And I’ve shot it, as well as shooting the XP Comp! Both shoot ridiculously flat! They’re loud but shoot flat.
Some notes (actually a lot of notes), in no particular order:
- I’ve detail stripped the gun already (I removed all but the mag release and the trigger assembly). There’s MIM but that was expected, as I think posted, on this forum a while back, that MIM being present in the -S15. There’s good and bad news regarding MIM with the Attila. The bad news first: there a new part that’s MIM. It’s the grip safety. The good news is that the part appears to no longer proprietary and looks to be a 1911-patterned part. I’ll include pics of the MIM parts so that folks that buy the gun can know what to replace with billet parts.
- The following parts are MIM: ejector, grip safety, disconnector, sear, and the firing pin retaining plate.
- The MIM parts are all replaceable with 1911-pattern parts.
- The purpose of this info is to share the data points, not to hate on the gun. I’m hoping this thread doesn’t develop into a “I hate MIM” or “that gun sucks” thing.
- The main spring is no longer appears to be proprietary, but I’ve not yet validated that.
- The manual states the Attila isn’t rated for +P. I don’t typically shoot +P, but that info is nice to know.
- I shot Blazer 124-gr thru the gun before remembering that Blazer does not recommend shooting the ammo through ported or comp’d guns. I didn’t see much crud in the comp, but I only shot maybe 90 rounds through it. [UPDATE: Yeah, there’s a decent amount of crud through the gun, but I’m unsure if it’s the Blazer or the Herter’s that left the crud – maybe both did?]
- The front iron has tritium. It is also a Glock-pattern sight.
- The gun doesn’t come with an optic cut cover, so if you aren’t an optics persion, you’ll be shooting the gun with a bare optic plate. That may bother some folks.
- The gun comes with with two MOS plates – One for RMR, which is already mounted on the gun, and one for RMSC, which comes in a ziplock bag.
- The comp is not threaded (good for those in states with laws that forbid threaded barrels).
- The OEM thumb safeties (they’re ambi) are 1911-patterned, which was not the case with the -S15. The back end of the -S15 has a wide beavertail area, which means the thumb safeties are, by necessity, proprietary – the tangs on the safeties are longer than a standard 1911’s. Working on a strong hunch, I was able to fit a 1911-pattern single sided safety to the Atilla. The new safety is a Wilson Combat part.
- The OEM ambi thumb safeties had a lot of play in them and I think the safeties weren’t installed properly from the factory. One side (right) was binding when trying to actuate the lever while the other side worked. I had to do a partial detail strip just to properly re-install the safeties.
- The Attila is using the same recoil spring assembly as the -S15. The -S15 can also use a Kimber 3″ Ultra RSA without issue (I’ve validated that).
- Trigger measures at 2 lb 15 oz (avg of 5 pulls).
- Fitment is good – there are no wide gaps or generally funky fitment.
- It fits the same holsters as the -S15.
- I’ve a 407C mounted to the gun – it mounts fine but I don’t trust the screws…they seem inadequate, but I’ve almost 300 rounds through the gun and the sight has not moved.
- The 407C will not cowitness with this gun’s irons.
- The rear irons are not mounted to the slide – they are integrated with (not dovetailed into) the optic plates, so you can’t change the rear iron sight.
- The grip texturing has improved – they’re more aggressive than what’s on the -S15 but not overly aggressive.
- The trigger guard is now square, which means I can use this gun with my other 2011 holsters.
- The -S15 is polished DLC, but there is no option for polished DLC with the Attila.