Dan Wesson has been teasing us with the DWX since they first showed it at SHOT Show in January 2019. Promising the ideal mashup of 1911 and CZ 75 components, we waited, like the rest of the gun world, with baited breath for it to hit the shelves. And then we waited some more. Eventually, we gave up and found other new, shiny things to spend our depreciated dollars on, while DW dealt with the tribulations of bringing out a new handgun in a world beset by the problems we’ve become all too familiar with. Now, three years later, we finally got to take one to the range.
Several commentators were quick to categorize the DWX as a 1911 slide on a CZ 75 frame, and while it might superficially appear that way, there’s actually a lot more going on than initially meets the eye — you can add a splash of Charles Petter’s M1935A, and SIG’s P220 and P320, to the recipe as well.
UNDER THE HOOD
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