Taran Tactical Combat Master 2011

Introduction

Since the introduction of John Browning’s Model 1911 pistol, countless others have copied and borrowed from it. Today’s subject is yet another one of those designs, today we are looking at the Taran Tactical Combat Master 2011 9mm pistol. The Combat Master is a 2011 style pistol, which dumped the single-stack 45ACP cartridge and magazines. In their place you can find double-stack 9mm cartridges. Adding both capacity and performance seems to be the norm with 2011 pistols.

This Combat Master was manufactured by a well known 2011 custom shop STI, who you probably know better as Staccato. I’ve played with a few of them, as well as other pistols. So today I am happy to get a full grip on this pistol and share it with you.

2011 Pistols

The success of the 1911 design is legendary, and regardless of whether you like it or not the design appears to continue. 2011 pistols take many of the greatest features of its predecessor, and bring more modern features. The main feature is double-stack magazines, which are typically for 9mm or 38 Super cartridges. With magazines like that, carrying twenty-plus cartridges in the magazine isn’t such a challenge.

Most 2011 pistols still use many of the same features from the 1911, such as the single-action trigger, safety mechanisms, etc. Excellent triggers, and ideal grip angles and all sorts of other advantages have also been mirrored in these pistols.