Tisas is an organization that not too many shooters know a lot about. I’m aware of it as a result of I do my pal Duane’s gun store web site and I maintain his stock up to date. He goes via an honest variety of Tisas 1911s.
A lot of the weapons he sells are within the $350-$450 vary. I wished to see how Tisas dealt with a costlier 1911, one with some severe bells & whistles. Now, I’ve earlier than me a gray-Cerakoted, brand-new Tisas 1911 Night time Stalker 45. This isn’t your typical finances pistol.
Tisas 1911 Night time Stalker 45
Dwell Stock Worth Checker
TİSAŞ (Trabzon Silah Sanayi AŞ) is a firearms firm positioned in northeastern Turkey that produces pistols and shotguns. Their weapons are offered worldwide to civilians, LEOs, and militaries.
With out turning this right into a treatise on Tisas, suffice it to say they produced their first pistol in 1994. The corporate grew and shortly was exporting weapons just about worldwide. I personal a 9mm pistol that they constructed below the model title Ziagana. It is without doubt one of the most correct 9mms I’ve shot and is constructed to a really high-quality customary. It got here with two 18-round magazines, a holster, and a pleasant case for about $350. I prefer it.
I do know that politics rears its head many instances in conditions like this, however in the event you can put that apart, the standard of the weapons I’ve seen from them outstrips their typical retail value. It’s not unusual to discover a Tisas for round $350 with a match and end that might usually go for a few hundred {dollars} extra if it had been made elsewhere. Merely put, labor prices over there are decrease than labor prices in different areas. Turkish gun corporations routinely make NATO-acceptable arms. Thoughts, I’m not attempting to “speak you into” shopping for one… it’s simply that, if you’re on a finances, these weapons are punching effectively above their value level and the gun in entrance of me is not any exception.
The Night time Stalker
The Night time Stalker line by Tisas has 9 entries. Two of them are lower-priced striker-fired weapons beginning at $410. The remaining seven are 1911s, both single- or double-stack, in calibers 9mm (5 fashions), 10mm (2 fashions), and .45 ACP (2 fashions). Costs vary from $750 (just like the one I’ve right here) to $960, relying on capability and options. Right here’s a hyperlink to the Night time Stalker web page. Tisas weapons are imported by SDS Imports of Knoxville, TN.
I don’t bear in mind the variety of 1911s I’ve owned over time, however there have been a number of. I’ve owned fashions starting from bargain-basement blasters to Colts. I just like the platform. It appears to be making a comeback today… curiously sufficient, in calibers 9mm and 10mm, greater than .45.
With the Tisas 1911 Night time Stalker 45, we’ve a first-rate instance of what a .45 1911 will be. It’s spectacular for its value, and it’s one candy 1911.
Wanting on the gun, you would possibly discover a number of issues. First, it’s a full-size, five-inch-barreled 1911. Subsequent, you would possibly discover the ambi security and the body rails. The semi-flat-faced set off is just not adjustable, nevertheless it doesn’t have to be.
Let’s take a look at the specs offered by Tisas for this gun, with a few my feedback thrown in.
Tisas Cast Basis Development – Cast Body & Slide**
Tisas Cast & Machined Barrel w/ Button Rifling
Colt® Collection 70 Based mostly Internals
Lowered & Flared Ejection Port
Platinum Gray Cerakote End
Contoured Set off Guard Beneath Minimize
Rear Slide Cocking Serrations
SF Machined Mainspring Housing
Machined Aluminum Grips
Novak Model U-Notch Rear w/ Tritium Entrance (flat-faced so you should utilize it to rack the slide)
Skeletonized Hammer
SF Set off (My measurements confirmed a median set off pull weight of 4 lbs., 2 oz.)
