I've seen them and think they're sweet looking (but would change the grips), and I like the adjustable combat sights (wish my Sig Tacops had them). Grabagun had them at just over $900, which is a screaming price but includes FFL transfers.

I'm a fan of Sig 1911's, I think they're great guns. If I wanted an STX I would expect to pay around a grand in a gun shop, maybe get lucky and find one for 950 or so in a gun show.

Good luck.

 

I have a C3 that I love. It should be a good choice.

 

Thanks for the responces guys.I just checked out the gubgrab site and will order from them when there back in stock.If ever:-(

 

Thanks for the responces guys.I just checked out the gubgrab site and will order from them when there back in stock.If ever:-(

Keep checking gun shows, you can get lucky and get a great price.

I think you will love the Sig 1911 - Sig makes great products.

 

I love my TACOPS, I had a Nighthawk match trigger installed with polishing done, it's great. I love my Sig.

 

I love my TACOPS, I had a Nighthawk match trigger installed with polishing done, it's great. I love my Sig.

Totally agree with TacOps!

 

Totally agree with TacOps!

Amen to that! Love the Tacops.

 

I have one... It's a beautiful gun. I can't really, fairly, talk about the reliability of it as it had a good bit of Gunsmith tuning done on it before I got it (picked it up, lightly used) It shoots amazingly though. I've always been a fan of Sigs, and IMO you can't go wrong.

 

Well I founding wait so I found a sig 1911-22 in black. Got 100 rounds though it. Nice shooting little gun. No FTF or ejects

 

Have a TTT in the family which is the same as the stx without a mag well.

Just clean and lube it before you shoot and you will be fine.

Most sig 1911 have the same guts, just different finishes.

Don't hesitate to get one.

 

Sig 1911's are great guns

 

I just bought the Sig 1911 STX today and took it to the range. Horrible.

I shot a hundred rounds of American Eagle 230 gr FMJ. I had no fewer than 8 failures to feed. Admittedly, I did not clean the weapon before my range session, but I refuse to believe that this would be the cause of so many failures.

I have to wait until Monday to try it again. We'll see if the thorough cleaning will have made any difference.

This is my 3rd 1911 and most definitely my last. I had a Springfield Compact...utter piece of junk, a Colt Combat Elite...not much better...and now this.

Even if I get it to work, I doubt that I will ever trust this weapon.

Give me a modern weapon any day. All the other Sigs I have are masterpieces of performance, accuracy, and reliability. It's the platform...it's an antique and should go away. I don't know why I was so reckless to have bet once again on a loser.

 

I just bought the Sig 1911 STX today and took it to the range. Horrible.

I shot a hundred rounds of American Eagle 230 gr FMJ. I had no fewer than 8 failures to feed. Admittedly, I did not clean the weapon before my range session, but I refuse to believe that this would be the cause of so many failures.

I have to wait until Monday to try it again. We'll see if the thorough cleaning will have made any difference.

This is my 3rd 1911 and most definitely my last. I had a Springfield Compact...utter piece of junk, a Colt Combat Elite...not much better...and now this.

Even if I get it to work, I doubt that I will ever trust this weapon.

Give me a modern weapon any day. All the other Sigs I have are masterpieces of performance, accuracy, and reliability. It's the platform...it's an antique and should go away. I don't know why I was so reckless to have bet once again on a loser.

Perhaps the issue is with the user. No insult intended but 3 decent 1911 pistols and you are not able to operate them?

I'm tempted to call shenanigans on your entire statement.

 

I just bought the Sig 1911 STX today and took it to the range. Horrible.

I shot a hundred rounds of American Eagle 230 gr FMJ. I had no fewer than 8 failures to feed. Admittedly, I did not clean the weapon before my range session, but I refuse to believe that this would be the cause of so many failures.

I have to wait until Monday to try it again. We'll see if the thorough cleaning will have made any difference.

This is my 3rd 1911 and most definitely my last. I had a Springfield Compact...utter piece of junk, a Colt Combat Elite...not much better...and now this.

