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Tokarev

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  1. Sub compact tiny 45 Autos fall into this category. "Yeah that would be cool! I'd love to see an ultra tiny 45 Auto!" This is followed by, "Hey this thing kicks like a mule!" With all that said, adding an optic cut and/or rail to the legacy 1911 is a pretty conservative step. This was radical or blasphemous ten or fifteen years ago but I think the market is ready now.
  2. Yes I'm sure 45 and 1911 are still essentially synonymous with each other. I didn't mean to imply that SIG should ignore 45 but rather they should make the 1911-X in 9mm as well. SIG is supposed to have a 4.25" version of this new gun coming to market soon. I assume it will be steel frame. I think a lightweight Commander length gun with an optic cut and a flashlight rail might make a nice general carry gun. You're right that optics ready single stacks are kind of a rare bird. Frankly I'm shocked Springfield didn't add the Prodigy optic plate system into the 2024 TRP update.
  3. This isn't likely aimed at the Brain Enos crowd since it doesn't really fit into any of the USPSA or IDPA divisions. I guess it could be used in CDP as long as it makes weight or L-10 if people still shoot that. Is there a chance this was spec'ed out for some law enforcement contract submission? 1911s still seem to be fairly popular with cops in California. Maybe some agency's SWAT team was interested in buying some optic ready 45s for team use and this was SIG's answer. I do agree that SIG is missing the boat here by not offering essentially this same gun in 9mm and/or as a hicap.
  4. Something I found on my MAC is that the height of the lobe that keeps the slide stop from coming out is off. The lobe is about .243" tall while other slide stops I have measure .01-.015 taller. This means the slide stop can be pushed out of the gun whatever position the slide is in.
  5. Bushings aren't particularly difficult to fit however the Girsan part is a bit unique. It appears to be shorter than a commander length and will take some shortening to fit. Note that the 4.25" Girsan is government model in stroke but is actually commander in length. To accomplish this Girsan simply took a 5" slide and cut it off three quarters of an inch. As a result there won't really be any OEM style parts available. A replacement barrel would need to be a 5" with the correct government lower lugs but then chopped at the muzzle, etc.
  6. My particular Girsan's bushing is sloppy in terms of fit to the slide and fit to the barrel. The bushing itself can be moved around inside the slide. The barrel can also be wiggled around inside the bushing when the slide is in battery. The pistol has been reliable through about 1,300 rounds but is probably about a 3.5 or 4" gun at 25 yards.
  7. How's the general barrel fit? On my Girsan the barrel bushing was pretty much just there to keep the recoil spring plug in place.
  8. Nice. Has anyone been able to confirm other than MAC? These are the guys who said the gun used an aluminum frame (later confirmed to be steel) and that the RMR plate had sights tall enough to work with most RMR pattern optics.
  9. Has anyone confirmed yet that the rear sight on the RMR plate is actually a Glock dove tail cut?
  10. Here's what Dawson sent me when I asked about suppressor height sights for the MAC: No sorry, we will not offer sights for that setup or this model. Thank you for contacting us.
  11. Dawson is selling sights for the Girsan and Springfield Hi-Power copies. It probably isn't too much of a stretch to see some Tisas front sight options. I'm assuming the Tisas and MAC share the same front sight dove tail.
  12. One thing that's been popping up on other forums is the height of the iron sights. MAC chose to go with essentially standard height sights on these guns. Here's what they're saying about it: Originally Posted By SDSImports: Pre-Production models of the MAC-9 Double Stack used an optics adapter plate that had different geometry than what we shipped with the production pistols. This change to the plates allowed better zero with most optics without an extreme adjustment in elevation with more model of optics, than the “flat” style plates that allowed us to get that co-witness with the pre-production models. As 2024 rolls on, we will explore different options for additional adapter plates to other optic footprints and sights to accommodate the Tisas front dovetail cut that will allow co-witness or use with a suppressor.” This may or may not be a big deal for someone wanting to use a MAC in one of the competition optics categories. Just FYI for those who may be in the market.
  13. A case could easily be made by some that this entire firearm is "a good chance to take hard working folks money." Turkish imports have had a variety of issues that can often make them a bad purchase. With that said, if someone does start tuning/selling these as semi-custom or competition-ready or whatever how is that taking folks' hard earned money? Nobody is putting the gun to someone's head and forcing him to buy it. We're all free to spend our money as we wish. Expect for insurance and taxes.... As for how these compare to Staccato, the MAC is way too new for anyone to make a claim about how good/bad these may be. Give it a year and make your assessment from there. Maybe these will turn out to be 75% of the quality at a 65% lower price.
  14. Fetish. Haha you're funny. Are they "known good parts?" That remains to be seen, no? My point is there's probably a business opportunity here for a shop with the money and time to invest in some of these.
  15. Aha! This is the guy: https://hayescustomguns.com/pistols/rock-island-pistols/
  16. Much like (I'm drawing a blank on the fellow's name) who does work to the Rock Island Hi Caps, I could see these being a pretty good semi custom base gun. These could be offered in two or three packages. One would be a basic inspection and tune as needed and a trigger job to three and a half or four pounds. Next would be maybe something like EGW internals added to the gun. Then lastly through out everything but the frame, slide and barrel and redo the whole thing with new safeties, sights, slide release etc.
  17. I shot mine today finally. It shoots pretty good. These should be a good gun if the QC and metallurgy is good and consistent as time rolls on. Yeah. The spring is heavy. I had a couple failures to lock open when empty with lighter powered stuff. The slide locked back without issue with full power defensive stuff. I'll probably order a 12# spring next time I'm getting some stuff from Brownells.
  18. Any idea what spring weight might be? I assume these are sprung for defensive loads and not for USPSA minor. Is there anything oddball about the gun that would preclude the use of any old Commander length spring?
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