If I got a 2020 version Staccato P what would you say the likelihood of me getting a 100% functional gun is?
I just know so little - I literally don't even know what I don't know about 1911s.
People talking about Wilson, Ed Brown, Nighthawk. These names might as well be gibberish.
Last edited by Eurodriver; 08-09-20 at 11:55.
What about the WC EDC X9?
Last edited by Eurodriver; 08-09-20 at 14:32.
If you're thinking EDC X9, yeah that's the one I meant, it's here: https://www.wilsoncombat.com/edc-x9/
1911 goodness and trigger, but in a modernized, hi-cap design that sort of improves on the errr, quirks in the original design (heresy, I know). For example: no grip safety. About the size of a G19. And immediately available.
The Wilson EDC-X9, should be high on your list. Phenomenal guns for sure.
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In short, I’d buy a Wilson Combat and be done with it.
I had the Stacatto-P bug until a VERY well known firearms instructor purchased one and reported that they don’t run hollow points with the larger capacity magazines. I was bummed.
I see a Wilson Combat 1911 9MM with that same instructor’s signature on the slide in the near future.
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Assuming you plan to carry this and not use just for comps or range toy, if buying today, personally I'd get one of these three options. All of which are production guns and available.
1. One of the aluminum-framed Dan Wesson commander models I listed above. The TCP if you want a rail.
2. The EDC X9, if you want to slightly depart from the standard 1911 design and get a few modern updates, plus 15rd mags.
3. A Wilson Combat or Cylinder & Slide aluminum-framed LW 9mm. Like this one, or this one. The last is probably what I'd personally get, if I didn't already have my steel-framed C&S commander.
ETA: For what it's worth Euro, was looking at a recent email from John Harrison (one of the leading 1911 custom gunsmiths with a backlog going out 5 years). I had asked his opinion of quality LW 1911 commanders, he said: "I have a Wilson Combat Hackathorn Special (Ken is a buddy) in the LW Commander format in 9mm and I like it a lot. It’s been a flawless performer." So that's a pretty good endorsement of the LW Wilson commanders.
Last edited by maximus83; 08-09-20 at 17:01.
Wilson combat and be done with it. They are amazing weapons. This is from a wc but in 45acp at 25 yards 5 shots. That gun just flat runs.
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