Even if I get it to work, I doubt that I will ever trust this weapon.

Give me a modern weapon any day. All the other Sigs I have are masterpieces of performance, accuracy, and reliability. It's the platform...it's an antique and should go away. I don't know why I was so reckless to have bet once again on a loser.

Not attacking in any way, but you may need to work with an experienced 1911 shooter to find out what is going wrong. I've owned 1911's for 25 years and currently have a Sig 1911 (and am actively looking for a Smith performance shop 1911) and I have never seen the kind of failures you're describing. I've had a couple of Colt 1911's and they were like the Sig, 100% reliable. I know lots of shooters with Springfield 1911's who all love them for their reliability.

The platform is the greatest platform ever invented and the guns you mention are all quality guns. So the problem likely lies with the operator. Get some help in figuring out what is wrong.

Or sell the guns, I'll buy one or all 3 off of you.

 

Perhaps the issue is with the user. No insult intended but 3 decent 1911 pistols and you are not able to operate them?

I'm tempted to call shenanigans on your entire statement.

The first one, the Springfield Champion, was indeed a case of not knowing what I was doing...that was 12 years ago. My Colt Combat Elite would have an FTF or FTE every 90-100 rounds like clockwork.

I understand how to shoot a pistol and completely versed in many platforms, the only ones of which have turned out to be problems for me have been my 1911s (and a Walther PPS, which had some manufacturing problems).

I have 15 pistols and have shot them a lot over the last few years. I understand fully the precepts behind limp wristing and this occurrence was NOT in play during my range session. So, while you may call "shenanigans" on my statement, you really are wrong.

However, I do appreciate your response. I really want this beautiful pistol to work.

 

Not attacking in any way, but you may need to work with an experienced 1911 shooter to find out what is going wrong. I've owned 1911's for 25 years and currently have a Sig 1911 (and am actively looking for a Smith performance shop 1911) and I have never seen the kind of failures you're describing. I've had a couple of Colt 1911's and they were like the Sig, 100% reliable. I know lots of shooters with Springfield 1911's who all love them for their reliability.

The platform is the greatest platform ever invented and the guns you mention are all quality guns. So the problem likely lies with the operator. Get some help in figuring out what is wrong.

Or sell the guns, I'll buy one or all 3 off of you.

I didn't have the chance to get the STX back to the range today and won't be able to until next weekend. I made the statement to the other gentleman who made similar remarks that the problem is me vice the platform. I remain open-minded, but I have to wonder why this continues to happen ONLY with the 1911 platform (except, as I mentioned, an unfortunate relationship with a Walther PPS, which, by the way, engendered similar inferences to operator error as opposed to weapon error...it WAS the weapon, which S&W replaced).

It is a beautiful pistol and seems for all the world that it should work well. I am a ga-ga fan of Sig Sauer and have never been disappointed with any of their products, of which I own six. I definitely want this to work, and do appreciate the inputs of you and the other gentleman who commented.

 

Take it apart and give it a good clean and lube with good oil. They like to run wet.

Should be good to go!

 

Or try giving everything a coat of froglube....

 

Take it apart and give it a good clean and lube with good oil. They like to run wet.

Should be good to go!

Yea, I cleaned the snot out of it with Hoppe's No. 9 and Hoppes gun oil...twice. Then I used the recommended TW 25 lube that I use on all my Sigs, lightly applied, with a little residual Hoppe's gun oil per the guide.

I am hopeful this does the trick. I'll let you guys know next weekend.

Thanks for your support.

 

I didn't have the chance to get the STX back to the range today and won't be able to until next weekend. I made the statement to the other gentleman who made similar remarks that the problem is me vice the platform. I remain open-minded, but I have to wonder why this continues to happen ONLY with the 1911 platform (except, as I mentioned, an unfortunate relationship with a Walther PPS, which, by the way, engendered similar inferences to operator error as opposed to weapon error...it WAS the weapon, which S&W replaced).

