I remember when you used to say “fuck 1911s they are out of date, get a glock” then you got the Dan Wesson Specialist in 45. You put 10,000 rounds through it, and said if you had to carry one, that’d be it. Nice to see your perspective change with experience, not many people (myself included) actually shoot their guns but your review on your original DW specialist sold me on it and I bought it 3 years ago, It is one of my favorites. Thank you for your informed opinion on it.
Every single 1911 I’ve bought turned into a part project. By the time I reached the end I realized I could have bought a Wilson and been better off. By the time I realized that and had the energy to do something I used the funds to buy a scar 16. I see 2011s as the same thing. Want a reliable 45? Get a g21 or p220. Want a reliable 1911 or 2011? But 9mm? Buy once cry once or just give up and get one of the many “good” production 9mms and get good instead.
@@rurouniad You didn’t miss anything. Quite frankly unless you buy from Chen,Burton or Cabot, expect all marketing and no delivery. I waited the better part of my career to afford a custom 1911. That day came 2 years after placing the order. Sent back to nighthawk twice. Doesn’t run. I honestly don’t even want it anymore.
@@rurouniad I’d like to think unlucky meant that someone just made a mistake. This is deliberately not giving a rats ass. All I know is most of the reviewer Chanel’s nighthawks work just fine!
@@DaveJackalope yeah having it being sent back twice certainly makes me feel that way too. I had an Sig 1911 that went back 3x before I gave up. But for the price of a nighthawk. Yikes.
Someone in a diff comments section suggested the DW Specialist when i was talkin bout the things im not as crazy bout on the TRP. Gotta say im likin what i see with this gun. Would still prob get the 5" 45. Great review, the editor is the GOAT lol
Good to see a comprehensive long term review. I also own the Pointmaster....love it. Also got your boys workin' on an AK @ Meridian in KY. Would love to see an update on that AK! 😊😊😊
Bro always look so serious, and he mean it. Ive never seen anyone review a product more realistic way than this guy. You gotta shoot the shit out of it to know if its hold up. Love the contents. Btw if you have any chance to try and review the KAK BCG kspec down vented, id love to here your opinion.
Problem with 5” 1911’s working well in 9mm is that you basically gotta have someone who REALLY knows what they’re doing work on it from the ground-up to have that thing set up ready to go for problem-free set of a couple thousand rounds before regular maintenance kicks in. In my experience the 5” guns are better in every aspect to the 4” if done correctly. Pushing a production piece to 24K is an impressive feat nonetheless even though the expressed hiccups.
I’ve been looking at getting a 9 mm 1911 for a while and I feel like you’ve just saved me a bunch of money. At the end of the day I just want a gun that works and doesn’t need a whole lot of like what you described. I guess I’ll just stay with glock. It just works.
@@fivevs1 if you itch to spend money but worried you’ll get bored. Get a 19.5 MOS and a 47. You’ll have a 19,45,47,49 parts bin you can assemble into either 2 at any given time. TTI springs have a solid reputation if you are a trigger snob. Not sure 100% about the performance trigger long term but that’s an option too. I had ok luck with my performance trigger but went away from it because I struggle to shoot different triggers effectively at a match if more then 4 guns are involved.
Ok, watched it again. This time I could actually pay attention to the editor note. While also getting more out of this review. Additional comments - keep your editor - colt commander was a 9mm first. It isn’t just a 5 inch accidents - that being said every 45acp in 4-4.25 had to have work done just to be reliable. Where a 5 inch 45 1911 gun never gave me a problem once I found the bullets they liked. - there is no accident why so many new guns are 4-4.25 barrels and the “long slide” model is an afterthought - with the optic world we are entering, 5 inch guns have less to offer unless it is designed that way to begin with like a 1911 in 45. - sitting here after assembling my bed frame. I have to think if I were to recommend a 1911 for fighting it would be the Springfield semi custom professional, or basically 2.5-3k+ gun. It would be so expensive because you want it to run out of the box with minimal to no tweaks. - I suppose you could get a cheaper Springfield in 9mm like a prodigy. Especially if you like playing gunsmith. But I really can’t recommend that with a straight face. Because my own experience in 1911s ended with a “what am I doing” moment. - If all you ever did was buy a singular commander 9mm and be lucky enough to “get a good one” I suppose that could be a multi generational piece. But this is where the romance ends the second you want to be good with it. You’d quickly realize that this thing rusts, that it needs to run wet, that magazines are a frequent failure point and not readily available to get good ones. Basically you’ll find out why the design is “good enough to be okay 100+ years later” but never as reliable as wait for it “canik mete”.
