hello folks this is Yamil Sued for Gun Stock
Reviews and we're back here at the range
and we're talking about the Vickers
Elite Wilson Combat 1911 pistol again
but I'm going to add a couple of things
to it and add more dimension to the
story behind it I got my friend Fred
Mastison here who is a professional
trainer with 30 years experience and
Fred this is a great pistol we did some
accuracy testing and it was scary
accurate, reliable to no end. but you know
what you and I took a condensed version
of the Gunsite Academy 250 class last
year. We had a lot of fun. yeah. but I
really really wanted the whole
experience so I signed up for the
complete class it was full to capacity
we actually had to have two classes with
50 students each.
so we had a blast and I
decided to take this thing pistol with
it to take the class with.
it was fantastic Fred this pistol shot great
and only accurate was super reliable
we were shooting an average of 400 rounds
per day.
you know depending on which day
it was
I shot
over 1,200 rounds during
the whole class and guess what it never
failed
is wasn't only.. it was incredibly
accurate but also super reliable and
guess what I'm gonna tell you something
you know what I did every night
came home to the hotel room I took some of
these great CLP break free wipes they're
like baby wipes but they're dabbed in
oil I would remove the carbon that had
been built up in the pistol to the day
of shooting and I would dab a couple
drops of oil in the pistol and then come
back to the range and shoot what do you
think Fred I mean isn't that fantastic
absolutely is. so I appreciate you give
me this gun by the way. no!
[laughter]
being a 1911
shooter and those out there the 1911
world know the idea that should be
running a pistol like this was that many
rounds over here today that you're only
putting a touch of lube on it maybe the
night before is unheard of however.
I'am not surprised of the Wilson Combat this
gun is a collaboration between Larry
Larry Vickers
who's some people may not know he's a
master 1911 builder himself
the guy can run in 1911 he knows
everything about him and Bill Wilson is
obviously the Jedi he he is he is Yoda
of the 1911 world. so the fact that this gun
ran is flawlessly as it did coming from
Wilson Combat I'm not really surprised
no not surprised at all
it's an exceptional gun it has everything about
Bill Wilson written all over it the
smooth action is the incredible trigger
the fit on it is incredible where he has
really really tight tolerances but not
absurd tolerances what I mean by that
there's some people out there that are
within a billionth of an inch whatever
they want to claim and it got very kind
of finicky this is a fighting gun yes
this is a carry gun this is a I have to
go to work gun and Wilson Combat has
hit a home run. there their team up with
Larry Vickers worked out really really
well and beyond that is painfully
beautiful. yeah it's not only beautiful I
mean like you said. there are some guns out
there some 1911 pistol is out there what
are super tight that you can not rack. yeah
and and this gun worked great through a
whole week and think about it see how
tight that pistol is. I know even after
all of that yeah it has over probably 2500
rounds fired though it as of today
so and the pistol is just barely broken
in yeah and there's a general rule of
thumb the kind of tongue-in-cheek
cliched that goes around if you're not
getting oil sprayed up your arm that
you do not have enough oil on the gun.
that was proven not to be true with this
gun. now I will say this as I would
still lube it up. I'm just that guy
because I want to get in the last
forever this is not a.... this is a
investment. oh yeah absolutely but you
take care of this gun and your
great-great-grandchildren will have this gun
absolutely. that's a gun that is going
to last through generations. absolutely.
and it's going to be as tight I think
and one thing that we were joking about
before it's like easy people tell me oh
that Wilson Combat you know it's a
fantastic job are so expensive but it's
worth every penny. once you get to a
point that we are that we have owned
1911 pistols through our whole life we
think we deserve to have a perfectly
good gun.
that works perfectly and it will last
forever. l have to agree with you i am a big
fan of the philosophy of you buy once
and cry once. of course. because you're
this gun once you buy it. it is what it is
it is. yeah and it we'll be there for
generations and it will be in your
family forever I guess. absolutely.
So kudos to Wilson Combat and Larry for
doing a fantastic job on design and
build and I am envious you got to run
the class with it. I know it was great i
mean talking about the class you know we
took the condensed class well so we work
we have we squeezed in like five days
into two and a half days. yeah alright
that was fun. but running the fun houses
we did it twice yeah ran through the
washers twice and did the shoot off did
every day we did the man on man shoot
off. which by the way I won one day. I
won a challenge coin. Outstanding!
it was great, guys check it out we're
going to be doing some more work with
the Vickers Elite pistol we're going to be
doing some more accuracy testing because
as if you notice in the video we show
the first time it shot great with
American Eagle 124, American Eagle 115
okay and the Colt competition double tap
ammo but when it came to my reload my
reloads sucked... why is that what do
you think happened. Probably because
your reloads suck! oh!
[laughter]
that's tongue and cheek
I would.. say this is regardless of the
guns especially high quality, you know
fit gun like this they're gonna be
certain ammo's that run better even in
the manufacturer ammo that you had
I tend to believe that there may be an
manufacturers that shot better than
maybe the other one. yeah! oh yeah. but
actually believe it or not the colt
competition and the American Eagle shot
within a thousands of an inch
I mean then we're really really close
yeah. I think the groups were a little
bigger because you know we weren't
shooting... we're not that good. so I
think the gun we're actually exactly
able to shoot better than I do.
which is normally the case in.. especially in
high end weapons like the Wilson Combat.
the gun is capable of so much more than
even experienced shooters like you and i
can probably milk from it.
but in regards to ammunition as in
any high-end firearm it's going to like
certain flavors better than others.
that's why you encourage people when they buy any gun to try
several different brands of ammunition
and see which one shoots better in the
gun. okay great well thanks Fred.
Thank you for your input on the pistol and on the 250
class thanks to Gunsite for having me.
at the class thanks to Ken Campbell
and the rest of the crew.. group out there
for putting out a fantastic class and
thanks for Wilson Combat two for
loaning me this pistol for the test and
evaluation well thank you very much
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