Thanks for the reminder. This looks exactly like the WW2 vintage 1911 that I carried on patrols of the Trust Territories of the Pacific in the mid-1960s, on the Island of Guam, the Philippines and in Vietnam.
1911 is an iconic pistol. My father is a retired military man. We taught for basic and practical shooting. However, my dad sell this gun and invested in a little business and his in heaven already. Still misses this gun.! Stay safe everyone. Have a blessed day ahead.
The Turkish made 1911s that I own and have handled, are amazing reliability for the price. The ones I have used have no malfunctions so far. I like the "Battle Field" configurations due to the simplistic design which they followed in remaking them.
It's nice to see an affordable 1911. Okay, it doesn't have all the bells & whistles of a Kimber or an Ed Brown but not everyone needs that. If it's reliable, robust and reasonably accurate it will definitely work if the operator does their part. If necessary, get a tune-up on the trigger and you've got a proven platform without spending a ton of money. Well done, Sootch!
If the trigger is too stiff, buy you some snap caps and snap it about 200 times and the trigger will get better and you will not waste any ammo or hurt your gun in any manner.
Looks just like the Remington-Rand 1911A1 I carried as a duty pistol as a detective for several years. Except 1/10th the price, LOL. This looks like it will be an excellent value! Great review, thanks!
Looks like a good USGI style 1911A1. I would put a curved steel mainspring housing with lanyard loop and Walnut US double diamond grips and call it good.
That's certainly NOT a WW1 1911. It's the 1911A1 variant that has a shorter hammer to reduce hammer bite, curved main spring housing, and scallop cuts behind the trigger to shorten the reach and allow you to get your finger into the trigger easier.
Man, at around $350, that's a great gun that's reliable. I also have a question, I like wrist watches as well and what are you wearing in the video? If you don't mind me asking.
Its a ok entry level 1911.As stated tisas and rock make a decent option that's proven.On the USA made 1911s there's Plenty of choices.My last buy was a Ruger LW 45 with a case and 2 mags for a thrifty $600.00 out the door.Excellent 1911 and prices will vary 600-630.
Additional thought for the video. Trigger pull. On the Glock and some Police Pistols, Agencies required a heavy trigger pull on the Service weapons. New York City had a much more heavy tigger pull on its Glock Firearms. As to the 1911, personally, the weight of the trigger pull for a single action or a striker type action is resolved with a crisp trigger release. Not so much the weight but the actuation of the sear. But again, it is me.
It looks great. So did the Golani Sporter I bought new. It stove piped every 3 - 5 rounds and the local gunsmiths couldn't fix it. I will NEVER buy another Century Arms product. My Colt 1911 Commander is excellent. Never fails.
That's a nice looking 1911 and almost certainly made by Tisas. But a 7+ pound trigger? It wouldn't be for long. I'd have it about half that pretty quickly.
What's not to like about a 1911? I'm working on buying one of every flavor I love these guns so much. Other than the Colt Single Action Army, there's probably no handgun more American than the 1911 IMO.
1911 is one of the best designed guns ever, they are bombproof, all steel or you can get the aluminum frame versions (or even some plastic frame versions), endless amounts of aftermarket parts and support and you can get them in everything from 22 lr, 380, 9mm, 40, 45, 10mm and beyond...everyone should have one, it is a very safe pistol to carry and tends to be the choice of experts, due to the accuracy, tunability and unique, easy to operate trigger. The 45 cartridge is very hard to beat for on target performance, especially if you know how to tune a 1911 to shoot hp's, then you can use hst's or other 45 auto rounds that open to an inch and penetrate deep...basically a 12 gauge slug in a handgun, and that's no joke. These 1911's coming out of Turkey and the Philippines are really nice and are one of the best deals for the dollar you can spend.
Squeezing the trigger isn't a part of 1911 disassembly - especially when you're just going to rack the slide (recocking the hammer) to get it to the SS removal position anyway! It's not only unnecessary, but counterproductive because it adds the mainspring's resistance to slide retraction.
1911s are coming back thanks to the 20yr olds. Same as wearing vintage Green Day and Soundgarden tshirts, and "I just discovered this new band called Pennywise"
9mm in a 1911 is sacrilege. It was designed by Browning for the .45ACP, not 9mm. That 1911 looks like an A1 with the palm swell or arched mainspring housing, longer grip safety spur, shorter hammer spur, wider front sight, frame cut behind the trigger, and shorter trigger. It has all the A1 features that straight 1911s don't. I also prefer a standard USGI 1911A1 .45ACP to any modern 1911 version on the market today. This one looks great and with the tighter fit is accurate. At right around the $400 mark is priced right. Thanks for sharing.
Important item (for me) that he left off is whether it is forged, cast, or a mix of both. Also didn't mention if the parts interchange with GI parts. Tisas does NOT interchange.
You sure about that? I've swapped several parts on my Tisas with only minor fitting, which I understand to be par for the course with the 1911 platform...
Century has a history of mangling their imports and also building their domestic guns to substandard quality. Why would we trust them with a 1911? What makes this better than a Tisas or Rock Island? These cheap Turkish knockoffs are flooding the market and I'm not impressed.
💯I’ve been screwed over by Century more than one. PISS poor customer service. They lose you rifle for 8 months or better after you send it in to be repaired and when you get it back there is major cosmetic damage and the original mechanical issue wasn’t even fixed. Hell with Century Arms🖕🏻
I have had several brands of 1911s, sold them all over time but kept the one I liked best,, and that was the Chinese 1911. I don't see anything about this one being hardened steel. Anyone know?
Hey Sootch, isn't a "gutter sight" just a sight channel milled into a frame on a revolver or a slide on and auto? That does not fit the description you gave.
Nice gun, but spend a little more, get something with front grip checkering, more aggressive serrations on the slide plus serrations on the front of the slide, replaceable Novak-style sights, and add a magwell.
You never mentioned the fact that it also doesn't have an Ambidextrous Safety which is only important to about 25% of the population who are Left Handed as I am. I've always liked 1911's but the reviewers are always Right Handed so they skip that very Important Point.
No. 8 round magazine, so original GI 1911 mags do not fit. And the browning system from this firearm is in multiple modern firearms as well as other curiou and relic pistols as well.
