Forgive Me Bawana for I have sinned Again

[Southerngunner]

I know this is a Kahr forum but "My name is Terry and I'm addicted to 1911s" I have had a hankerin' for a lightweight 9mm for a few years but I haven't found one that made me jump until this one showed up. It is a Dan Wesson ECO in 9mm it weigh 25 oz. and this little beauty is SMOOTH. The trigger is typical D.W. and breaks at 4 1/2 pounds and I would not want it any lighter for a CCW. I shot 250 plus rounds the other day and to say I'm pleased is an understatement. I plan on putting another three or four hundred round through it before it gets rotated into a CCW piece.
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[Bawanna]

Beautiful gun and you need not seek any forgiveness from thee. I'm a devout 1911 and Dan Wesson guy myself.

I don't have a lot of use for 9mm but there's a place for it in the over all scheme of things.

Dan Wesson make a really fine gun and I suspect you paid dearly for that but that's not a bad thing.

Say 5 Hail Mary's and 5 Our Fathers, god loves you and forgives you.

Wish you was closer, I'd love to hold that thing, bet it's beyond awesome.

[Southerngunner]

I understand what you mean about the 9mm as I have always been a 45 type of guy and I have no plans on giving them up. In fact this same gun comes in 45 acp as well, who knows the big brother may be a future quest
About 7 years ago I found a Colt lightweight commander in 9mm and bought it but when I took it out to try it out it went full auto so I returned it to the shop and they refunded my money and said they didn't want to deal with the repairs because it was a consignment gun. I have been wanting a 9mm 1911 ever since. Fast forward to last week ,I called the dealer that I bought my C-Bob from and asked about the ECO. He hadn't seen one either so he ordered one so I could check it out. As soon as I laid my hands on it I knew I was in trouble. I had been looking at a Kimber Aegis Ultra but my shooting buddy bought that one. I have shot both pistols side by side and I am really glad that I passed on the Kimber, it's not a bad pistol by any means but the DW is much smoother and not ammo sensitive at all.
If you ever get out to Western Az. let me know and we can burn up some powder and use up some lead.

[Bawanna]

C Bob's rock! There's one on my belt nearly every day.

[b4uqzme]

Beautiful pistol there SG. And I've always had a thing for them flat top slides too. Well done. I'm sure you will love it.

[RRP]

It's certainly a looker. Very nice.

How was reliability during the first range visit?

[jocko]

I know this is a Kahr forum but "My name is Terry and I'm addicted to 1911s" I have had a hankerin' for a lightweight 9mm for a few years but I haven't found one that made me jump until this one showed up. It is a Dan Wesson ECO in 9mm it weigh 25 oz. and this little beauty is SMOOTH. The trigger is typical D.W. and breaks at 4 1/2 pounds and I would not want it any lighter for a CCW. I shot 250 plus rounds the other day and to say I'm pleased is an understatement. I plan on putting another three or four hundred round through it before it gets rotated into a CCW piece.
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exactly what I have been sayaing for years, 1911's are beautiful guns, they make great table decorations and IMO that is about all..

[yqtszhj]

exactly what I have been sayaing for years, 1911's are beautiful guns, they make great table decorations and IMO that is about all..

[Barth]

Never owned a 1911.
That's an itch I need to scratch...

[Southerngunner]

It's certainly a looker. Very nice.


How was reliability during the first range visit?

Thanks, I was very impressed considering how tightly this pistol is fit, I was expecting a few problems during break in but in over 250 rounds there was only 1 FTRB at round number 87 and a couple drops of oil on the slide and barrel took care of the issue. I was shooting 125 gr.FMJ and a variety of lead reloads that consisted of 105 grain SWC and 125 gr.TC without another bobble at all . I will run another 300 or 400 rounds through it before I start to use it for a CCW piece. The trigger breaks a 4 1/2 pounds and the straight 8 night sights are yellow in the rear and green up front. It came with 2 metalform mags that functioned perfectly as well.