Okay…I remember how svelte the 45 Tisas US Army handled. I remember how it was a nice pistol after I improved it some. I remember selling it. Yeah…should have kept it.
So a 9mm showed up at the local indoor range. It talked to me for several weeks. I bought it and awaited it’s release from political law purgatory. Took possession of it then out to the range. Bushing is loose. Vertical clearance on the chamber end. Magazine, a Mecgar, very gritty and coarse.
Did the bangie. It fed all but the very first round of the first topped off magazine - nose dive. A firm tap got it going. Never faltered after that. Kinda typical for a box stock econo-marketed pistol. Its svelte undertone was present. Good bones for minimal cost upgrades were there. Now to make a nicer pistol…you guessed it…on a budget.
It passed all safety checks. I checked the bore, damp patched the barrel. Lubed the slide rails and lockwork. Trigger takeup was gritty…the park and cerakote are accountable for that. Trigger was gritty and stacked after some creep. Pull for e was all of 5 pounds or more. Sights are 1911-A1 type..enough said. Thumb safety was positive. Magwell is beveled.
The painful details….
The grip safety spur on these guns…and the RIA guns, being of the same profile…need to be redesigned or defanged. Their purpose is to leave a sharp box impressed uncomfortably into the web of the strong side hand. The pistol is a ***** cat to shoot…but the grip safety in annoying.
I shot Blazer Aluminum 115 grain FMJ. All standing, two hands. Decent enough ammo in my other pistols. It shot a little left. At 11 yards gave about a one inch group (pic attached, 4” bull). Tapped the sight to the right some. At 17 yards the pistol gave about a 2” group. Centered group, about 1.5” high. I didn’t get a pic. The trigger quality is distracting when shooting for groups.
The pistol works okay. Now to make it better.
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So a 9mm showed up at the local indoor range. It talked to me for several weeks. I bought it and awaited it’s release from political law purgatory. Took possession of it then out to the range. Bushing is loose. Vertical clearance on the chamber end. Magazine, a Mecgar, very gritty and coarse.
Did the bangie. It fed all but the very first round of the first topped off magazine - nose dive. A firm tap got it going. Never faltered after that. Kinda typical for a box stock econo-marketed pistol. Its svelte undertone was present. Good bones for minimal cost upgrades were there. Now to make a nicer pistol…you guessed it…on a budget.
It passed all safety checks. I checked the bore, damp patched the barrel. Lubed the slide rails and lockwork. Trigger takeup was gritty…the park and cerakote are accountable for that. Trigger was gritty and stacked after some creep. Pull for e was all of 5 pounds or more. Sights are 1911-A1 type..enough said. Thumb safety was positive. Magwell is beveled.
The painful details….
The grip safety spur on these guns…and the RIA guns, being of the same profile…need to be redesigned or defanged. Their purpose is to leave a sharp box impressed uncomfortably into the web of the strong side hand. The pistol is a ***** cat to shoot…but the grip safety in annoying.
I shot Blazer Aluminum 115 grain FMJ. All standing, two hands. Decent enough ammo in my other pistols. It shot a little left. At 11 yards gave about a one inch group (pic attached, 4” bull). Tapped the sight to the right some. At 17 yards the pistol gave about a 2” group. Centered group, about 1.5” high. I didn’t get a pic. The trigger quality is distracting when shooting for groups.
The pistol works okay. Now to make it better.
