Just picked this up from my FFL. Heard a lot of positive buzz about this gun so I got one for myself. Comes with a pair of Mec-Gar seven rounders, a pair of plastic grips, a plastic bushing wrench, bore brush, and cleaning jag.

The manganese phosphate finish is quite well done and the installed wood grips look nice - anyone know what kind of wood this is?

I've heard that TISAS used a wartime Remington Rand M1911A1 as a basis for this gun, but who knows?

I believe there's a version with Cerakote finish instead of Parkerizing. For those more familiar than I am, is Cerakote more durable overall than Parkerizing?

Being as this is a Turkish-made gun, I'll make a not-completely-wild-ass guess on the wood in the grips and say Turkish walnut. I have a Turkish Springfield Armory .22 bolt with this wood, and it turns up often on some other Turkish guns.

I have the exact same gun and couldn’t be more happy with it, especially given the price I paid. It’s a range toy for me sure, but it’s a damn good toy and the mags alone are worth more than 1/5 of what I paid for the whole package.

I probably only have 300 rounds through it but haven’t experienced a single failure. Which is more than I can say for the first 300 rounds through multiple Kimbers and a Springfield 1911.

That’s a great looking 1911. I’m sure it’ll do what you need it to. Cerekote is a heat cured, applied finish. It’s nice but wears like anything else. On that 1911A1, I’d prefer the phosphate finish as it more accurately replicates the look of the era 1911 it was made to represent.

Looks exactly like the Tisas I bought from the CMP. Had to have the CMP stamps on it!!! Never a problem and shoots very accurately.

does it throw brass back in your face? I ask because i Had a Kimber and a Colt that did that .I have thought about buying a Tisas like the one you have

Congrats on that!

I have a MAC (Tisas) MEUSOC 1911 that has been fantastic thus far.

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Originally posted by Dawes:
For those more familiar than I am, is Cerakote more durable overall than Parkerizing?

No, Parkerizing is much more durable.

Cerakote's sole benefit over Parkerizing is that it comes in a wide variety of colors.

One thing to realize about Parkerizing is it is meant to hold oil. So long as you keep it lightly oiled, it’ll outlast you.