How ordering works: This is made-to-order, customizing a build we already have in the Nighthawk queue (shortening the 2-3 year wait time). Reserve your spot with a $500 non-refundable deposit, or pay the base price in full (and upgrades upon completion). Customize your pistol above — any upgrade cost is added to your balance, which we confirm with you before the gun ships.

Estimated lead time: 14–18 months.

Not sure what upgrades? Here's how we usually spec this out: Most keep it classic; add a tritium or fiber-optic front sight and ambi safety.

The Nighthawk Custom Single Stack Sand Hawk is our softest-shooting 1911 ever. Legal in 48 states, compensated, and available in 9mm, 10mm, and .45 ACP, this innovative addition to the Sand Hawk line takes everything that has made our double-stack Sand Hawk such a success and delivers it in a slim, steel-framed, single-stack design.

Featuring a square trigger guard, dimpled front strap and rear mainspring housing, and a full-length recon rail that sits flush with an integrated compensator, the Single Stack Sand Hawk’s steel frame is unlike any other in the Nighthawk lineup. The steel frame adds 5 oz. compared to the aluminum-gripped double-stack Sand Hawk, making it even softer-shooting than its double-stack sibling.

Standard features

• Tan Cerakote finish
• All Fully Machined parts
• Government frame and 5" barrel
• Hand fit frame and slide
• Hand fit match grade barrel
• Throated barrel
• Polished feed ramp
• Integrated compensator
• Wide cocking serrations
• Hand blended grip safety
• Heinie Ledge Black rear sight
• 14k Solid gold bead front sight
• Custom Railscales grips
• Tuned and polished extractor
• Hand fit firing pin stop
• Lightweight aluminum Nighthawk Custom flat trigger
• Hand polished ignition components
• Custom trigger job set with 3.5 to 3.75 pound trigger
• Completely dehorned for comfortable carry
• Hand beveled edges
• Ultra Hi-Cut Front Strap
• Includes two 10-round magazines