Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Handguns Looks like Dan Wesson is finally getting off their backsides...

The LONG awaited DWX is apparently on it's way to production, FINALLY. I know several folks have been waiting on it with bated breath. More or less a mixture of 1911 and CZ-75, melded together. It's been several years since it was announced, only to be put on the back burner time and again.

Make mine a compact, no rail. 9 or 40, I don't care.....

Me too, but there should be plenty of room for a rail, even on a compact version.

I hadn’t heard anything about it. At first glance it looks well made and a lot like a toned down CZ parrot.

I won't put a light or laser on it, hence not wanting the boxy frigging rail. Much rather have an optic cut....

An optic cut would seem like a no brainer. It obviously wasn’t built with old school lines in mind.

Seems like a miss to release without an optics options.

Could give the 2011s a run for their money.

Mmmm….I’d consider it if they could enlarge the dust cover and rail a bit more.

Looks like a nice handgun; two or three variations would be nice.

Did they mention MSRP? I didn’t catch it.

They mentioned it. A bit over two grand, as I recall.

Agreed. No optics cut is a total whiff.

But...maybe there will be an optics-cut version as well, and it just wasn't in the video.

Was at the local Scheels last night and they had a DWX in the display. 9mm and $2,099 price tag.

Friggin 9mm....

Colonel Jeff Cooper envisioned essentially that gun in 10mm, i.e., the Bren Ten.



He would have liked the Dan Wesson even better, I think, due to the 1911 pattern slide and trigger.

nice looking gun

Seems like a perfect candidate for a 10mm.

That's what I thought when they first announced it.

Kind of off topic, but has anyone heard anything solid about the CZ/Colt merger?

Another take on it, he's a bit more thoughtful than the other I posted above.

I’ve heard the compact model will be optics ready and later on the full size will be made available. I was really interested in one at $1700 when they were first announced but not at $2100 as is.

My DW 1911’s have been my favorite so far, the CZ shadow was on my radar a few times. This when done right (compact with optic cut) will be interesting.

As for the CZ/Colt merger, the little bit of stuff I’ve seen so far has been of the same high quality that Colt AR’s have been for the past 10-15 years.