I purchased one at $390, a several weeks later the price dropped to $320 so I purchased another.
as new
I do not like the Commander hammer as it is inadequate, in my opinion, to lower the hammer safely
I start here:
slowly slide the middle finger out (having depressed the trigger and then removing the trigger finger from guard once the hammer is free!)
the forefinger in the hammer spur is essential to controlling this operation!
I think this is more controlled than pinching the hammer between the thumb and fore finger.
Something like this will lead to an accidental discharge! This is a CZ manual picture, and if the trigger is pressed, and the trigger finger stays pressing the trigger, and that roundel slips from under the thumb, the pistol will go bang! I am very surprised this is in the manual, very unsafe in my opinion.
I also wanted better looking grips, so I added the Tisas GI hammer and my own aftermarket grips.
good rear sight picture
I like the wide hammer, makes it easy to thumb cock
anyone remember when you had to pay a Gunsmith to bevel your Colt magazine well?
If you look at the video, to me, that is a modern factory with modern machinery. Very few people on the factory floor.
I wish I could find the Tisas short video on machining a 1911 barrel. I was fascinated by it. A rifled blank was put into a CNC machine, and in an incredibly short period, the CNC machine cut and reamed a finished barrel. The chips were flying. I think the barrel was fully machined, I do remember the barrel and hood being cut from a round barrel blank. On the original WW1 and WW2 barrels, it probably took almost a hundred operations on a hundred single stage machines to make a barrel. Now, the machine just spits them out! Blah!, here is your barrel Human scum!
When the factory floor goes AI, will the machinery find purpose and meaning making only one part? Will AI have existential agnst?
I am working on 500 rounds so far on the first Tisas. I have magazine issues, not pistol issues. My range magazines are garbage. Just purchased four CDNN OEM magazines, ran them, had issues till I oiled them. These OEM magazines are stamped COLT but don't have the Pony, so I don't think they are Colt OEM, and the holes were in the wrong places. From the sight holes the magazine looks filled with six rounds. The holes on either side are not in alignment, which made it fun to compress the spring, to remove the follower and clean the magazine. It has been my experience, that you have to run magazines, and find the ones that are reliable in your 1911. Some are not reliable in all of my 1911's and I don't know why.
As a general rule, the better magazines, McCormick Shooting Star, Mec-Gar, Wilson, and Colt factory run more reliably than some of the cheap no name stuff, ie: "Colt OEM" It is also my opinion that seven round mags are more reliable than eight, on the first rounds. We have it much better now, back in the 1980's about the only reliable magazines on the market were Colt, and they were God awful expensive. GI magazines could be very good, but I believe most of them on the market were Government rejects, flushed out of inventory, purchased by Civilian's bidding on GSA surplus , and sold to us as "Day Old Bread". Or magic beans.
One thing I like about the Tisas is the barrel does not clog up with lead when shooting cast bullets. My RIA 1911, even though I am through several ammunition cans with the thing, it still leads unacceptably. I have put enough FMJ through the RIA tube it has polished out to a mirror finish, but it still leads badly in the throat. My Tisas barrel is polishing itself, it is much brighter than when I started. I also have not had the leading issues of the RIA 1911.
Due to the fact I am trying to shoot up a 1990's keg of AA#5 before it goes bad, I mostly shoot 230 FMJ's with AA#5. Both of my Tisas's shoot well with my load, and shoot to point of aim. If I could stop flinching, the groups would be much tighter.
I finally got the chronograph out, it was cold, and getting dark, the velocities might have been a little low due to the ammunition being cold soaked, or chronograph offset. This load is running at 800 fps in other pistols.
I am only speculating, but the low price of the Tisas pistols may only be due to the terrible inflation in Turkey. Click on the 5yr comparison of the Turkish Lira against the dollar.
https://www.exchangerates.org.uk/TRY-USD-exchange-rate-history.html
I am going to say, take advantage of the favorable exchange rate before the Democrats cause a currency collapse with the dollar. In five years, a Big Mac could cost $10,000 USD.