It is a beautiful pistol and seems for all the world that it should work well. I am a ga-ga fan of Sig Sauer and have never been disappointed with any of their products, of which I own six. I definitely want this to work, and do appreciate the inputs of you and the other gentleman who commented.

Good luck with the STX. I agree about Sig, I own an M400 AR and 4 Sig handguns and am thrilled with all of them. 226 is one of my favorite guns of all time, and my primary self defense carry is a 938.

For my 1911 Tacops I keep it very clean between shootings and lube with TW25b along the rails and where the barrell rides in the bushing (that's the lube that Sig includes with the guns) and the gun has never failed me in any way. Also make sure when you grip you don't get so high on the gun that you're fingers are interfering with the controls in any way.

I hope it all works out for you.

 

OK, I got back to the range yesterday with my STX. I used several different types of ammunition due, primarily, to the difficulty of finding ammo these days.

In my discussion I use the term "FTF" in its traditional sense, meaning the failure of a round to properly feed into the barrel during sustained firing. I also use the term "FTB" which I made up meaning "failure to go into battery." What I mean by this is when chambering the first round from a magazine, the round fails to properly seat into the barrel breech. Here are the ammo types/quantities I used and the numbers of each type of failure that occurred with that ammo; the ammunition is listed in order of its use at the range:

1) Blazer Brass 230 gr FMJ/50 rounds: 1 FTB, 3 FTF
2) Federal Hydra-Shok Low-Recoil 165 gr JHP/60 rounds: 2FTB, 3 FTF
3) Estate brass 230 gr FMJ/50 rounds: 2 FTB
4) Hornaday steel case 230 gr JHP/50 rounds: 1 FTF

And, please believe me, I wasn't limp-wristing (had to get that out of the way).

Now, all this presents a fairly bleak picture, but I have to say that the weapon was getting noticeably better as the range session proceeded. It may be that, just like all the old 1911s, this one just requires a break-in period.

I will avail you of the future behavior of my STX as it goes through its rather problematic infancy.

PillBox

 

OK, I got back to the range yesterday with my STX. I used several different types of ammunition due, primarily, to the difficulty of finding ammo these days.

In my discussion I use the term "FTF" in its traditional sense, meaning the failure of a round to properly feed into the barrel during sustained firing. I also use the term "FTB" which I made up meaning "failure to go into battery." What I mean by this is when chambering the first round from a magazine, the round fails to properly seat into the barrel breech. Here are the ammo types/quantities I used and the numbers of each type of failure that occurred with that ammo; the ammunition is listed in order of its use at the range:

1) Blazer Brass 230 gr FMJ/50 rounds: 1 FTB, 3 FTF
2) Federal Hydra-Shok Low-Recoil 165 gr JHP/60 rounds: 2FTB, 3 FTF
3) Estate brass 230 gr FMJ/50 rounds: 2 FTB
4) Hornaday steel case 230 gr JHP/50 rounds: 1 FTF

And, please believe me, I wasn't limp-wristing (had to get that out of the way).

Now, all this presents a fairly bleak picture, but I have to say that the weapon was getting noticeably better as the range session proceeded. It may be that, just like all the old 1911s, this one just requires a break-in period.

I will avail you of the future behavior of my STX as it goes through its rather problematic infancy.

PillBox

If that's the case, something is wrong. There should be no "break in" at all. That's a myth.

It could be something simple. Have you tried a non sig mag?


Contact Sig and they will make it right.

 

If that's the case, something is wrong. There should be no "break in" at all. That's a myth.

It could be something simple. Have you tried a non sig mag?


Contact Sig and they will make it right.

Bought a couple of Tripp Research mags and used them throughout the range session. Thanks for your input.

PB

 

I agree with Ryan in Texas, there's no break in necessary on a gun like the STX. It should be performing and your rate of failure across different kinds of ammo is not good. He's also right about checking other mags, make sure that is not the problem (I have 4 Sig mags and they have been perfect, but maybe you've got a bad batch).

I would absolutely contact Sig and have their gunsmiths take a look at it.

 

If you really don't like the pistol, I'll buy it from you

Keep us posted on how Sig treats you.