Posted: 2/17/2005 9:09:56 AM EDT
| I hadn't considered the DW until I read a bit on them today. I like the looks of their "pointman major" with the fixed sights. I had been considering a SS Springfield Loaded also, or a Kimber up until now. How does the DW compare to these two? Forged frame and slide? Looks like they have a lifetime warranty like the Springfield so that's good. How about accuracy, anyone shot one of them? |
| Yeah I've shot a Pointman Duce and my friend owns one. They are super tough and Super well made. You can't beat them for the price, hands down. Springfield are a little bit higher and Kimber a bit higher yet. But when you are talking about $500 or $600 the DW is the gun to get for 1911's. I am going to build my own here pretty soon and I plan on getting a DW slide. |
Haven't heard anything bad about the DW's. |
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I own three Springfields so I'm biased. As for a Dan Wesson lifetime warranty, they've been in & out of business several times thru their incarnations, IIRC. A lifetime warranty won't do shit if their doors are locked, IMO. I'd ignore the warranty aspect & simply buy it on its merits, IMO. Good luck! |
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I have a Dan Wesson Pointman Major Stainless.. their PM1-S model.. Ribbed slide with Revolver style adjustable rear sights. $589 out the door when I bought it last year... and its hands down the best 1911 I've owned to date. I currently own a Kimber & a SA... both are good guns... the Kimber cost much much more.. and when you tear them down, and do a side by side comparison... the DW gun inside & out has much more "effort" put into it. Accuracy wise... the gun has more accuracy than most folks can get out of it. Its list of features.. and what it does on the range, if you didn't know better, would make you think it was a $1000+ gun. You wont regret a DW.... |
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I took a close look at a DW .45 the other day. That thing was nice. It was head and shoulders above the Springfields in the same price range, and was even nicer than some Kimbers I've seen. It was a good solid fit gun and the attention paid to the details was far more than I'm used to seeing in the mid $500 price range. |
No matter what some of the antique gun "experts" here will tell you it IS the "effort" that is put into a 1911 at the factory tunning and fitting the parts that makes for a good 1911. This "effort" is the reason behind the good out of the box reliability and performance of the majority of the DW 1911 pistols. |
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Exactly.... I still remember the feeling of amazment the first time I stripped down my Dan Wesson for cleaning... every part, every surface, inside, where they are not eye visible.. finished with care. compared to other 1911's that cost more.. like my Kimber Ultra Carry II... the Dan Wesson was heads above in fit & finish. Reliability.. no jams yet.. 2,000+ rounds thru it to date... and accuracy that just blows you away everytime you shoot it. In a word.. a "joy" to own. for $589?? heheheh.... who woulda thunk it possible?hen True.. it may not be... but it makes a huge impression on the buyer... when a gun $200 less in price, has the little things seen too that normally dont get noticed. |
you've guys have all but got me talked into a Dan Wesson, now, where can I get a pointman series for the prices that have been mentioned? |
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Dan Wesson it looks like the Patriot series has them. Is there a benifit to an external extractor as opposed an internal? |
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Patriot series has an external extractor... Pointman series is more tradition with an internal extractor... I suppose you would have less reliability issues with an external extractor... as one of the first things "tweaked" on box stock 1911's was the extractor. However... the Dan Wessons that I own, and have fired, have the internal extractor, and operate fine. As do my other higher quality 1911's from Kimber & SA. In other words.. if the factory gets it right, and puts in the effort.. the internal extractor is perfectly fine. The external one is fine too.. just another "evolution" in the 1911 design.... |
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I have four of these on order for our store. This is a discontinued model called the Panther. This will be my first 1911   Features new external extractor., Chip McCormick beavertail, commander hammer, newly tooled frme and forged conventional round top slide. Fixed rear sight. Bead blasted matte frame, slide top matte slide side polished. Adjustable skeletonized trigger. Comes with fired case. |
