9mm VBOB, super reliable or finicky?

@x95mk220 - although it's likely been stated here above (I didn't skim the whole thread), please allow me, as someone who's owned nearly two dozen 1911's in prices ranging from $500 to $5,000, the Dan Wesson 1911s are far and away the absolute BEST VALUE available in their respective price-ranges. The BEST.

The GOOD news: this gun has about a 99.2% chance of reliably cycling WHATEVER you choose to feed it.

The BAD news: if you somehow find your gun to falls into that 0.8% range... you'll be subject to what most folks consider merely the top FIVE in terms of excellent Customer Service... as opposed to the top THREE.

;-)

If your gun exhibits issues of ANY kind whatsoever... it'll be gone and back to you, 100% FIX'T, before you have time to blink, and with a minimum of fuss...

As you mentioned, some previously optional or upgrade features are now Standard.

These are great guns, and you should see ZERO issues. Congrats!!

A SS 2014 9mm VBob was my first Dan Wesson,.
I had it coverted to a dual caliber 9mm/38 super.
It was both accurate and reliable and was fit as well as any
semi custom I ever owned. It was easy to carry and a pleasure to shoot
albeit after the 38 super barrel was installed, the 9mm didn't get much love.

Unfortunately ....
A few months ago I needed to raise some funds and let it go. if I remember right,
I think it is still on the bottom shelf of crowded safe belonging to a good friend, @TheCollector.

The good news is that I was given a chance buy another from a good friend @Xringchaser,
to right that wrong and now all is well. Even had a new factory 38 Super barrel.

So Fear not OP...if I were you, I would grab it.

My latest VBob

Dwe said:

A SS 2014 9mm VBob was my first Dan Wesson,.
I had it covered to a dual caliber 9mm/38 super.
It was both accurate and reliable and was fit as well as any
semi custom I ever owned. I was easy to carry and a pleasure to shoot
albeit afire the 38 super barrel was installed, the 9mm didn't get much love.

Unfortunately ....
A few months I needed to raise some funds and let it go. if I remember right,
I think it is still on the bottom shelf of crowded safe belonging to a good friend, @TheCollector.

The good news is that I was given a chance by another good friend @Xringchaser,
to right that wrong and now all is well. Even had a new factory 38 Super barrel.

So Fear not OP...if I were you, I would grab it.

My latest VBob
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She sure is a beaut! I’m just waiting on a check to cash her out.

WC145 said:

If you're sick of 9mm and have so many concerns, why are you even looking at this gun?

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First is because I’m a hardcore Dan Wesson fan from the very beginning when nobody barely spoke of a Dan Wesson 1911 or spoke of the great fella Kieth (that does take care of his customer’s and I know of there customer service is EXCELLENT) except their wheel guns and maybe you took my comment wrong. I’m sick of buying a 9mm 1911-type pistol that are finicky or have constant FTF, FTE, etc until it’s fine tuned. I just want a 9mm 1911 to actually work for me for once straight out of the box, I have had a few 9mm 1911 lemons in the past and these weren’t the cheap sort neither. I’ve been a fan of Dan Wesson ever since the I purchased the original CBOB Classic in .45 acp when it came out, I also had a VBOB In .45 acp I sold on this website (which I miss dearly). So when I saw the exact configuration as the .45 VBOB in 9mm, I couldn’t help to snag it and never owned a DW in 9mm & thought if anyone can get it right besides the Staccato 2011, Dan Wesson would be the one I’d count on. Besides there is nothing wrong with looking or asking asking the fine members on this awesome website their opinions of something I’m purchasing. I can complain all I want about a gun and look at it or even buy it after complaining about it, so sorry if that bothers you but I’m looking for advice not criticism. I hope that answers your question.