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SDS 1911 A1 Tanker Review

Talyn

Talyn

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Made in Turkey by Tisas, by the USA company SDS Imports, the 1911 A1 Tanker is a no-frills Commander-sized 1911 for an affordable price.​

SDS 1911 A1 Tanker Review

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DoubleAgent said:
I mean I don't see anything wrong with it for a dirt cheap 1911. But I question why would anyone want a cheap 1911. Not the type of firearm to skimp on IMO.
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simple, i have a Tisas as well as like 13 other 1911's, over the $900 price range, but under $2,000

they are a well built 1911, maybe better suited for at least 3 purposes.

1) to take apart and practice gunsmithing by fitting replacement parts...(my future use)

2) for the 1st time 1911 buyer that wants to make sure he likes the feel, weight, shootability, and to practice field stripping, cleaning and lubing

3) as a back up home defensive gun, that if the police seize for evidence, and they engrave all sorts of markings into the gun, hey, it was a cheap gun, not like my $1700 Dan Wesson...????
 
Old_Me said:
simple, i have a Tisas as well as like 13 other 1911's, over the $900 price range, but under $2,000

they are a well built 1911, maybe better suited for at least 3 purposes.

1) to take apart and practice gunsmithing by fitting replacement parts...(my future use)

2) for the 1st time 1911 buyer that wants to make sure he likes the feel, weight, shootability, and to practice field stripping, cleaning and lubing

3) as a back up home defensive gun, that if the police seize for evidence, and they engrave all sorts of markings into the gun, hey, it was a cheap gun, not like my $1700 Dan Wesson...????
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Police take my $1700 HD gun away after a legal shooting and engrave it, they are buying me a few new ones after the lawsuit
 
Old_Me said:
simple, i have a Tisas as well as like 13 other 1911's, over the $900 price range, but under $2,000

they are a well built 1911, maybe better suited for at least 3 purposes.

1) to take apart and practice gunsmithing by fitting replacement parts...(my future use)

2) for the 1st time 1911 buyer that wants to make sure he likes the feel, weight, shootability, and to practice field stripping, cleaning and lubing

3) as a back up home defensive gun, that if the police seize for evidence, and they engrave all sorts of markings into the gun, hey, it was a cheap gun, not like my $1700 Dan Wesson...????
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Sure I mean, I'm not without imagination and could think of a few reasons as well. Just in general for me. Want a screw around cheap thing? I'd get something polymer like old XD's, Taurus, or Glock. 1911's (for me at least) are works of craftsmanship. and I like to imagine that the more I pay the better it is (not always the case but let me lie to myself :LOL: )
 
DoubleAgent said:
Sure I mean, I'm not without imagination and could think of a few reasons as well. Just in general for me. Want a screw around cheap thing? I'd get something polymer like old XD's, Taurus, or Glock. 1911's (for me at least) are works of craftsmanship. and I like to imagine that the more I pay the better it is (not always the case but let me lie to myself :LOL: )
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"some" people want to graduate from plastic to all metal. i was one of them when my first 1911 was the Remington R-1911 for under $600...really sweet first time 1911.

i got (to me) a lot of fun out of the proper way to take it apart, and maintain it. once i found the recoil spring cap and recoil spring that is.....

shot very well too. never any dependability issues.

but i sold it to my shooting buddy, as it was his first 1911 to shoot, and he loved it, but there were no more to be bought.
 
DoubleAgent said:
Sure I mean, I'm not without imagination and could think of a few reasons as well. Just in general for me. Want a screw around cheap thing? I'd get something polymer like old XD's, Taurus, or Glock. 1911's (for me at least) are works of craftsmanship. and I like to imagine that the more I pay the better it is (not always the case but let me lie to myself :LOL: )
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I got nothing against cheap 1911s, but I'm not a fan of that one. I have seen a few Tisas 1911s that look pretty good. I already have a couple cheap ones though and if I were to buy another one ( I will at some point) it won't be a cheap, Turkish one.
 
