Seriously nice upgrades. Looks great as well. Got me to thinking 🤔

 

I looked at one of these yesterday at a shop. Seemed pretty good for the price. If I didn’t have a Prodigy already I’d likely get one. Or if it offered something different than my 4.25” Prodigy. For example the Alpha Foxtrot size and mag capability is very intriguing to me.

 

What kind of accuracy are you getting at 25 and 50 yards?
I really didn’t know that they offered a full size, optics ready. Where did you find it and how much was it? I have older STIs, and considered a Prodigy, but I had one Springer and wasn’t happy with customer service.
Thanks!

 

Family Firearms has them for 623.17.

 

way better look after it's been upgraded, grate job.

 

Looks like a nice shooter!

 

Nice

 

The price is right, but wow, that's a lot of parts to exchange.

Thanks for the report!

 

I agree. I'd say most were not necessary. Most of the stock parts could have been tweaked and what not. It was more about the practice of hand fitting all of the parts. I've only fitted two other 1911's. Total cost is around $1,800 including the red dot, light, and grip.

 

Looks good. I have been thinking about getting a project gun to do some learning on. I kept looking at the Prodigy, but this might be a better way to go. Thanks for the pics and parts list.

 

Just put Handleit grips on mine. Got them for a Prodigy and just cut them up to fit. Very nice grip now. Also changed the trigger. I am not a fan of flat triggers.

 

Man, this is a fantastic-looking gun, and all the upgrades are top-notch. Kudos to you for trying all these upgrades on a "budget" gun. You've got me thinking now...

 

The Tisas pistols are surprisingly good quality, doubly so, when you factor the price in, too. I am using a Carry DS for USPSA, and it's been a lot of fun to shoot and fool with. All I did with mine, was swap out the 23# mainspring to a 19#, and swap the recoil spring to a 12lb.. I did swap to an EGW hammer, because I was having trouble getting the trigger where I wanted it, and I put in a Brazos pre-fit extractor (It seems like every 9mm 1911 needs an "extractor tune").
All told, I've probably got $1400 into it, including the red dot sight. Mine works well, even with Duramag 26 round magazines loaded to the gills, even with 115 ball.
Make no mistake, I still prefer a single-stack pistol, due to my hand size, but if I gotta use a double stack pistol, the Tisas are damned good pistols for a starting point. Note that I'm still in it for less than a similar Prodigy. I shoot it pretty well, too. I'm kinda thinking about going to a Duty-sized pistol, but I really like this Commander sized pistol.

 

Good job on the installs. The new trigger really improves the look! I just fit an Atlas trigger today so I was curious if you started with a raw trigger? What did you do for the black color, paint?

 

It’s a DSC / red dirt trigger. It comes in black and I just had to hand fit it.

 

Looks very good. I just bought one myself. I tried to mount a Holosun 507K but ran out of elevation adjustment. Did the EPS zero ok?

I have been getting about a 4" group at 25 yards during concentrated slow fire. Stippled the slick parts of the grip and knocked down some of the sharp edges on the frame and grip safety. I didn't realize you could just put a prodigy grip on. When I took it apart I found a good bit of gunked up cerakote. I sanded it smooth and the cycling and trigger pull improved dramatically. I have about 450 rounds through it with no malfunctions. Below is a slow fire five round group at 7 yards I shot after running some drills.

 

Looks very good. I just bought one myself. I tried to mount a Holosun 507K but ran out of elevation adjustment. Did the EPS zero ok?

I have been getting about a 4" group at 25 yards during concentrated slow fire. Stippled the slick parts of the grip and knocked down some of the sharp edges on the frame and grip safety. I didn't realize you could just put a prodigy grip on. When I took it apart I found a good bit of gunked up cerakote. I sanded it smooth and the cycling and trigger pull improved dramatically. I have about 450 rounds through it with no malfunctions. Below is a slow fire five round group at 7 yards I shot after running some drills.
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You'll have to do a little trimming to get it to fit exactly (a pair of scissors will do it fine), but this shim worked well on my Carry DS. I zero-ed it with seven (7) rounds, and still have a lot of adjustment left.

Amazon.com : Ade Advanced Optics Optics Riser/Aluminum Elevation Shim to give Extra Adjustment Range for Holosun 407K/507K, Shield RMS/RMSC/RMSW/SMS, ADE RD3-018 Spike Handgun Reflex Red Dot Sight : Sports & Outdoors

Amazon.com : Ade Advanced Optics Optics Riser/Aluminum Elevation Shim to give Extra Adjustment Range for Holosun 407K/507K, Shield RMS/RMSC/RMSW/SMS, ADE RD3-018 Spike Handgun Reflex Red Dot Sight : Sports & Outdoors

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That looks awesome nice build

 

Forgive my ignorance, is the grip frame steel ? Aluminum ? Polymer ?

 

Chassis is steel (checked with a magnet) and the grip frame is polymer. It's reputed to be interchangeable with the Prodigy and aftermarket grip frames.

 

How's the quality of the Nightstalker DS?

 

I have no experience with the Nightstalkers, but if they're as good as my Carry DS, it's an awfully good start into the 2011 world. Like any 9mm 1911, they take a little tinkering to get 'em where you want 'em. I'm happy to say my tinkering has been minimal.

 

Love the upgrade choices you made, and the final product looks fantastic! Thank you for sharing this project with us.

 

It's been close to a year since this thread started. I was wondering how things are going with that build. I'm planning on picking up a Tisas DS9 Carry to work on. I have a concern about the width of the grip. It seems to be wider than other double stacks, but that doesn't make sense if the grip frames interchange. Any thoughts on this?

 

No issues. I forgot to mention that I had to file down the extractor side optic screw. I would swap the grip for a MJD or Prodigy. MAC also has the DS9 in 4.25' and 5' along with versions with a comp. They have also switched over to the AOS optic system.