 I'm TFG and I own the Bull Armory TAC 4.25. I'm Ryder's Range and I've got the Cicado P. Nothing beats the Cicado P. Hey there friends, thanks for checking in. This is my Bull Armory SAS 2 TAC 4.25. I've only owned it for about two and a half weeks but I have fallen in love with it. Love the polymer grip, has a great feel to it, a gritty texturing, nice main spring housing and front strap, a flared magwell. It has an aluminum frame, four and a quarter inch barrel, full length guide rod, deep cut slide serrations. They all come optic ready. I have a Hollison 507C on there, taller sights which will allow a nice co-witness and lightening cuts in the slide. It has 18 round magazines which is very nice and a trigger that is sub two pounds. It's a beautiful trigger. I think it looks super cool with the cutouts in there but also that 1911 trigger is just amazing. You can take a look at it right there. Ambidextrous thumb safety comes with a great carry case, patch tools and so much in the case and an MSRP of $1,760. Yeah, I love it. It shoots great. It's been extremely reliable and it handles so well. The Staccato P, man, I bought this a couple of years ago and I love this gun, I love Staccato's in general. The P, this is actually an older generation. The new one's changed the texture a little bit but like so many of the 2011's, it's a hybrid grip module. It's got an aluminum frame with a polymer grip module and steel rails in it. A fairly aggressive pattern type texture. It's not really checkered or anything but it gives a good solid grip even with wet hands on it. Of course, typical grip safety, a polymer face trigger. This thing breaks at right around two pounds. It's a duty guy. If I was still working in uniform, I'd be carrying this. Really aggressive serrations front and back, easier to do a press check. Got just a one-slot rail on it which is kind of typical of the 1911 or 2011's. Ambidextrous safety. This does come as an optic ready version however you got to buy the optic plates from I think Dawson Precision sells them. The nice thing about the Staccato P is it's cut for the Lupo Delta Point Pro. So you don't have to have a plate. It's a direct mount on it and the Delta Point Pro actually comes with an optional rear sight. Fiber optic front sight, a very slight reverse crown or target crown of the barrel. Man, this gun drills everything. I love it. Oh, aluminum mag well too. For a duty gun, you can't beat it. Here is Ryder's Staccato P. I've shot this before, I've enjoyed it. It also handles very well. Extremely accurate shooting handgun. 17 round mags. Am I gonna love it more than the bull? I don't know, but let's take a few shots. I'll admit that I like bullarmory product. I never tried the double stack. I never had a reason to. I like my Staccato. But since the firearm guy was so kind enough to stop out here today, I had to try the Tac 4.25. Let's just see how it'll work here on the plates. Am I gonna convert to my Staccato P? I don't know, he's gotta convince me. Here we have the Staccato P on the right, the Tac 4.25 on the left. The Staccato has an NSRP right around $2,500. So it's much more expensive than the Bullarmory Tac 4.25 here. We're looking at $1,730. So we're looking at over $700 more for the Staccato. Is it worth it? Let's take a look at these. Now, this has a 4.25 inch barrel. You'll notice some rain, we're outside here. And then this has a 4.4 inch barrel. The barrel length is essentially the same. As we mentioned, the grip is a little thicker with the Staccato P. I feel just to be a hair thinner there. The texturing's a little bit different, but Ryder told me that Staccato's now making a more gritty texture, such as the Tac 4.25. And here we're looking at the back, not a lot to say there. No, this is a loophole site, rear site here. But both are serrated black. This has a fiber optic front site. This is a black site that is serrated. Both have an extra safeties. I think the slide serrations are a bit deeper cut with the Tac 4.25 compared to the Staccato P. Both have bull barrels. So I left the action open. We'll take a look at this. A little bit of a reverse crown on the right with the Staccato P. And not so much with the Tac 4.25. The plate that needs to be ordered that Ryder talked about is an additional cost above and beyond that 2,500 as where Bull has this plate already installed for an RMR footprint. That's why I have the Hollison 507C on there. So it was so easy just to mount that for the original cost of the pistol. The triggers, both are great, both sub two pounds, but here we have that trigger with the Bull is so nice with the reset right there. I like the way it's cut there. And then the Staccato is nice too. But I don't know, I think I like the Bull just a little bit better. Maybe I'm biased here, but I