Yeah, the round hitting the deck seems to only happen to me if I reload a nearly full mag after chambering. For single stack 9mm mags, MecGar has been good to me. Definitely prefers hotter ammo to cycle a govt slide reliably.
I enjoy your vids & your seriousness on what you do Sir I have a question why the word كافر in the Arabic language is tattooed on your left arm It means Infidel in the English language Respect
I have several 1911's and one 2011.....of the three chambered in 9mm, two of them have been a bit finicky and needed some extra love. The .45's and 10mm's have been as reliable as I am. The 2011 is chambered in 10mm and so far it's cycled around 1K rounds with two feeding failures in the first 100 rounds or so.
Chris, do you have any data on what temperatures sights powered by batteries become a liability or just a bad idea? Car batteries die during cold weather, and so im wondering how a watch/key fob battery in a rifle sight would do.
Got mine in .45 back before u did. It’s run with no issues with Wilson combat mags till about 700/800 rounds. Then slide tracks real slow. N I clean it. But yes they have some rust
9mm is a tough go in 5” 1911. I KNOW some companies can get them to run well such as this DW. Just kind of wonky retrofit operation because the whole design was meant for 45acp. If looking for similar 1911 controls in 9mm, the DWX is a no brainer.
Bad ass review man. Nice to hear from someone who’s not a paid promotion/sponsor. Also, when did you stop voice acting Hiccup from how to train your dragon?
idk maybe because the original 4 inch 1911 the Colt Commander was built around being in 9mm to compete in the 1949 us government pistol trials. so the gun was basically built around ssshooting 9mm in taht size well
Every Nighthawk or Wilson combat I’ve owned has ran. Never had a problem with them. 1911s that run cost a lot of money lol it’s an addiction and one must decide if it’s worth it to buy customs that will function 😂😂 $5000 will buy a lot of ammo 💁🏼😂
One of my friends has three Wilson Combat 1911s in 9mm (4.25” commander slides), and one of those has over 10K rounds through it with no issues…I bring that up to say that if you need to spend easily $3K+ to buy a 1911 that runs reliably, maybe we need to move on and admit that other platforms are superior.
I always thought that full-size is the way in .45 and commander-length in 9mm is the way. Yes, I do love 1911s, but I haven't fallen out of love with polymer whatevers either. They are beautiful but as many before me have said they're like Harleys and require a lot of TLC. I have a 5" Dan Wesson in .45. The biggest thing I worry about is the ramped barrel and that supposedly can be problematic in .45. I haven't seen it in mine (fingers crossed). In 9mm you *should* be OK.
I have a DW PM9 & is my second one. Yep i can confirm the mag situation sux & bullet creep is a thing but way less unlikely in my WC mags. Getting 11 rounds in the gun is a bitch, seating a full mag with closed chamber is a bitch. The first pm9 had bout 12-15 k rounds through it & i don't remember a malfunction once i got WC mags. My current PM9 has bout 2k rnds through it all flawless with WC mags & i have 1 Chip McCormick ( that is the one with the bullet creep). The first one I had an Aftec extractor that never failed!
Like for the like god! Comments for the comment throne! "I really like this gun, don't buy it". Dead🤣. I'm also probably one of like 5 dudes who genuinely *doesn't* like the 1911 grip angle though.
Not a fan of the stock extractor tbh. I had a vbob. Had a bad run of it at first but it was my only gun I regret selling. Should have had it cut for a dot. Glad you don’t drink the chambers custom koolaid
Reflecting all the time I ask you if I should buy an STI 1911 and you told me it would probably be so good until the wheels fell off and the answer is no. Then I proceeded not to take your advice blow $1400 and then basically trade it for two boxes of 556 and some 9mm. 🤦♂️
@@Regular_Guy_Training_LLC next video can be on the plethora of tools that you’re only going to use on 1911’s to be able to run them and the cost of that bs.
