Hale yeah! Don't forget to list mods..

 

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That’s pretty sweet.

 

9 mm “Duty” converted to .38 super. RIA barrel, Wilson FPS and extractor, Wolfe springs (recoil spring for .45 acp, 23 lb main spring). Ed Brown long solid aluminum trigger, 4.2 pound trigger, .190 narrow tenon front sight and 10-8 rear ledge rear sight. I had to shorten the 9 mm ejector and may shorten it a bit more. Wanted to be able to eject live rounds. I can with most brands. Mag catch spring needed trimming. Magazine catch needed some smoothing. Ed Brown magazine.

 

Slightly modded…most parts are original with only tuning and truing. I invested a barrel bushing, link…that’s it, IIRC. 45 ACP…
ETA: That is the original slide stop. I was a sear and mainspring I had to replace. Replacement grips, though.

 

Great job. How many hours do you think?

 

Thanks. Time…thinking out loud…

About 5-6 hours on flattening/contouring the mainspring housing and all stippling. Over an hour on the grip safety. About .5 hours bobbing the hammer. One hour on thumb safety. Barrel, bushing about 3.0 hours. IIRC, I had to lower the barrel bed and put in a bowtie cut. Getting slop out of trigger fit, correct hammer hooks, and action work about 4 hours. Took about 1 hour on front sight.

I guess that is about 16 hours. Took a couple days. Time flies when one is having fun.

 

Oldpistol, the sight onyour pistols is one of my favorites for the military spec dovetail.

 

Thank you.

Sometimes at the range I shoot 4 guns. All 1911’s…22,9, 45 and ???

 

Here is mine, only mod is genuine US 1911A1 grip panels.

 

Since this is a Tisas Pic thread, here is my Carry model with an Andrews holster…

 

Here's my 9mm army. Looks grey out here but under fluorescent light it looks green. Mods are Fusion thin bushings and Cold Steel thin grips, filed down a tiny sharp spot on the grip safety where the web of my hand sits, and polished the ramp a hair to feed hp's reliably out of the box.

 

Altamont Wood Grips Wilson Combat Magazines (2) Wilson Combat 1911 Plunger Tube Assy 821B Wilson Combat Extended Slide Release Wilson Shok Buffer & Spring

 

Here's my 9mm army. Looks grey out here but under fluorescent light it looks green. Mods are Fusion thin bushings and Cold Steel thin grips, filed down a tiny sharp spot on the grip safety where the web of my hand sits, and polished the ramp a hair to feed hp's reliably out of the box. View attachment 619833 View attachment 619834 View attachment 619835

Are these Cerakoated or parkerized?

 

Tisas “tanker”. 4.25” .45 acp. It shot high. Rear sight was taken down and the notch re filed. Ed Brown long aluminum trigger. Slicked up the MIM hammer, sear, disconnector. Bobbed the hammer as it gave me hammer bite. It exhibited ammunition and magazine sensitivity. Much of that was in rather deep tooling marks on the under surface of the rear barrel hood. It had a tight chamber with insufficient leade for SWC target loads. I reamed it and polished it. As of this morning, it is accepting of virtually all loads and different magazine types. Hybrid mag lips, parallel mag feed lips, 7 round, 8 round, ball, hollow points, SWC, doesn’t seem to matter. I may put a narrow tenon tritium front post sight on it paired with a 10-8 rear sight. And different grips. Wilson FPS and extractor are in it.

 

Are these Cerakoated or parkerized?

Cerakoated

 

I have had it for about a week I think. Maybe a bit longer. The slide has 6-21 stamped in the disconnector rail which became apparent after the Cerakote wore off. I believe it to be recent manufacture. Bought it on Gunbroker, a rarity for me as none were to be had locally.

In its current iteration, I am back to a round bottom Wilson FPS. Haven’t gone back to the flat bottom FPS yet. I had tried every combination of springs, FPS, extractors in trying to get the ammunition and magazine sensitivity out of it. Turned out to be the barrel. I reamed it on day 1 to get it to feed SWC profile target reloads. Worked. But only well with an Ed Brown Hybrid lip magazine. Even with that it occasionally coughed. Like every couple hundred rounds. The tooling marks were the big problem. I got down the barrel adjustment road when I tried an Ed Brown barrel from my Ruger in it. Worked better. So I adjusted the barrel throat and the chamber and hood. I just tried 10 magazines or so. Including some $5 eBay specials that really don’t work well in my other .45 pistols. So far, I can mix and match mags and bullet profiles and it works fine. I am bouncing tuna cans at 15-20 yards which is about my best these days anymore. The barrel hood itself is a terrible fit in the slide, side to side. Ok for a $399 gun.

My guess is that there is a skilled labor shortage in Turkey too. Riffling in the barrel looks ok. I am not complaining. I have had fun with this project.

Best wishes.

 

I have had it for about a week I think. Maybe a bit longer. The slide has 6-21 stamped in the disconnector rail which became apparent after the Cerakote wore off. I believe it to be recent manufacture. Bought it on Gunbroker, a rarity for me as none were to be had locally.

In its current iteration, I am back to a round bottom Wilson FPS. Haven’t gone back to the flat bottom FPS yet. I had tried every combination of springs, FPS, extractors in trying to get the ammunition and magazine sensitivity out of it. Turned out to be the barrel. I reamed it on day 1 to get it to feed SWC profile target reloads. Worked. But only well with an Ed Brown Hybrid lip magazine. Even with that it occasionally coughed. Like every couple hundred rounds. The tooling marks were the big problem. I got down the barrel adjustment road when I tried an Ed Brown barrel from my Ruger in it. Worked better. So I adjusted the barrel throat and the chamber and hood. I just tried 10 magazines or so. Including some $5 eBay specials that really don’t work well in my other .45 pistols. So far, I can mix and match mags and bullet profiles and it works fine. I am bouncing tuna cans at 15-20 yards which is about my best these days anymore. The barrel hood itself is a terrible fit in the slide, side to side. Ok for a $399 gun.

My guess is that there is a skilled labor shortage in Turkey too. Riffling in the barrel looks ok. I am not complaining. I have had fun with this project.

Best wishes.

There are many firearms made in Turkey, some in the $$thousands of dollars range. There is no shortage of skilled labor. Tisas like all companies will put so much effort and fine tuning in a product, but must remain profitable to stay in business, so there is a limit to what they will do with a firearm(1911). I went to the range yesterday. Took a few of my Tisas. One in .45 one in 9mm. Used Blazer brass, 115 gr ball and IIAC 230 gr ball. Used stock mags that came with the pistol and some Wilsons. No issues.Standard 7-8yds, free hand. I am 73 yrs old. Targets say it all. Top is 26 rds of .45acp warming up. Middle is 24rds!! 24rds! .45 acp when I concentrated, 24 rds!!! Bottom is 50 rds! 9mm. I am not sure what more you could want. IMHO

 

Cerakoated

Thanks Zack! I can deal with that. If I wanted to do some dehorning I can get that coating done easier then parkerizing.

 

I have touched up the Tisas with Oxpho Blue. I can’t tell it from the Cerakote.

 

Other than replacing the grips and a home trigger touchup, this one is stock. I've owned it just over six years.

 

Carry 4.25. Added a tighter Harrison SS bushing, Wolf 20# recoil spring and heavier firing pin return spring, and the G10 grips.

 

Just ordered SS Duty myself and that got me to start looking at lasers and lights for it's rail.
Came across the Hogue laser grips and thought they might work on my Springfield
RO but would be stupid on the Duty. Then on second thought I started wondering if a light AND
a laser wouldn't be overkill but actually an advantage for a do-it-all pistol.
Read some negative reviews on Amazon about the batties lasting for only a month or so.
Anyone know if this is really an issue withe the hogue grips?

 

Here's a pair sporting some Wilson Combat grips. Some might call it 'lipstick on a pig' but I call it damn nice shooting guns for a great price

 

Here's my Tisas Duty .45.

I changed the original (too slippery) grips to Magpul grips - couldn't find any wood grips that would work with the original Swenson-style ambi safety. I also replaced the original medium/long trigger with a Tisas G.I. style short trigger just because I like the additional room in the trigger guard, and it fits my hand better. Finally I changed the plunger spring to one I purchased from Wolf's Gunsprings due to the original spring being a little too short and weak, which failed to retain the safety in the "Safe" position during carry.

This has become my favorite 1911, and is now my daily carry piece in either a Summer Special clone IWB holster or a UTG ballistic nylon shoulder holster.

BTW, mine has a trigger pull that started out at 5-1/2 pounds, but after break-in dropped to 4-1/2 pounds, which is perfect for a daily carry piece.

 

I've had good luck with these, but about every day, I feel less likely to send money to Turkey.