think I like the Bull a little bit better. That's nice though. I have to say that's nice. See on the 1911, 2011, both very nice triggers. The Staccato has a 17 round mag Bull is able to keep the same size mag and use a 18 round mag. So that is certainly a benefit in favor of the Bull TAC four and a quarter. If I'm a guy mentioned all the specs on it, but you know, I've been a Staccato guy going from well way back when the C first came out. I've got three Staccatos, I really do like them. The fact that this has the Dawson tool list guide rod makes it real easy to take down the gun. One complaint I have about those much as I love Staccatos is the optics. It doesn't come with any optics plates at all. The, it's $50 to get the kit to mount the Lupo Delta Point Pro directly to the gun. It's about $160 to get any other plate that you want that's optics specific. Not real fan of that. But on the other hand, I still like my Staccato. I think I mentioned that this has a single rail on it, whereas the Bull has a pick rail. A couple of other things that again, firearm guy mentioned some of the specifics. The SAS-2 is a little bit lighter. This is a steel frame Staccato P. Now they do make this also an aluminum frame, which gets it down closer to the same weight. But big turn off on that is going to be the price. Wow, it's really hard to beat this. Now if I'd never bought a Staccato, would I be looking at the Bull? I have to say with my experience with Bull 1911s. Yeah, I, as I said at the beginning, he's full of Bull. Well, that's not true. The Bull is actually quite full of features and I like it. Both have very light recoil springs. The Bull is a 11 pound recoil spring and it feels like the Staccato P is the same. The Bull has cutouts in the slide and the philosophy there is to take that weight off of the slide, which would account for the addition of the optic. And so that makes it really nice. You don't have to change it out. The Staccato does not have a cutout or anything, but it does have an extended magazine release and we'll see the same thing with the Bull. Both very nice. The fit and finish on both of these is first class. There's no doubt about that. Both shoot incredibly well. Both very nice handguns. The advantage with the TAC-4 in a quarter, you're getting a lesser cost, especially with the MSRP by a lot. It also has the optic plate included, as I mentioned, cut for an RMR and 18 round magazines. The Staccato has advantage too. It is made in America. It comes with 217 and 120 round mags, so you get an additional mag with the Staccato and it's a great shooting handgun. People, I have to believe, are gonna say, well, I like the Staccato because it's out and it's available more. Other people have told me they want to get their hands on this or having trouble locating it. This is the most popular gun that Bull Armory produces by far and for good reason. This thing is amazing. I have not been convinced today that I would trade in the Bull TAC in a four and a quarter for the Staccato P. I would choose the TAC-4 in a quarter. I just think it's phenomenal. I like everything about it. This is a great handgun. Let's get Ryder's thoughts. I've got to agree. If I didn't already have the Staccato, this checks all the boxes really, except for the fact that, as the fire guy mentioned, not made in America, but other than that, it checks all the boxes. It's every bit as accurate. It's as reliable. It's as easy to shoot. It's a little bit lighter and it's a little bit lighter on the wallet. What's not to like about that? Okay, am I convinced? Am I gonna sell my Staccato P and buy a Bull? Oh, probably not. Does that mean that I'm gonna be looking for a Bull? I just may be. I think I may be convinced. Well, I always appreciate making my way out to Ryder's range. He has a great range here. Phenomenal shooter. I learned a lot from this guy. I certainly enjoyed comparing these two handguns. We both made our decisions. What we really wanna know is what you think and why don't you tell us a little bit about what you have going on? Yeah, I've got a whole bunch of stuff coming up on Ryder's range. Just picked up another Kimber KDS-9. I have borrowed the H&K USB expert from the firearm guy and I'm no expert, but so far I'm having fun with a gun. Yes, you are. I'm having a good time out here with, I got some stuff in the can that we're still working on, but it was just a great opportunity to work with a firearm guy out here on my range and look at a gun that I have never shot before and I'm glad I did. That is a really, really nice gun. And as I said, checks all the boxes. And you got an opportunity to join the Ryder's range YouTube channel. We sure appreciate it. Yeah, for sure. Been a pleasure. Pleasure's mine. 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