I’m a diehard Colt fan from way back.
That said, about four months ago, my wife told me about a closeout sale for a little Sig Ultra 1911 at what happened to be my favorite LGS; a .45 Sig Ultra Tribal.
So, I went online to check it out. First; all of the reviews were positive! It was a discontinued model (just the Tribal, not Ultras in general), that came with a mag well, nite sights, alloy frame with a stainless slide, and a FLGR, along with a non-captive flat wire recoil spring, as opposed to the captive recoil assemblies that most subcompact 1911’s come with. It also has a 3.3” ramped stainless barrel. I consider any length over the standard 3” that most come with to be a plus.
So, I bought it, put it on the bench for a field strip and cleaning (it came with a white grease pretty much everywhere inside), then went to the range.
It shot flawlessly that day, and had less perceived recoil than any other 3” 1911’s that I’d owned previously, and had no malfunctions! So, I shot it at the next two week’s IDPA practices, and still had no malfunctions, including shooting HP ammo.
After some 300 plus trouble free rounds, I detail stripped it, did another cleaning, and put it into my carry rotation.
The only negative things that I can say about it are that, due to the fatter slide geometry that Sig 1911s have compared to anyone else; I had to do the waxed paper holster break-in to get it to fit in my existing 1911 holsters. Second, that external extractor, while functioning flawlessly; was throwing my brass somewhere into the next county, and I know of no way to tune it, compared to a standard internal extractor. Thankfully, the crew at the IDPA practices were able to find most of it for me while looking for their own 9mm brass.
Bottom line; I’m very happy with it for a carry gun, and don’t intend to look any further for a sub-compact 1911.
