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Defying Expectations: The Double Stack 1911 that Defies Expectation

SimonRL

SimonRL

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I picked up a 4.25 Tisas Carry Double Stack over Thanksgiving for $499 from Battlehawk Armory. I figured for that price I could afford for it to suck and I’m pleased to report that it doesn’t. I threw on a Vortex Defender CCW that I had sitting around and finally headed to the range today. 125 rds later -

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All targets were shot at 10yds. Too left Browning 124gr, Middle 124gr Blazer Brass, Top Right 124gr NATO. The trigger is a little heavy at 5lbs, but pretty smooth and the gun sits pretty nicely in the hand. I ran the Checkmate mags that came with the Tisas along with a 17 and 20 rd Prodigy mag. All the mags ran perfectly. Not a single hiccup with any of the ammo. My only complaint is the mag release which is robust. I can’t drop the mag without changing my grip, but that”s an easy fix. I have three weeks off over Christmas and I plan on doing some mods to this decent little double stack. This is going to be a great project gun and my plan is to get it running as smoothly as my Prodigy.

BTW, Tisas now has an official statement on its website:
Tisas does not use any cast metal parts on our firearms. The use of quality MIM parts on some models was used in prior generations of our 1911 products but in mid-2022 we began moving away from use of those parts. Tisas models produced after 11/1/2022 contain machined internal parts with the exception of the recoil spring plug which will continue to be a MIM part at a time to be determined.

Here’s my before pic. I’ll report back over Christmas.

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UPDATE - I’ve done some basic work on the Tisas Duty DS and it has really transformed. I changed from a 14lb to a 12lb recoil spring, 23lb to 19lb mainspring, and changed out the firing pin spring for an extra power firing pin spring. All springs are from Wolff Springs. I bought a nicely polished, adjustable trigger from Fusion Triggers that felt fantastic while dry firing and then I inserted a mag and found that the trigger bow was making contact with the mag and was dragging, giving me a delayed trigger - no bueno. I also did some filing on the inside of the grip module to remove some plastic flashing to make everything that bit smoother. So out came the new trigger and back in went the stock trigger after a polish job to remove black cerakote from the trigger bow. I massaged the sear spring and did some minor polishing of the sear and hammer and put it all back together. That work, which was pretty easy, dropped the trigger pull from 5 lbs to 3.5 lbs with a very smooth trigger pull. So off I went to the range to try it out and Wow! It ran extremely well, with no issues whatsoever. Everything functioned as expected and the accuracy on this gun is brilliant. I did my usual and ended up knocking out a big ragged hole from the center of a 4 inch target and as I tried to pick off the rest of the target I got left with three fingers that just would not drop. They were hinged on the very left edge of the target and I could see them flicking as I hit each one but it refused to drop. So I pulled the target in for a good look to figure out what I needed to do.

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I sent it back out to 12.5 yds and methodically picked my way around the left radius and 45 rounds later success!

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I’d read some reviews of this gun that knocked it for its accuracy, but this gun is right and tight and the proof is in the pudding. I also felt over the course of the 100rds that the trigger seemed to get lighter. When I got home I put my Wheeler digital gauge on it and very gingerly measured the trigger over 5 pulls and got this. 2lbs 15.6 oz. With the stock trigger. So far I have 300 rds down range which is Tisas’ recommended break in period. Who knows where this gun is going as it breaks in further, but my intention was to see if I could get it running as smoothly as my Prodigy and it has done that already. Now I want to see if I can get the trigger pull down to 2.5 lbs.

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