The 1911 pistol may be 113 years old, but that doesn’t mean that new versions aren’t still dropping. The latest is the 1911-XSERIES from SIG SAUER. So far the X series consists of three full-sized, steel-framed 1911s chambered in .45 ACP, as God and John Browning intended.
The XSERIES (Or XFULL as SIG also lists them as on their website) are 5-inch barrel guns with direct-mount optic capability. They come with XRAY3 Day/Night sights and the 1911-XFULL ROMEO-X comes with a SIG ROMEO-X compact red-dot installed. The 1911’s have an adjustable flatblade trigger and G10 grips from LOK Grips. They have a tail on the frame for lights or lasers and have an undercut trigger guard for a higher grip.
The XSERIES guns have ambidextrous safeties and slide releases, front and rear slide serrations and a removable extended mag well. They have a checkered front strap and nicely machined slide that gives it a pretty modern look for a century old design. It’s available in a black Nitron finish or a Coyote PVD. A more compact 4.25-inch optics-ready carry model will be available later in the spring. No prices are listed at this time.
- Optic-Ready XSERIES Slide with Compact Optic Footprint
- Extended Slide Release and Ambi-Safety Levers
- Custom G10 Grips from LOK Grips
- Steel Frame with Undercut and Detachable Magazine Well
- P-Series XRAY3 Day/Night Sights
- (2) 8-Round Steel Magazines
Dad burn it, I quit smoking and got fat. Now it’s harder to conceal carry a 1911. I need to buy bigger pants but due to The Greatest President America has or ever will have I just ain’t got much money for clothes let alone a new gunm.
That’s a nice looking pistola.
Just realized: quit smoking baccy, gain weight. Quit smoking reefer, lose weight.
Maybe that explains why nothing happened when l quit smoking.
I’ve got more 1911s than I have fingers, but not a SIG 1911. However, I have a good friend, that knows his shit, that has a few. He loves them.
None of TTAG, SNW, or even Sig’s own web site lists MSRP…. You know, good information to put out with a press release….
A press release without an MSRP seems pretty worthless.
The rail and red dot is an abomination on a 1911..
24, well said.
Well said? Sounds like you would faint at the sight of a race gun. The article does not butcher a collector piece, etc. It’s current production and it wears the dot and rail quite well, only things missing for a home run is a squared trigger guard and MSRP.
No, I’ve seen a race gun. I remained conscious. When I shot competitively, the group I shot with was restricted to street handguns with street leather. If a shooter arrived with questionable gear he was required to don a BDU blouse, unbuttoned and raise his hands to surrender. If anything except the belt buckle was visible he went to unlimited. We didn’t have many of those. I think it was because we laughed at them. I kinda felt bad about it because none ever came back, but they looked at it as a competition and we looked at it as training.
Oh, Debbie, you may appreciate this. I bought a Colt SAA today. 4 3/4″ .44 Spl with a spare 44-40 cylinder. Perfect condition. Well under Blue Book at $1500 that I paid. I hope it meets with your idea of frugality.
Agreed.
Unless it’s a full blown racer.
I dont like the groovy grooves either.
I suppose though that with so many plain jane’s out there adding sht might make a person want something different.
Different could be nice engraving and bone or ivory grips. I know we can’t get the ivory however no gunm company I know of has engraved as a factory option.
Nope, easier to cut groovy grooves and space lazer sight setups.
Is there a reason that we never see a 1911 with a threaded barrel, other than the 1911 purist Fudds would say that a threaded barrel, like a red dot or light rail, “is an abomination on a 1911”?
I Googled it and saw aftermarket threaded barrels for 1911s, so I guess that answers my question, no reason other than the purist Fudds who might object if they saw their beloved antique design with any modern updates!
I consider a threaded barrel a must-have for a subsonic 45 screaming for a suppressor.
Stuck, sorry for your luck on the NJ thing. 1911s are available for whatever you want to hang them in Florida. Just because you can doesn’t make it a good idea.
Agreed, the aesthetics of a rail or optic on a 1911 turn my stomach.
However, if I had the shooting range to myself, and the bowling pins were on the shelf looking all smug, and no one was looking… It’s possible a 1911 with an optic and rail might find its way out of my range bag. But only if nobody was around to see me with that shameful abomination and the cameras were turned off.
Not for some of us “old farts” whose eyes now have a bit of trouble picking up iron sights.
X-Series, huh? Do they want Elon Musk to buy the company??
Twitter series sounds like a pansy bird gunm.
We could call it “Twitterfire”. OK, that sounds like a great name for a bumpstock.
Henry also has their “X-Model” lever-action rifles, but Henry came out with those first, before Elon Musk changed Twitter to X and drove the company’s net worth into the toilet.
At least he didnt drive it ALL the way into the toilet, luckily they were in a Tesla that ran out of juice before reaching it’s destination.
Actually, the first Sig I really like…
Gorgeous!
I carry a 45 niteen eleben cuz shootin twice is just silly! Don’t want no plastic pistol! If you need more than seven rounds you need to practice! I conceal mine just fine!
-The 1911 Coalition
“Take your time, in a hurry. Make your first shot count.”
Wyatt Earp
Ah the hero Wyatt Earp.
Number of killings-0
Number of gunm fights-5
Number of possible killings or assist-5.
Never studied the stats. I still think it’s good advice. Although in blackpowder days firing 2 or 3 quick rounds and then sneaking off downwind with the smoke cloud could probably work. 😀
Earp outlived all that crew, except for Bignose Kate, who died in 1954. To me that’s like last week.
As a handgun the 1911 is outdated. But a revolver is not. Disagree?
Both are nearing obsolescence but still fun and can do some interesting things with regarding more powerful rounds that are manageable.
21st century gun technology, new manufacturing methods and new chemistry for bullet powders. Has really helped all handguns. But ammo capacity is King nowadays.
I think revolvers can really take advantage of all of these things now. And make them still relevant into the future.
I think you are right that capacity will eventually become the determining factor (exemption for commie states of course) but I also think there will come some hard practical limits of how tolerance, power, concentration (see powder volume to power) size, recoil and grip zone interrelate to determine what is practical vs possible. 45 gap is an example where a small frame 45acp is readily possible but more cautious loading is needed and even then frame wear can be a thing. I would imagine that without a muzzle break or other recoil mitigation something between 9mm and 10mm power in 380 length to whatever diameter fits the bill on capacity would be the practical upper limit at the moment.
isnt putting a red dot
on a 1911 pistol
a lot like
– or exactly like –
putting a gps
on a model a ford
I prefer the smooth looks of a 1943 Government model, which I own.