I will have to look at the CMP Tisas 1911 and if the features are there, I will consider getting one. Not that I am lacking in Tisas 1911's. I have purchased the bare bones versions, fixed sights, installed hammers with spurs on the service special version. I am not interesting in shooting a vintage 1911 with a frame made from 1035 steel, and a slide from 1050. The slide was heat treated for two inches back of the nose. Cheap, disposable rail road spikes are made from steel similar to the frame, and lawn mower blades are made from 1055 steel, because it is tough and cheap. I don't know if the slide and frame were case hardened in any way. The materials used in military 1911's just met requirements. Shooters on 1911forums report GI slides cracking between 10,000 and 20,000 rounds. Modern materials will hold up to boo boo's that will bulge or break the plain carbon steels of the 1940's pistols.
I like the big, bold sights on the Service Special
Everything shoots good close up
Unique does well in these 1911's
Purchased the version with GI sights and a chromed barrel. GI sights are tiny. I don't like GI sights.
At all distances the pistol shoots within my hold, so I what I can do with irons, is not representative of the capability of the pistol. There are times I get clusters, but I manage to flinch some out. Target is 12" X 20".
I am convinced the Charles Daly, Italian "made" by Brixia are in fact, Tisas made 1911's.
Arched backstrap, different grips, and missing port flare, that is about all there is different between the Charles Daly and the Tisas.
Same front sights
same rear sights
same distinctive frame cut where the end of the recoil spring guide sits.
Can you pick out the Charles Daly from the two Tisas frames?
Everything is forged on the Tisas's made during and after 2023. The slide and frame are a European equivalent to 4140, Tisas claims they machine the slide and frame after heat treatment.
The old WW2 era barrels had to go from single stage machine to single stage machine. Tisas uses modern CNC machines, and I am amazed how fast they make the barrels. Keeping the barrel in one spot keeps tolerances tight. Having to put a barrel in a new fixture for each cut, is not as precise.
The Turks were making quality cannon, swords, and firearms when the inhabitants of this country were running around in animal skins, building mounds out of shells, and lacked a written language.