1911’s in general, 9mm versions specifically

[Formidilosus]

I don't have an old C but the new C is actually narrower than a 1911.

They beat the system with the polymer grip module.


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The new C is pretty much the same size as a G45.
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I wonder 2 things:
- why they called the new gun a "c" too...seems dumb...the old single stack "c" isn't "old".
- why they released a 3.5" barrel gun (CS) and 4" barrel gun (C) before a full sized 5" gun. I bet that's what they will release next.

A real 1911 is more similar to a G34:
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At the widest point the C/CS and normal to thick 1911 grips are the same as you show. However, the front strap and backstraps being a smaller diameter and rounded/oval have a relatively large difference in feel and even control. Also, the general hardest portion of a pistol to conceal is the bottom back part of the backstrap- right where a 1911 is thinner.
The original Brouwer M1811 grip module was basically between a Staccato 2011 grip and the C/CS. The next iteration was functionally what the Staccato C/CS are. By iteration 4 IIRC the front strap, grip panels, etc were applied. Something like 70,000 rounds were fired in the development of the grip module from all classes of shooters- barely competent to world class; and everything pushed it back to a 100% shape/size/contour of a 1911.


Blue arrows point to where the human hand is smallest in cross section while gripping a pistol, red the largest. Now look at most 1911 grips from the top-

 

[sz28]

2x Tisas Night Stalker 9mm’s. Functioned without issue, and shot well. About 25 yards-

This one needed a 6 o’clock hold with the issued sights.
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This one shot POA on the tip of the front sight- 96-2x
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What's your opinion on the grips on the Night Stalker?

 

[Fatcamp]

You shouldn’t.


Grin

Haven't touched my pistol in over a week so cold as can be. Drawn this gun probably 1000 times since i got it back from being milled. Out of a competition holster, though.

I didn't have a USPSA target but think the inside box is about right. Sooo, not clean and a little slow, but getting back what I lost through inactivity feels nice.

 

[Dobermann]

Now that @Formidilosus has me going down the 1911 rabbithole, I've come across Hilton Yam's videos, which have a lot of useful info.

On every new 1911, Hilton performs a test fire protocol, including extractor function check, slidelock test, and jacketed hollowpoint feeding test. This is discussed an demonstrated in this video about the Springfield TRP, starting at this timestamp:

Hope this is helpful to some of you!

 

[CaptArab]

For CCW I rotate a 26, a 19 with light, and a 34.
Is it worth getting the stubby grip CS and a long grip C24?

Are they close enough for the C to do it all?
I appendix in a tenicor or JMCK.

 

[Southernfried]

Unless someone comes out with replacements parts that solve the issues WITH lots of open testing…. Not optimistic.

The Sig P320 was interesting to me because you could get it with a thumb safety and then the Brouwer M1811 grip module which made it as close to a $700 1911 in 9mm that was available. With those it was a very shootable pistol as far as striker fired guns go.
However, now that getting a 9mm 1911 or 2011 that works isn’t hard, and combined with the P320 issues- I just don’t see the advantage to the gun.

Has anyone actually seen the report on the airman and the M18? On ar15.com, there is a thread there about the initial group that had their using an M18 "paused", and prevented them from using them, that this young man was a member of, has since been rescinded? They now have their M18's back and now they are investigating the rumors that either 1, the airman tossed his weapon in his holster on to a table and it fired, and 2, they are investigating that the poor guy was actually shot by a friend, when they were horsing around with the handgun. It is getting where I believe nothing in the news anymore but the truth has to be there some where. Said thread about horseplay and the M18.......I may be holding out for Brouwer to come out with a M1811 grip for the 365 series, Im thinking it would be the size of an officer or commander 1911, but I could be wishing on a star as well lol this is a great thread, and thanks for starting it.

 

[Dobermann]

Has anyone actually seen the report on the airman and the M18? On ar15.com, there is a thread there about the initial group that had their using an M18 "paused", and prevented them from using them, that this young man was a member of, has since been rescinded? They now have their M18's back and now they are investigating the rumors that either 1, the airman tossed his weapon in his holster on to a table and it fired, and 2, they are investigating that the poor guy was actually shot by a friend, when they were horsing around with the handgun. It is getting where I believe nothing in the news anymore but the truth has to be there some where. Said thread about horseplay and the M18.......I may be holding out for Brouwer to come out with a M1811 grip for the 365 series, Im thinking it would be the size of an officer or commander 1911, but I could be wishing on a star as well lol this is a great thread, and thanks for starting it.

From what I'm seeing, there's a couple of investigations pending, so best to wait in this case rather than engage in speculation.

However, for a wider history about Sig Sauer (USA), this video from Misha helps disambiguate Sig Switzerland, Germany, and the US, and covers some of the challenges of the US company:

And his video prior to that one covers some of their practices, and takes a look at the 320 issue, placing it in a longer history of problems with issued sidearms, and how other companies have chosen to fix, rather than deny, the problems:

 

[RussDXT]

For CCW I rotate a 26, a 19 with light, and a 34.
Is it worth getting the stubby grip CS and a long grip C24?

Are they close enough for the C to do it all?
I appendix in a tenicor or JMCK.

I have a cs and full size c. I also have a few Glocks. For fun and science I ran my shot timer to see how fast I could draw and make three hits on a 3/4 silhouette target at 15 yds.

Maybe out of 5-10 strings of making the shots I would maybe be .05 seconds faster with the staccatos. The catch is that I would not have the consistent accuracy and would occasionally drop a shot (would not count) with the Glocks way more than the staccatos.

I also ran my XC and really dropped time.

Here is the list of what I was running. If a second number is listed it is the time it took to draw and hit a 8” target once. All listed numbers are averages of at least 5 results.

The g34 and 19 have rmr’s and gpt’s. C has a rmr cc, xc has a sro, and the cs is iron sights.

Wilson and Ed brown are .45’s.

Pistol times 15 yds 3 shots
Ed Brown 3.25
Wilson 3.56 2.16
365 3.59 2.26
Rxm 2.785 2.26
Macro 3.14 2.2
CS 2.8 2.1
G19 mos 2.86 2.3
C 2.66 1.93
G34 2.62 1.925
Xc 2.394 1.8

 

[NSI]

....I may be holding out for Brouwer to come out with a M1811 grip for the 365 series, Im thinking it would be the size of an officer or commander 1911, but I could be wishing on a star as well lol this is a great thread, and thanks for starting it.

The Mischief Machine Commander module is excellent.

-J

 

[Dobermann]

I have a cs and full size c. I also have a few Glocks. For fun and science I ran my shot timer to see how fast I could draw and make three hits on a 3/4 silhouette target at 15 yds.

Maybe out of 5-10 strings of making the shots I would maybe be .05 seconds faster with the staccatos. The catch is that I would not have the consistent accuracy and would occasionally drop a shot (would not count) with the Glocks way more than the staccatos.

I also ran my XC and really dropped time.

Here is the list of what I was running. If a second number is listed it is the time it took to draw and hit a 8” target once. All listed numbers are averages of at least 5 results.

The g34 and 19 have rmr’s and gpt’s. C has a rmr cc, xc has a sro, and the cs is iron sights.

Wilson and Ed brown are .45’s.

Pistol times 15 yds 3 shots
Ed Brown 3.25
Wilson 3.56 2.16
365 3.59 2.26
Rxm 2.785 2.26
Macro 3.14 2.2
CS 2.8 2.1
G19 mos 2.86 2.3
C 2.66 1.93
G34 2.62 1.925
Xc 2.394 1.8

Have you ever done this comparison with full Bill Drills? Would be interesting to see just how much the times opened up with a six string instead of three ...

 

[SteveAndTheCrigBoys]

Anyone picked up or been able to check out some of the Tisas models? Always wanted a 1911 and this thread gave me a kick in the pants to make it happen. I see a few people have or talked about getting the nightstalker.

I'm leaning towards the stainless A1 TC model but wonder if there's any good reason to spend a little more for one of the "gucci" models. These are all the single stack 9mm options.

Don't have a center fire pistol can and doubt I ever will (but I could be pretty easily convinced if there are some good reasons to shoot with one, lol).

 

[PBBananaHammock]

I purchased one of the Tisas B9BA stingrays. It’s their aluminum framed commander length, with the bobbed grip. Then I fortunately, found this thread as a good tinkering reference.

Anyone have any useful maintenance tips for 1911 aluminum frames?

I’ve had a couple aluminum framed pistols, but never anything I held on to for long, and never one in a 1911 platform. It’s a little hard to find reliable info on how best to maintain them because there seems to be a lot bias against them. I’ve read SOME of the older aluminum frame 1911s from the 60s allegedly cracked or galled with use, so now of course all modern aluminum framed 1911s are guilty by association in some people’s eyes. Which logically doesn’t add up, considering beretta, CZ, and etc also use aluminum frames for some models. However, I will concede I’ve seen a lot of galvanic reactions between dissimilar metals in the plumbing on houses. I know enough that dissimilar metals (like aluminum and steel) in contact with one another when exposed to moisture/salts (ie sweat in a holster) or excessive movement (slide reciprocation) does warrant special attention.

Any 1911 guys have some useful insight into this, especially on optimum greasing and/or lubrication?

EDIT: This thread has me on the watch lists for one of the base model b9r steel/government 9mms too. That sounds like a lot of fun paired with some Dawsons. Great topic.

 

[RussDXT]

Have you ever done this comparison with full Bill Drills? Would be interesting to see just how much the times opened up with a six string instead of three ...

At the same distance I shot two 6 shot drills with my xc

3.71 and 3.58 seconds.

 

[Howler65]

I ended up picking up a new Staccato C yesterday with the compact grip. While on paper dimensions are very similar to the OG Single Stack C, I feel the Single Stack feels much thinner in hand(only 1mm thinner grip) and the round butt makes it feel much different. Haven't shot the new C yet, but looking forward to it this weekend.

 

[kad11]

Anyone picked up or been able to check out some of the Tisas models? Always wanted a 1911 and this thread gave me a kick in the pants to make it happen. I see a few people have or talked about getting the nightstalker.

I'm leaning towards the stainless A1 TC model but wonder if there's any good reason to spend a little more for one of the "gucci" models. These are all the single stack 9mm options.

Don't have a center fire pistol can and doubt I ever will (but I could be pretty easily convinced if there are some good reasons to shoot with one, lol).

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I have the base model Nightstalker and think it's worth the extra money if you plan to keep it. With the Nightstalker model you get good sights, magwell, ambi safety and front strap checkering. I swapped the grips for some $20 g10s and have WC extractors on hand (but haven't needed to swap/ tune the one that came from the factory).

 

[Castle Rock]

All this talk about Tisas got me interested, just bought this one

 

[Bluumoon]

Anyone picked up or been able to check out some of the Tisas models? Always wanted a 1911 and this thread gave me a kick in the pants to make it happen. I see a few people have or talked about getting the nightstalker.

I'm leaning towards the stainless A1 TC model but wonder if there's any good reason to spend a little more for one of the "gucci" models. These are all the single stack 9mm options.

Don't have a center fire pistol can and doubt I ever will (but I could be pretty easily convinced if there are some good reasons to shoot with one, lol).

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The suppressor ready version can be found for under $500. Do I need a suppressed 9 no, but I should prob verify.

 

[Fatcamp]

All this talk about Tisas got me interested, just bought this oneView attachment 917614

What mags ya gonna run with your kit?

 

[SteveAndTheCrigBoys]

The suppressor ready version can be found for under $500. Do I need a suppressed 9 no, but I should prob verify.

Yeah I'm seeing the TC for $453, the Stringray at $503 and Nightstalker TB at $512 from a vendor found through Wikiarms. For $50 it seems like a worthwhile upgrade to go Stingray, but I also like the traditional aesthetic of the TC.

 

[Formidilosus]

I'm leaning towards the stainless A1 TC model but wonder if there's any good reason to spend a little more for one of the "gucci" models. These are all the single stack 9mm options.

The A1 models have poor sights that can’t be easily changed, no front strap checkering, and no beavertail grip safety. All are things you want, and the sights and beavertail are functionally requirements. The Stingray has a bob tailed grip (which I hate). If you don’t want a threaded version, don’t the B9- they are available lots of places.