Anyone remember when a cup of coffee was 50 cents?
as new
I do not like the Commander hammer as it is inadequate, in my opinion, to lower the hammer safely
I start here:
slowly slide the middle finger out (having depressed the trigger and then removing the trigger finger from guard once the hammer is free!)
the forefinger in the hammer spur is essential to controlling this operation!
I think this is more controlled than pinching the hammer between the thumb and fore finger.
Something like this will lead to an accidental discharge! This is a CZ manual picture, and if the trigger is pressed, and the trigger finger stays pressing the trigger, and that roundel slips from under the thumb, the pistol will go bang! I am very surprised this is in the manual, very unsafe in my opinion.
I also wanted better looking grips, so I added the Tisas GI hammer and my own aftermarket grips.
good rear sight picture
I like the wide hammer, makes it easy to thumb cock
anyone remember when you had to pay a Gunsmith to bevel your Colt magazine well?
If you look at the video, to me, that is a modern factory with modern machinery. Very few people on the factory floor.
I wish I could find the Tisas short video on machining a 1911 barrel. I was fascinated by it. A rifled blank was put into a CNC machine, and in an incredibly short period, the CNC machine cut and reamed a finished barrel. The chips were flying. I think the barrel was fully machined, I do remember the barrel and hood being cut from a round barrel blank. On the original WW1 and WW2 barrels, it probably took almost a hundred operations on a hundred single stage machines to make a barrel. Now, the machine just spits them out! Blah!, here is your barrel Human scum!
When the factory floor goes AI, will the machinery find purpose and meaning making only one part? Will AI have existential agnst?
I am working on 500 rounds so far on the first Tisas. I have magazine issues, not pistol issues. My range magazines are garbage. Just purchased four CDNN OEM magazines, ran them, had issues till I oiled them. These OEM magazines are stamped COLT but don't have the Pony, so I don't think they are Colt OEM, and the holes were in the wrong places. From the sight holes the magazine looks filled with six rounds. The holes on either side are not in alignment, which made it fun to compress the spring, to remove the follower and clean the magazine. It has been my experience, that you have to run magazines, and find the ones that are reliable in your 1911. Some are not reliable in all of my 1911's and I don't know why.
As a general rule, the better magazines, McCormick Shooting Star, Mec-Gar, Wilson, and Colt factory run more reliably than some of the cheap no name stuff, ie: "Colt OEM" It is also my opinion that seven round mags are more reliable than eight, on the first rounds. We have it much better now, back in the 1980's about the only reliable magazines on the market were Colt, and they were God awful expensive. GI magazines could be very good, but I believe most of them on the market were Government rejects, flushed out of inventory, purchased by Civilian's bidding on GSA surplus , and sold to us as "Day Old Bread". Or magic beans.
One thing I like about the Tisas is the barrel does not clog up with lead when shooting cast bullets. My RIA 1911, even though I am through several ammunition cans with the thing, it still leads unacceptably. I have put enough FMJ through the RIA tube it has polished out to a mirror finish, but it still leads badly in the throat. My Tisas barrel is polishing itself, it is much brighter than when I started. I also have not had the leading issues of the RIA 1911.
Due to the fact I am trying to shoot up a 1990's keg of AA#5 before it goes bad, I mostly shoot 230 FMJ's with AA#5. Both of my Tisas's shoot well with my load, and shoot to point of aim. If I could stop flinching, the groups would be much tighter.
I finally got the chronograph out, it was cold, and getting dark, the velocities might have been a little low due to the ammunition being cold soaked, or chronograph offset. This load is running at 800 fps in other pistols.
I am only speculating, but the low price of the Tisas pistols may only be due to the terrible inflation in Turkey. Click on the 5yr comparison of the Turkish Lira against the dollar.
https://www.exchangerates.org.uk/TRY-USD-exchange-rate-history.html
I am going to say, take advantage of the favorable exchange rate before the Democrats cause a currency collapse with the dollar. In five years, a Big Mac could cost $10,000 USD.
Anyone remember when a cup of coffee was 50 cents?
Last edited:
