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Any happy owners of the newer sig 1911's?

Looking at them for a friend. I have experience with a Springfield Armory in the past but it was a jamomatic. I have no experience with 1911's outside of that. The SIG Lineup has some nice options for affordable pricing.
 
I bought one a few years back in the 16XXX serial number range at a pretty decent price, It has been a good pistol for me an never ever a problem with about 1000 rounds through it. I did not know much about 1911s though at the time. Though I really like my SIG 1911 if I was doing it over again I probably would go with a Colt 1911 to have a traditional 1911 design. I have to say I am not reading of much of any problems with SIG 1911s in recent years though I am not on the 1911 forums. MY BIL has an older Springfield Armory 1911 and it has been great for him. I would not necessarily write off Springfield Armory just of because of problems with one sample of their 1911. Again my knowledge of 1911s is pretty limited but thought I would share my experience.
 
Some of the SIG 1911's have a unique SIG-specific slide design, I believe the TACOPS is one of them, and can complicate holster selection particularly kydex holsters. However, they have been around long enough many makers offer SIG specific 1911 holsters.
 
I've owned two, a second gen GSR and my current carry 1911 the Nightmare Carry. Both were 100% right out of the box. They're also one of the best bang for the buck featured 1911 on the market in my opinion; all the things you want on a 1911 and none of the silly ones (FLGR or ambi-safety).

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I have a newer Sig 1911 STX. Never had a single problem, regardless of ammo. And I'm very happy with it. But I've only ever shot one other 1911, which was a very dirty range rental. So I don't have much to compare it to.
 
I have two Sig M1911's, one is chambered in 40 S&W and the other is chambered in 357 Sig. The 40 S&W has a typical M1911 profile slide while the 357 Sig has Sig's squared off profile slide.

Both have not been shot very much but they have been reliable.

I'm not excited about the external extractor but it works. Besides the Sigs, I have an external extractor Caspian slide on a 45 ACP M1911 that I built about 20 years ago. If buying an M1911, an external extractor would not be a deal breaker for me, I just would not build one with an external extractor again.

I'm an M1911 nut, I have them chambered in eight different cartridges (45 ACP, 40 S&W, 357 Sig, 38 Super, 38/45 Clerke, 38 Special, 9x19, 22 LR).

P.S., I've never had an M1911 that could not be made reliable with a little TLC but I'll admit you have to know what to do. It is not difficult, but it is easy to do a "Bubba" job and ruin the pistol. As Harry Callahan said, "A man's got to know his limitations".
 
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I enjoy the Target model I have. Haven't had any feed issues with the variety of ammo I've run through it. HST's, 200-230 gr ball, 200gr FN, the discontinued CCI flying ashtray, Hydra Shok... This one runs well for me and I am happy to have it.

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priced wrong. too high for what ya get, imho. buddy of mine has one, jam o matic. super picky on mags other guns run fine and even 230 gr. ball ammo. wasnt impressed at all with it. I own lots of 1911s and sigs but the sig 1911s I'd pass on.
 
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priced wrong. too high for what ya get, imho. buddy of mine has one, jam o matic. super picky on mags other guns run fine and even 230 gr. ball ammo. wasnt impressed at all with it. I own lots of 1911s and sigs but the sig 1911s I'd pass on.
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My experience mirrors your buddy's. I bought a Sig TacPac 1911 and it was nothing but problems. It had constant FTF problems with my reloads that my Colt 1991A1 ran fine with. Big problems. It had about a 70% FTF rate. I sent it back to Sig and they adjusted the extractor, which made it twice as reliable, so every third shot was a FTF.
It was a very nicely made gun, but I literally never got a full magazine through it without a stoppage. Again, this is with ammunition that my 1991A1 never choked on. I messed with OAL, powder charge, sizing, and crimps, and made sure my reloads passed a plunk test, but I could never get them to feed through that Sig. Since all I shoot are reloads, that gun went along down the road.
 
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My wife bought me these target grips last year for Christmas. Due to the Sig logo, I just couldn't put them on a Springfield, a Dan Wesson, a Kimber, a ... well you get the idea. The answer was to buy a new Sig 1911 on which to place the grips!

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It's a Sig Target clone & I love it. 100% reliable right out of the box. (Not a fan of the external extractor, however) Buy one with confidence.
 
I had one of their "Fastback Nightmare Carry" models for a short while (similar to Mainsail's). The build seemed good, and I didn't have any mechanical issues with it (I only shot a few hundred rounds though). In the end, I sold it because I prefer a standard grip to the round butt of that model.

YMMV
 
I have had two Springfields, still have the basic one, and they worked/work great.

I have shot a couple of Sigs and was impressed.

I would lean a bit towards Sig today if I were in the market.
 
Own a TTT and Target version, hard to say which I prefer most. Love the 1911, of all the ones I have shot I prefer Sig the most
 
I had a gsr revolution with rail, from right after they did away with the "manhole" on the slide. Beautiful gun. Devoured mountains of horrible milsurp ammo I bought by the shovel full. Put no less than 8-10,000 rds through her. Started getting a bit finicky and instead of getting it tuned up I just sold it. Only complaint I had was although it was stainless it would rust freckle no matter what I did. Kind of odd, another contributing factor for it going away. I think I got that gun in 2007 or 2008. So things might be different now.
 
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