k+) or the Dan Wesson Guardian ($1700)...but one can buy 3+ Stingrays for the price of a DW... I really like the non-checkered front strap...

Bought this .38 Super barrel off ebay...it has the correct Clark/PARA ramp...
1911 .38 Super Commander 4.25" Stainless PARA CLARK Ramped Match Barrel | eBay

The barrel dropped right in but I have to do a little work on the extractor as it is a bit tight for the rimmed Super rounds. Another poster over on the 1911s forms said he dropped right in and ran fine...

Cheap money for a two caliber setup...

Bob

Tisas

Bought this "Enhanced Service" model from Buds ($400) to use the frame for my Wilson Combat/Marvel .22 conv. Kit....Works like a dream. Trigger fine right out of the box. Shot a box of .45acp in it first w/o any problems, and hit POA at 40 ft. It is cerkoated, both frame and slide.

Got one of the Tisas Government 1911 .45's when they first came out for $400 NIB. Put around 600-700 rounds of ball ammo thru it with no issues. Sold it to a friend after he talked me out of it. Nothing wrong with it but it was kind of an impulse buy, as I already have an Ithaca 1911 .45 that Jim Clark accurized in 1961 that I shoot regularly. From all the reviews that I have read on Tisas firearms, they make quality handguns.

I recently bought the Tisas Tanker (commander sized mil-spec type). Got about 150 rounds through it. It has run 100%. It is a very well made pistol for the price.

It's an overused saying but fully applies to the Tisas series of 1911's. "Great guns for the money"

I've probably got 200-250 rounds through my 45 without issue.

Looked at the Tisas many times and been tempted, but being 1911 poor I really have no "need", only a restrained (so far) "want".

We've already gone through the phase where junky questionably constructed 1911 clones have come and gone (AMT Hardballer comes to mind - only one I'm personally familiar with that saw an acquaintance wear one out in a season with less than 1000 rounds) and with so many to choose from anyone producing real sub standard junk doesn't last very long once a few unfortunates spread the word on the 'great bargain' that wasn't . . . .

Point being, when the strangle hold of patents went to history the 1911 was so ubiquitous and proven that anyone with any modest manufacturing skill and equipment could produce a decent one. And did. Fit and finish are the benchmarks now and CNC machining has made it easier to mass produce more repeatably accurate parts. The profit raked in from even these bargain brand guns is significant compared to what I'm guessing the actual costs to produce are, and the staid old brands and custom gunsmiths make out royally from their offerings, many times giving us only a name brand in comparison with the practical end product. The cost verses reliability and quality of materials climbs drastically (IMHO) when a name like "Colt" or "Wilson" is attached and it is definitely a situation of diminishing returns as the brands and experts who started all the modern improvements and reliability now have genuine competition from what some would call the 'cheap-o' brands'.
I love the S&W's, Colts, and Kimbers, but find I can't wring any more accuracy or practical reliability out of them than a lot of the lesser brands I have or have had. Admittedly, I've been able to do fit and polish work myself to many of them that comes usually only from the more prestigious names mentioned - in that regard you get what you pay for. But the gap has narrowed greatly and one gets a whole lot more for their buck from the more pedestrian brand offerings than when I started - if you wanted a quality 1911 there was no question - you bought a Colt (but even then there was no guarantee it would run reliably right out of the box without tweaking, especially if you wanted to use hollow points or semi-wadcutters).

Many of the 'lesser brands' are coming out of the Philippines and eastern Europe, and many are made in the same factories and marketed as competing brands.

I bought a custom comped 1911 built to my specs and it was a thing of joy and beauty and I rode it hard. But I paid more for the fit, finish, and name attached than the practical difference in function and reliability. After all, we talk about them, compare and show them off at the club/matches/etc. more than most ever shoot them. Yeah, there are exceptions to that (I was one of those and shot with plenty like me) but I didn't run in circles with sponsored shooters who had crates of ammo delivered to them. Ah . . . the old days . . . getting old is bittersweet.
Bottom line, I would buy a Tisas in a heart beat and have owned other lesser brands that perform equally as well; admittedly I haven't and likely won't put the rounds through them than I did the Series 70 custom Colt back in the day but I imagine I probably could.

Bought a Tisas 1911 Service Special when they were on sale for $310 shipped. First 1911, accurate and it runs like a champ.

I’m far from a 1911 know it all, but this Tisas has been accurate and never failed to do what it was supposed to do. It’s pretty much the same size and weight as the Beretta 92S, just less but bigger cartridges. I think I’m better at hitting center with the Beretta at 25 yards but the Tisas seems to be just as reliable. I have no issues with the quality of it. You get more than what you pay for as far as quality, IMO. Again, I’m not close to being qualified to judge it compared to other brands, but I trust it and I know another thousand or two dollars spent would be a waste for me. It’s been deadly against paper silhouettes so I can’t ask for more from a less than $400 gun.

I have been very pleased with my commander sized Tisas Tanker. I'm approaching a thousand rounds and have not had a single issue with it. I am one who expects new guns to work right out of the box without any tinkering and this one has not disappointed.

I got one of their alloy 1911 9mms with a 3 1/2 barrel and a shortened grip frame. Full length 9mm mags work in it fine. Goes bang every time with everything I have tried in it and is pretty accurate. Nice sights and controls, but I have no need for the ambidextrous safety and it could get bumped off being more exposed on outside.

Be nice if they made a 22TCM barrel for it. Have a Rock Island 9mm/22TCM and I like it too.

I bought a Ruger 1911 a few years ago and tried shooting it right out of the box. It was so dry it would not eject a fired round. I did not want to damage the aluminum frame on this one, so took precautions and greased the rails before firing.

It may not have been necessary, but why take the chance.

Faulkner said:

I have been very pleased with my commander sized Tisas Tanker. I'm approaching a thousand rounds and have not had a single issue with it. I am one who expects new guns to work right out of the box without any tinkering and this one has not disappointed.

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max said:

I bought a Ruger 1911 a few years ago and tried shooting it right out of the box. It was so dry it would not eject a fired round. I did not want to damage the aluminum frame on this one, so took precautions and greased the rails before firing.

It may not have been necessary, but why take the chance.

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I suppose I should elaborate a bit. I typically do field strip, clean, and re-lube new guns right out of the box before I range test them, although I've found Glocks don't necessarily need it. My initial comment was that I expect new guns to work right out of the box without tinkering. Seems some folks find it necessary to start adjusting, modifying, replacing parts, or otherwise "tinker" with a new gun before they've even taken it for a spin at the range. Over on the 1911 Forum it seems a common practice to do that.

That's why I've never been a big fan of 1911's in general. It always seemed to me you could have a reliable 1911 or an accurate 1911, but you couldn't have both without tinkering with them and having to tinker with a new gun was always a turn off to me. That's why I like my Tisas, it's been plenty accurate and 100% reliable without having to do anything to it.

If I were in the need of a new 1911 for match shooting or just plinking, I'd give serious thought to the Tisas Match 1911. I love my Colt accurized 1911's and Springfield Armory Pistol Match, as well as, my Ruger Custom Shop SR1911 Officer, but the Tisas looks very well made. I wonder what the triggers feel like?