Opinions on ATI 1911 .45 ACP

I have one and love it. Look at Grabagun in Coppell, thats where i got mine a few months ago. Their prices are pretty good.

I do carry mine. I have over 1000 rounds through her and not one hicup. Well made and very reliable, accurate I cant say enough great things about it.

The only really negative thing I can say is the GI hammer does start to bite me after 250+ rounds in a single session. But then again all 1911's with GI hammers have done the same to me. Not so much the normal bite, but it rubs the webbing on my hand raw after a while. I wear a shooting glove, problem solved But that is a very very nit picky thing. I'd have that with any standard GI hammer.

I'd highly recommend one!

Since you are local, if you want to shoot one sometime, let me know and you can shoot mine if you want.

I've got the Commander size "GI" model. First one I got shot low. ATI replaced it and the new one is flawless.
Read a number of reviews about the commander size shooting low. Hickok45 got one that shot low too.The full
size "Military" model doesn't seem to have this problem.

I'm a machinist. Overall I am VERY impressed with the build quality and machine work of this gun especially for the
price. Mine has very few tool mark. Slide is extremely smooth when racking. Trigger leaves a little to be
desired but that is easily fixable and I'll do it when I think it's keeping me from shooting better. I'll replace the sights
at some point too I'm not in a hurry though.

Get it. You'll like it.

All the Best,
D. White

I'd like to hear about Happy Tom's unhappy experience.
I have four Rocks and have had to send two back for small problems and found them to be very professional.

My son has one which is highly modified and had to go back. I told him they may make the gun "stock" again for lawyers sake. I was dead wrong. They found the problem with his gun, which was one of the modifications done by a local smith and they fixed it... and modified the gun further, at my son's expense, but I thought it was cool of them to do it.

As far as ATI goes, I've heard nothing but good things about them. People not accustomed to the 1911 probably aren't aware of some of the problems with an officer sized gun.
The 1911 was designed to be 5". (in case you're not aware, size decreases by 3/4") Full size, Commander, Officer) When they first started making Commanders, they had problems and when they decreased the size to the Officer, they encountered more problems. I'm quite sure this will be worked out if it already hasn't.
Full sized and Commanders take the same mag. The Officer model has it's own, smaller mag.

As with most semi auto pistols, the first place to look with problems is the magazine...especially so with a 1911. Buy quality mags(not necessarily expensive)and you'll be good to go.
I would like to say I have an older Officers sized High Standard(built by Rock)and it is flawless.

Go head, let us spend your money, buy the gun!

I have 2 ATI 1911 and 2 Rock island 1911, also a Citadel 1911 (in that weird caliber).
the one ATI is a GI model but it does have upgraded sights on it, as in Mil spec (they have dots and are a bit larger) than the G I sights.
al of these have been good weapons for me, the rock island tactical II is a 600 dollar weapon in 10 MM, the other rock is a 1911 tac model in 45acp.
the ATI are both 1911 and 45 acp.
the only problem that I have had with either is that the 10 MM Rock ate the reverse recoil spring bushing, not a problem cheap and ordered from Armscor, the Rock GI model I wasn't happy with the trigger so smoothed it up, likely would have been fine for most but I didn't like it a lot.
I have a little ATI Titan that's a jewel and very accurate, its a Defender size 1911 in 45.
The Citadel is one sweet lil inexpensive 1911, enough said on that one.
I think any of the 3 companies that I mentioned would do well for you.

I have the ATI Commander 1911. The ejector broke the first month and ATI fixed it within two weeks and I had it back. Never a problem since. The part had a cavity which was a weak point and caused it to break.

But I have carried it every day for the past 3 years since then and recently switched to carrying my Springfield XDS9.

The 1911 runs great and is accurate. Fit and finish is good but some of the controls are very sharp and have very hard edges. The thumb safety and slide release were both very sharp.

I took a file and sandpaper and smoothed out all the hot spots and rounded off the front of the slide so it didn't dig into the leather while holstering. It was so sharp it ripped my Alien Gear 2.0 skin. AG promptly mailed me a new one.

The ATI is my weekend or heavy duty carry gun when I want to feel more armed than with a 9mm.