If you like Rock Island, you’d love Tisas! So far I have a Raider and Tank Commander in .45ACP and one of the MAC JSOC clone. All of them are forged steel with no plastic or MIM parts other than the recoil spring plunger. They have all been solid performers and my Tank Commander is one of my daily carry pieces in a Milt Sparks Summer Special IWB holster. So what does the Turkish clones lack? Well, there’s no pony stamp of fancy name I guess but at a far cheaper cost and a finish on my raider that doesn’t flake off like the M45A1, I’ll endeavor to persevere and try not to cry all over the ammo my savings bought me instead of a name.
I kept hearing how great the Tisas's were and gave them a try. Im either really unlucky, or they have something going on.
Being a glutton for punishment, I bought four of them, two 45's, and two 9mm's. All were trouble in short order, if not right off.
Kind of figured out that extractors were an issue, and with the 9mm's, the ramped barrel set up they went with was a problem too. Best thing you can do with them, is let a smith that knows 1911's go over them and straighten a few things out, and address a couple of others. wouldn't trust one for anything but a range toy, and a frustrating one at that. Id have to see how well things got straighened out after it was gone over before IId consider trusting my life to it.
I just unloaded another one about a week ago on an MOS slide at a bit of a loss, but it is what it is. They really arent worth much as it is, and even worse for trading/selling on the used market. My local shop always seems to have two or three in the used cabinet that look a lot like some he was selling in the new cabinet a few weeks prior. Although that seems to be slowing down a bit, now that he doesn't seem to be selling many new ones anymore.
The only 1911's Ive ever had luck with, and trusted to carry, had a Prancing Pony on the slide or a US Property stamp on the frame. And even with those, they all needed some help from a good 1911 smith to get them 100% sorted, especially if you were loading anything other than ball in the mags.