I still own 1911's that I purchased in the 1990's, mostly Colt Gold Cups and Mk IV. They have always been great guns, but I started buying Glocks in the mid-90's and stopped shooting the 1911's, many years ago I started on the M&P's. I just can't bring myself to jump on the 9mm 1911 pain in the a**, I want a gun that runs. People that talk all of the BS about their Stacato is as reliable as the Glock, M&P or Sig are just delusional and brainwashed by ignorance. If I decided the get a 9mm 1911, it would be a Fusion Firearms XP Pro or the Platypus to use G17 mags.
Lets be real, most people wont shoot nearly this much out of one pistol ever. For normal shooters that want a good 1911 in 9mm, this will work for them. If you want a gun to run the piss out of, get a glock, m&p, cz etc
I remember when you used to say “fuck 1911s they are out of date, get a glock” then you got the Dan Wesson Specialist in 45. You put 10,000 rounds through it, and said if you had to carry one, that’d be it. Nice to see your perspective change with experience, not many people (myself included) actually shoot their guns but your review on your original DW specialist sold me on it and I bought it 3 years ago, It is one of my favorites. Thank you for your informed opinion on it.
Always quality content from you, thanks for all you're doing 👊
Just trying to help is all
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This is a good wisdom.
Are you a clanker by chance?
@@michaelhansen9403 Listening to the updates right now actually. Lol
Don't care about 2011s, I'm just here for the Editor's Notes
It's fair to say most are
@@Regular_Guy_Training_LLCwish they were easier to read. Kinda gotta squint.
I see those and mind converts to how much ammo that could be sent down range with my other items.
Well, you’re in luck. It’s not a 2011.
Criminally underrated channel.
I appreciate that
Every single 1911 I’ve bought turned into a part project.
By the time I reached the end I realized I could have bought a Wilson and been better off.
By the time I realized that and had the energy to do something I used the funds to buy a scar 16.
I see 2011s as the same thing.
Want a reliable 45? Get a g21 or p220.
Want a reliable 1911 or 2011? But 9mm? Buy once cry once or just give up and get one of the many “good” production 9mms and get good instead.
@@rurouniad You didn’t miss anything. Quite frankly unless you buy from Chen,Burton or Cabot, expect all marketing and no delivery. I waited the better part of my career to afford a custom 1911. That day came 2 years after placing the order. Sent back to nighthawk twice. Doesn’t run. I honestly don’t even want it anymore.
@@DaveJackalope you have to be one of the most unluckiest persons alive!!!
Seriously I had a g19.4 that was ammo finicky.
@@rurouniad I’d like to think unlucky meant that someone just made a mistake. This is deliberately not giving a rats ass. All I know is most of the reviewer Chanel’s nighthawks work just fine!
@@DaveJackalope yeah having it being sent back twice certainly makes me feel that way too. I had an Sig 1911 that went back 3x before I gave up.
But for the price of a nighthawk. Yikes.
What plate and red dot are you using and where did you obtain them.
Someone in a diff comments section suggested the DW Specialist when i was talkin bout the things im not as crazy bout on the TRP. Gotta say im likin what i see with this gun. Would still prob get the 5" 45. Great review, the editor is the GOAT lol
Good to see a comprehensive long term review. I also own the Pointmaster....love it. Also got your boys workin' on an AK @ Meridian in KY. Would love to see an update on that AK! 😊😊😊
Totally agree that the recoil impulse of a 4" 9mm 1911 for me is so much better than a 5".
Bro always look so serious, and he mean it. Ive never seen anyone review a product more realistic way than this guy. You gotta shoot the shit out of it to know if its hold up. Love the contents.
Btw if you have any chance to try and review the KAK BCG kspec down vented, id love to here your opinion.
It may happen one day. Far as the content goes I'm glad to help
Problem with 5” 1911’s working well in 9mm is that you basically gotta have someone who REALLY knows what they’re doing work on it from the ground-up to have that thing set up ready to go for problem-free set of a couple thousand rounds before regular maintenance kicks in. In my experience the 5” guns are better in every aspect to the 4” if done correctly. Pushing a production piece to 24K is an impressive feat nonetheless even though the expressed hiccups.
