Stafford Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 What are the differences between the Tactical Sport and the TSO? Is the orange a better pistol, or just a newer model? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muncie21 Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 Main differences are grip size (TSO is smaller) and dust cover (TSO is full, TS has angled cut towards the end). Sights are different, as is the magwell, however those are both replaceable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regor Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 The TSO is also pre-drilled and comes with a thumb rest. The newest ones coming out of the factory seem to come with an extended left side safety and paddle mag release as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iflyskyhigh Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 The TSO is also pre-drilled and comes with a thumb rest. The newest ones coming out of the factory seem to come with an extended left side safety and paddle mag release as well. Correct. Just picked one up a couple months ago. Had extended left side safety. Color matched mag release. And metal vs polymer trigger. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aandabooks Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 All the above is correct. The TS has a cast grip texture on front/back of frame. TSO has cut grip texture. I have both. Don't know that the TSO is $500 better than the TS. I wouldn't have the TSO if I hadn't run into one on Gunbroker for $1250 a few months ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regor Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 3 hours ago, iflyskyhigh said: Correct. Just picked one up a couple months ago. Had extended left side safety. Color matched mag release. And metal vs polymer trigger The metal trigger is an interesting change. Is the front textured at all? Do you have a polymer one to compare to? If so, is it a better trigger pull with the metal trigger? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aandabooks Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 18 minutes ago, regor said: The metal trigger is an interesting change. Is the front textured at all? Do you have a polymer one to compare to? If so, is it a better trigger pull with the metal trigger? Same trigger pull weight. The metal trigger doesn't have the slight bit of flex at the end of the trigger pull that the plastic one does. There is no checkering or grip on either trigger. I have the metal trigger in all 4 of my TS/TSO/Czechmate guns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzt Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 (edited) When the TS and TSO were being sold at the same time, I could never understand why anyone would buy a TSO. For $500 more you got essentially nothing. You got an adjustable rear sight which is something I don't want, +1 basepads which you have to discard so you can get 20 in a mag (40sw for Limited), and a thumb rest that is too small to be useful, plus you have to remove it to use anything other than a race holster.. I did a full grip reduction on my TS and put some LOK thin Boggies on it. It fits my hand like a glove. I can't say that for the TSO. That just feels awkward., even with a change of grips. I turned my TS into a full race gun. If I were to buy another SZ single action, it would be a used TS. Then I'd make that full race. BTW, I like the plastic trigger better than the metal one that replaced it. Different reach. Edited December 1, 2019 by zzt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muncie21 Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 15 minutes ago, zzt said: BTW, I like the plastic trigger better than the metal one that replaced it. Different reach. Another added benefit of the plastic trigger is that the adjustment screws don't seem to 'walk' as easy on the plastic as compared to metal triggers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lior Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 For IPSC purposes, an important difference is that the TSO has shorter factory sights than the TS. This means that its magazines can be slightly longer while fitting the Standard Division Box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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