Seems everyone gets bonkers over a Turkish made gun, brother has this one, no issues, shoots good, Canick gets a bad rap also, don’t own one yet, but a good friend loves his Rival, don’t forget, if you own a SA-35, it’s frame, slide are forged by Tisas…..just saying, RIA is a good reasonably priced 1911, but it’s frame is cast, not into a cast framed 1911, while this SDS gun has a forged frame, slide and barrel, to me that makes up being a Turkish gun
 
Annihilator said:
Seems everyone gets bonkers over a Turkish made gun, brother has this one, no issues, shoots good, Canick gets a bad rap also, don’t own one yet, but a good friend loves his Rival, don’t forget, if you own a SA-35, it’s frame, slide are forged by Tisas…..just saying, RIA is a good reasonably priced 1911, but it’s frame is cast, not into a cast framed 1911, while this SDS gun has a forged frame, slide and barrel, to me that makes up being a Turkish gun
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The Turkish thing is incidental for me. And primarily it is based on my experiences with Turkish shotguns. So I am pre biased against them. That's not to say I think Turkish guns are inferior just because they're Turkish. They do however make a point to appeal to the lowest price point, which kinda goes against my "Buy once, cry once" modus operandi.

I'm sure Caniks are good guns. My buddy has one and he loves it. And as I said those Tisas 1911s look good and most people are happy with them. I have a filipino CD 1911 that is a great shooter. I have a Brazilian commander clone that is a great shooter. I might even wind up with one of them damn Turkenelli M4geries at one point, but I will keep them all for their intended purpose. Range abuse. When it comes to the "This thing absolutely has to work" stuff, I will not be grabbing those.
 
Bassbob said:
The Turkish thing is incidental for me. And primarily it is based on my experiences with Turkish shotguns. So I am pre biased against them. That's not to say I think Turkish guns are inferior just because they're Turkish. They do however make a point to appeal to the lowest price point, which kinda goes against my "Buy once, cry once" modus operandi.

I'm sure Caniks are good guns. My buddy has one and he loves it. And as I said those Tisas 1911s look good and most people are happy with them. I have a filipino CD 1911 that is a great shooter. I have a Brazilian commander clone that is a great shooter. I might even wind up with one of them damn Turkenelli M4geries at one point, but I will keep them all for their intended purpose. Range abuse. When it comes to the "This thing absolutely has to work" stuff, I will not be grabbing those.
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Do you remember the Norinco 1911’s, real low priced but excellent guns, not into shotguns so you I will take your word on them, I also had a Llama commander 1911, it also was fairly low priced, but always went bang. Only 1911 that I had any issue with was a Charles Daily pistol, low priced also but for me was a good paperweight
 
There's a difference between cheap & economical.

And as the article says, SDS Imports is a US company who made sure Tisas built the pistol to their standards.

Why is it priced lower than US-made 1911's? Lower labor & manufacturing costs.

And there's good & bad cast. Just ask Ruger.

And the "strongest" BHP FN made is the post-93 "cast" framed Mk. III.
 
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Talyn said:
There's a difference between cheap & economical.

And as the article says, SDS Imports is a US company who made sure Tisas built the pistol to their standards.

Why is it priced lower than US-made 1911's? Lower labor & manufacturing costs.

And there's good & bad cast. Just ask Ruger.

And the "strongest" BHP FN made is the post-93 "cast" framed Mk. III.
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That’s why I don’t buy any metal frame Ruger pistol, I have personally seen a P90 frame crack while a deputy was qualifying, and I definitely stayed away from any Auto Ordnance 1911 after I saw the result of one actually self destruct, now there revolvers are cast but I have never seen or heard any bad things with them, they are the strongest revolvers you can get, cast pistols for me are a no no.
 
BTW - I have Charles Daley 1911 (Philippines made) that I've upgraded for a general practice 1911 and it runs fine.

But it's heavier than a standard 5" 1911 so I figured it's made of old WW2 ordnance steel that the Philipinos salvaged & repurposed into new guns.
 
Talyn said:
BTW - I have Charles Daley 1911 (Philippines made) that I've upgraded for a general practice 1911 and it runs fine.

But it's heavier than a standard 5" 1911 so I figured it's made of old WW2 ordnance steel that the Philipinos salvaged & repurposed into new guns.
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My Charles Dailey was bought back in the 90’s, traded it for my first Springfield 1911, IMBEL model from Brazil
 
I have been very impressed with the one Tisas gun I own (Fatih 13, Beretta 84 clone). I wouldn't be opposed to owning a Tisas 1911, but I don't think I'd pick the Tanker. Tisas makes several other models that are very close in price to the Tanker, but include much better sights and features like extended beavertails. I fully understand not wanting to sink $1,000+ to try a platform that you are not sure that you will like. I purchased a Remington R1 Mil-Spec as my first 1911 during a rebate period because it was a reasonably affordable way to get into 1911's. Shooters who are new to 1911's are fortunate that there are a wide variety of decent-quality "budget" models on the market these days.
 
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