I’ve been looking at getting a 9 mm 1911 for a while and I feel like you’ve just saved me a bunch of money. At the end of the day I just want a gun that works and doesn’t need a whole lot of like what you described. I guess I’ll just stay with glock. It just works.
@@fivevs1 if you itch to spend money but worried you’ll get bored.
Get a 19.5 MOS and a 47.
You’ll have a 19,45,47,49 parts bin you can assemble into either 2 at any given time.
TTI springs have a solid reputation if you are a trigger snob.
Not sure 100% about the performance trigger long term but that’s an option too. I had ok luck with my performance trigger but went away from it because I struggle to shoot different triggers effectively at a match if more then 4 guns are involved.
GIVIN THE ALGO THAT GOOD GAWKGAWKGAWK
Another great video!!!
Thanks man
Ok, watched it again. This time I could actually pay attention to the editor note. While also getting more out of this review.
Additional comments
- keep your editor
- colt commander was a 9mm first. It isn’t just a 5 inch accidents
- that being said every 45acp in 4-4.25 had to have work done just to be reliable. Where a 5 inch 45 1911 gun never gave me a problem once I found the bullets they liked.
- there is no accident why so many new guns are 4-4.25 barrels and the “long slide” model is an afterthought
- with the optic world we are entering, 5 inch guns have less to offer unless it is designed that way to begin with like a 1911 in 45.
- sitting here after assembling my bed frame. I have to think if I were to recommend a 1911 for fighting it would be the Springfield semi custom professional, or basically 2.5-3k+ gun. It would be so expensive because you want it to run out of the box with minimal to no tweaks.
- I suppose you could get a cheaper Springfield in 9mm like a prodigy. Especially if you like playing gunsmith. But I really can’t recommend that with a straight face. Because my own experience in 1911s ended with a “what am I doing” moment.
- If all you ever did was buy a singular commander 9mm and be lucky enough to “get a good one” I suppose that could be a multi generational piece. But this is where the romance ends the second you want to be good with it. You’d quickly realize that this thing rusts, that it needs to run wet, that magazines are a frequent failure point and not readily available to get good ones. Basically you’ll find out why the design is “good enough to be okay 100+ years later” but never as reliable as wait for it “canik mete”.
I want a Ed brown specialist something fierce however I can’t see myself dropping 3700 on one
Yeah, the round hitting the deck seems to only happen to me if I reload a nearly full mag after chambering. For single stack 9mm mags, MecGar has been good to me.
Definitely prefers hotter ammo to cycle a govt slide reliably.
What safariland holster are you running with the optic?
I enjoy your vids & your seriousness on what you do
Sir I have a question why the word كافر in the Arabic language is tattooed on your left arm
It means Infidel in the English language
Respect
It's what they called us war
@@Regular_Guy_Training_LLC now for the Muslims faith & Quran all the Jews & Christians are infidels
I've got a vigil and picked up a 4.25 specialist in part because of your review. They're both bullet hoses, you have to enjoy tinkering tho.
I have several 1911's and one 2011.....of the three chambered in 9mm, two of them have been a bit finicky and needed some extra love. The .45's and 10mm's have been as reliable as I am. The 2011 is chambered in 10mm and so far it's cycled around 1K rounds with two feeding failures in the first 100 rounds or so.
Chris, do you have any data on what temperatures sights powered by batteries become a liability or just a bad idea?
Car batteries die during cold weather, and so im wondering how a watch/key fob battery in a rifle sight would do.
Every major manufacturer has made this a non factor
Got mine in .45 back before u did. It’s run with no issues with Wilson combat mags till about 700/800 rounds. Then slide tracks real slow. N I clean it. But yes they have some rust
Is it drop safe?
9mm is a tough go in 5” 1911. I KNOW some companies can get them to run well such as this DW. Just kind of wonky retrofit operation because the whole design was meant for 45acp. If looking for similar 1911 controls in 9mm, the DWX is a no brainer.
