Wilson Combat

Now, look, I still tell people to watch some hackathorn videos.

They've got on a Wilson Combat YouTube channel, they've got a a specific subsection called Master Class.

And it's drills.

And Hackathorn does them pretty well, but he's very good at relaying the fundamentals.

Well, yeah, you buy a $700 1911, and for another $700, the guy will make it as good as a $3,500

Wilson Combat.

Mm-hmm.

So I'm wondering if that's opened up some kind of...

One of these days, I've always dreamed of spending $4,000 on a 1911 and it's just like an old one.

It's just like, not like a Wilson Combat or a Nighthawk.

It's just like an antique that somebody fixed.

Yeah.

Uh- They're both in .338, but different .338s.

The first one, knowing how much you like Wilson Combat, is the Wilson Combat Recon Tactical in .338 Federal.

It's an AR-style rifle in a .338 basically short magnum.

And the other one is the, uh, the Soard Defense Systems Mk18 SA-ASR in .338 Lapua, which is a side-charging AR-style rifle in .338 Lapua.

We're not getting into other stuff that these people have, 'cause I know like CZ has shotguns.

And Wilson Combat has rifles, right? So we went with primarily pistol companies and-

Uh

... or the biggest thing we shoot is their pistols.

So we've got 16 options.

Now, before we can continue, number 16 is a write-in, and D, I'd like to give you the opportunity to weigh in on what you think number 16 should be, since you can see the list there.

But if anyone is on the, uh, Live and wants to put in their submissions, uh, we've got already Glock, Beretta, Kimber, Bull Armory, Staccato, Wilson Combat, Atlas Gunworks, Smith & Wesson, Shadow Systems, Walther, Canik, CZ, Springfield Armory, TSaus, and SIG Sauer.

So is there one that I did not mention? I know some of our friends would say, put a specific manufacturer that they shoot, but it's maybe something we haven't shot.

When I was younger, it would sure have been a scout rifle because I was probably, my mind was more in tune with the post-apocalyptic world and that kind of thing.

I have a Nula rifle from Wilson Combat now and .25 Creedmoor that is just so sweet.

It's so light, so sweet, shoots so good.

And if I don't leave West Virginia, it'll do everything in the world I ever needed to do.

Now, in practical terms, the thing that makes a Nula not a scout rifle, for the most part, is probably its link to and or the fact that it doesn't have the forward mounted scope set up unless you put one on it, right?

Well, specifically when Melvin Forbes was making them.

When Wilson Combat took over, Bill Wilson wanted to make that rifle a little more appealing to the average shooter.

So he started making them with shorter barrels that are threaded.

Get more freedom seeds to feed it.

Well, I, uh, I actually have the stainless Wilson Combat 10-round mag, so it sticks out like RoboCop's.

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You know, it sticks out like that, so it looks bulky.

Big Glock guy, which is no surprise based on the Glock accessories from Tango Down that I've been doing.

The Glock sights that I did with Wilson Combat.

The limited edition Glocks I did with Lipsy.

So there's no surprise there.

I'm glad you brought that up because we got to talk about this.

A 1911 would be in the mix because there's times when I'm teaching a 1911 operators class and that's what I got to run.

My favorite 1911, and I know there's going to be a lot of people here that are going to cringe, is a 9mm lightweight commander from Wilson Combat.

That's my all-time favorite.

I, I think that's outside of our realm of what we'd be comfortable with, honestly.

Yeah, we did do a, um, for those that have been part of our history, we have reviewed a Wilson Combat, uh, EDC X9.

And, um, like J- Josh said, we're gonna be honest with you guys.

I know we're running over the time here, but we, we definitely wanna share this with you.