Let me start by saying I'm a huge Dan Wesson fan, today was #4. Don't beat me up, just passing along a disappointing marketing decision.
I was at my favorite 1911 pimp today and saw he had a PM-9 in stock. Been looking out for one forever so I didn't spend much time deciding to buy it.
While we were talking he mentioned that DW is doing some laser engraving on their slides, and he didn't think they looked too good. I mentioned that one of DW's claims to fame among many aficionado's was their clean look and that if it was too overwhelming they may alienate some people (ala Smith & Wesson).
Anyway, he told me he had a few of the PM-9's in stock and would bring them all out for me to take my pick of the litter, then he paused and said.. "but you're going to want this one." Turns out he received one without the engraving and the rest with it, so he just brought one out to show it to me.
I was shocked when I saw it. The left side of the slide had the normal model name above the slide stop, the main flat has Dan Wesson in script as large and deep as it could possibly be, and to the rear of the cocking serrations was the DW logo, also as big as it could be.
Needless to say I brought home the classic clean looking PM-9.
Will it keep me from buying another DW, no but I see the "classic" ones taking a nice spike in resale value
If you're in the market for a DW 1911 and like the clean slide, you may want to act fast, he said all the new ones they have gotten in recently came that way.
Unfortunately I didn't have my phone to snap a pic and cannot find an example picture on the web.
I was at my favorite 1911 pimp today and saw he had a PM-9 in stock. Been looking out for one forever so I didn't spend much time deciding to buy it.
While we were talking he mentioned that DW is doing some laser engraving on their slides, and he didn't think they looked too good. I mentioned that one of DW's claims to fame among many aficionado's was their clean look and that if it was too overwhelming they may alienate some people (ala Smith & Wesson).
Anyway, he told me he had a few of the PM-9's in stock and would bring them all out for me to take my pick of the litter, then he paused and said.. "but you're going to want this one." Turns out he received one without the engraving and the rest with it, so he just brought one out to show it to me.
I was shocked when I saw it. The left side of the slide had the normal model name above the slide stop, the main flat has Dan Wesson in script as large and deep as it could possibly be, and to the rear of the cocking serrations was the DW logo, also as big as it could be.
Needless to say I brought home the classic clean looking PM-9.
Will it keep me from buying another DW, no but I see the "classic" ones taking a nice spike in resale value
If you're in the market for a DW 1911 and like the clean slide, you may want to act fast, he said all the new ones they have gotten in recently came that way.
Unfortunately I didn't have my phone to snap a pic and cannot find an example picture on the web.