Century Arms Launches Centurion 11 TAC Optics-Ready .45 ACP 1911 at $499.99 MSRP

Century Arms has launched the Centurion 11 TAC, an optics-ready, railed version of its Centurion 11 1911 in .45 ACP, and the maker’s product page lists it at an MSRP of $499.99 under SKU HG8680-N with a back-in-stock notification button in place of dealer stock on Nov. 12, 2026.

Century’s launch release, carried in full by Shooting News Weekly on Nov. 12, says the pistol is available now through Century Arms dealers nationwide. “The Centurion 11 TAC was developed for shooters who appreciate the legacy of the 1911 but want the advantages of modern handgun technology,” the release quotes the company as saying.

The TAC keeps the full-size steel frame and single-action trigger of the original Centurion 11, a GI-style 1911 built for Century in Turkey, and adds an RMSc-cut optics-ready slide, a Novak front sight with a co-witness rear sight and an integrated 1913 Picatinny rail for lights and lasers. Shooting News Weekly’s writer, who handled the gun at a Century media event in Florida in October, also lists an ambidextrous safety, a beavertail grip safety, a skeletonized hammer and trigger, slide serrations and front-strap checkering, and puts the MSRP at a rounded $499.

The product page lists an overall length of 6.44 inches, which is shorter than the 5-inch barrel alone would allow on a full-size 1911 and reads as a listing error, and the figure is carried here as the page states it. Century’s product page and release give no ship date beyond the nationwide dealer availability stated on Nov. 12, 2026.