Completely agree
Bad ass review man. Nice to hear from someone who’s not a paid promotion/sponsor. Also, when did you stop voice acting Hiccup from how to train your dragon?
idk maybe because the original 4 inch 1911 the Colt Commander was built around being in 9mm to compete in the 1949 us government pistol trials. so the gun was basically built around ssshooting 9mm in taht size well
Every Nighthawk or Wilson combat I’ve owned has ran. Never had a problem with them. 1911s that run cost a lot of money lol it’s an addiction and one must decide if it’s worth it to buy customs that will function 😂😂 $5000 will buy a lot of ammo 💁🏼😂
One of my friends has three Wilson Combat 1911s in 9mm (4.25” commander slides), and one of those has over 10K rounds through it with no issues…I bring that up to say that if you need to spend easily $3K+ to buy a 1911 that runs reliably, maybe we need to move on and admit that other platforms are superior.
I always thought that full-size is the way in .45 and commander-length in 9mm is the way. Yes, I do love 1911s, but I haven't fallen out of love with polymer whatevers either. They are beautiful but as many before me have said they're like Harleys and require a lot of TLC. I have a 5" Dan Wesson in .45. The biggest thing I worry about is the ramped barrel and that supposedly can be problematic in .45. I haven't seen it in mine (fingers crossed). In 9mm you *should* be OK.
.45 moe betta, but always good to see 1911 stuff getting content
I have a DW PM9 & is my second one. Yep i can confirm the mag situation sux & bullet creep is a thing but way less unlikely in my WC mags. Getting 11 rounds in the gun is a bitch, seating a full mag with closed chamber is a bitch. The first pm9 had bout 12-15 k rounds through it & i don't remember a malfunction once i got WC mags. My current PM9 has bout 2k rnds through it all flawless with WC mags & i have 1 Chip McCormick ( that is the one with the bullet creep). The first one I had an Aftec extractor that never failed!
Like for the like god! Comments for the comment throne! "I really like this gun, don't buy it". Dead🤣. I'm also probably one of like 5 dudes who genuinely *doesn't* like the 1911 grip angle though.
Alpha Foxtrot s15 would be be interesting review
I came here thinking it was a .45, glad he didn’t spend a million dollars on ammo.
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Not a fan of the stock extractor tbh. I had a vbob. Had a bad run of it at first but it was my only gun I regret selling. Should have had it cut for a dot. Glad you don’t drink the chambers custom koolaid
Eezox protects against rust among the very best and leaves the nicest finish.
Reflecting all the time I ask you if I should buy an STI 1911 and you told me it would probably be so good until the wheels fell off and the answer is no. Then I proceeded not to take your advice blow $1400 and then basically trade it for two boxes of 556 and some 9mm. 🤦♂️
I FuCkInG TOLD YOU lol
@@Regular_Guy_Training_LLC next video can be on the plethora of tools that you’re only going to use on 1911’s to be able to run them and the cost of that bs.
Yea I was wondering about this gun
I still own 1911's that I purchased in the 1990's, mostly Colt Gold Cups and Mk IV. They have always been great guns, but I started buying Glocks in the mid-90's and stopped shooting the 1911's, many years ago I started on the M&P's. I just can't bring myself to jump on the 9mm 1911 pain in the a**, I want a gun that runs. People that talk all of the BS about their Stacato is as reliable as the Glock, M&P or Sig are just delusional and brainwashed by ignorance. If I decided the get a 9mm 1911, it would be a Fusion Firearms XP Pro or the Platypus to use G17 mags.
Alchemy custom weaponry .45 full-size 5000 rounds no issues!! Stop with 9mm 1911 lol
Three ads……..???????????
I don't place em I just permit them lol
@@Regular_Guy_Training_LLC I know you also gotta get your money I’ve just never experienced 3 ads back to back before a video.
@@StrideResearch damn, that's actually pretty nuts
@@Regular_Guy_Training_LLCJust the new normal on YT
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24,000 rounds….dont you know all you need is 500-1000 before making money off a video??
Crazy
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Du solltest einen Snickers essen.
Please, in English, tell me why you have this opinion.
I have a DW Vigil CCO and its amazing
Lets be real, most people wont shoot nearly this much out of one pistol ever. For normal shooters that want a good 1911 in 9mm, this will work for them. If you want a gun to run the piss out of, get a glock, m&p, cz etc