SF Model Ambidextrous Security
Prolonged Beavertail Grip Security
Obtainable in .45ACP
Tisas Premium Homeowners Package (2 Magazines, Cleansing Package, Lockable Rugged Case)
Coated by 1-Yr Guarantee and the Tisas Lifetime Service Plan
Right here’s some additional information…
Body: Carbon, Full-Dimension Ramped w/ Picatinny Rail
Slide: Carbon Metal, Authorities Size
Caliber: .45ACP
Barrel: 5″ Cast & Machined Barrel w/ Button Rifling
Internals: Colt® 70 Collection
Sights: Novak Model U-Night time Rear – Tritium/Orange Entrance
Grips: Machined Aluminum
End: Platinum Gray Cerakote
Weight: 2lb 4oz (My digital scale confirmed 46.5 ounces with 8 230gr. FMJs loaded)
Picture Gallery
I wish to take lots of photographs for my opinions. I determine that they don’t price something additional, and so they would possibly make clear one thing you’re questioning about. So, right here’s my assortment of pics of the Tisas 1911 Night time Stalker 45.
Discover the lightening cuts behind the muzzle. That shaves an oz or two off the burden, and provides an aesthetic contact.
My solely query about this pistol entails the grip panels. They’re easy, machined aluminum. Aluminum, I get, however easy? I suppose I’m old-school and like some texture below my palms. It’s not even a niggle, however I believed I wanted to say it.
The polish job isn’t mirror-like, however right here it doesn’t should be. It’s easy sufficient that cartridges fed as anticipated.
OK, that’s sufficient. The match and end are glorious—there aren’t any machining marks or chatter, and nothing is the place it shouldn’t be.
Vary Time
I arrange a number of targets at my yard vary at 20 yards and tried what .45 ACP ammo I had readily available.
Prime to backside, Hornady American Gunner 185 gr. JHP, Fiocchi 200 gr. XTPHP, and Fiocchi 230 gr. FMJ.
Listed below are some consultant targets. (In case you’re questioning why the holes within the targets are egg-shaped, the targets had been leaning backwards as a consequence of vary circumstances and wind. Not less than the eggs are on the paper!).
Given the circumstances, any of those masses would bear additional investigation and testing – however perhaps on a calmer day… a minimum of, you get the purpose.
It’s apparent that the sights weren’t regulated to POI for these three masses, however that’s one thing that’s fixable – a minimum of the place windage is worried.
Earlier than I get additional into ballistics for this pistol, I need to give the set off some love… this 4 lb., 2 oz. set off was top-of-the-line non-custom 1911 triggers I’d come throughout. After 1/4″ of take-up, you hit the wall. It looks as if it took little or no extra finger stress to drop the hammer… the let-off was crisp and even, each time. This set off was superb.
Ballistics
OK… nerd time! I wish to see how the assorted masses I strive carry out within the weapons I’m testing. So, a chronograph is indicated. I’ve owned 4 of them, besides, that was at all times a difficulty as a consequence of set-up, batteries, taking pictures the sunscreen helps, and so forth.
That was a difficulty earlier than three days in the past. Why three days? That was when my Garmin Xero C1 Professional chronograph arrived. You’ll see it in one of many photographs above. It allowed me to get some fairly attention-grabbing knowledge despatched proper to my cellphone on these three masses, shot from this Tisas 1911 Night time Stalker 45, with out leaving the taking pictures bench.
And, Within the Finish…
Are you in search of a 1911 so as to add to your assortment? Need one thing that could be a reduce above the fundamental mil-spec fashions? Don’t have $1500 to spend on one? Check out a Night time Stalker. The grey Cerakote end is ideal and the controls work as they’re alleged to.
Out of the field, this factor was tight, completed expertly, and was as correct as I may anticipate that day. Even if you need a 9mm or 10mm, they have you ever coated.
Inside the increasing 1911 universe, Tisas has made a reputation for itself by producing high quality pistols at an inexpensive value. The Night time Stalker is not any exception – you would possibly need to verify one out!
About Mike Hardesty
With expertise spanning over 45 years, Mike Hardesty has lengthy loved taking pictures and reloading. An inveterate reloader, he casts bullets and reloads for a various array of firearms, every dealt with with long-practiced precision. Dwelling in rural Indiana, his homestead boasts a private 100-yard vary the place he shares his love for weapons to his 4 sons, their wives, and eleven grandchildren. As a acknowledged creator, his writings have been featured in notable platforms like Sniper Nation, Bear Creek Arsenal Weblog, Pew Pew Tactical, TTAG, Dillon Precision’s Blue Press, and Gun Made, revealing his ongoing ardour for firearms on the age of 72.
