a coock 45 and I am your
guardian not your guardian angel just
your
guardian yeah I saw a Desperado down
there a cowboy Desperado took care of
him yes this is called the Dan Wesson
Guardian yes I think in a short video I
called it the vigil now May call it that
today if I do just slap me okay uh right
through the computer or your TV or
whatever your phone because we did
several videos on The Dan Wesson uh
vigil okay I got to get that out of my
head this is the guardian and uh it's
mine happy to have it so yeah this is
the uh guardian and can I I load mags I
shouldn't have to do a lot of loading
and I just want to shoot this this is
the first time you've seen it in a real
video I think I brought it out on a
Sunday shooter around uh one day it's
been I don't know a month or two ago
maybe or longer right so you folks who
watch the Sunday shoot arounds you do
have to put up a lot of blabbing but uh
you can see some interesting Firearms
occasionally right and in an infinite
amount of wisdom right so anyway uh I
want to shoot it and talk about it all
right it's a it's a uh in a way it's a
bucket list firearm it really is
ah I started to shoot him on the move I
almost did let's hit a bowling pin right
there did I hit it yeah did that time
try an orange two
L I think I had it bracketed I went
right and left let's try that
one yeah now let's put one on the gong
if it's not gong worthy it's yours I'm
going to give it
away I've noticed some of these
magazines do not hold the uh uh slide
back all right good for testing flunch
though isn't
it all
right that sweet sound on the gong
that's always sweet how about some
bowling pins
uh I might just let him live
really I should have shot him first so
uh he gets to live all right uh so none
of the magazines that I'm shooting are
holding the slide back but uh again none
of them are the mags that came with it
I just wanted you to see those big old
45s hit the arms cuz a 45 ACP 230 grain
round uh tends to throw out a fair
amount of energy and uh things tend to
move when when it hits so it's always
fun to shoot whether you carry a 1911 or
not and none of these mags you actually
I had the uh this maybe in one of my
pockets bet it is the uh Dan Wesson Ma
there it is I knew I had with me let's
just load that one up and see uh I don't
know why none of the other seems to hold
the mag back but these do I've shot it
with these I had two of them came with
it and uh I really don't know what the
other one is it's it's somewhere around
here but uh flush mag so and that's what
I carry in it because I like a flush mag
generally speaking and then maybe an
extended mag to replace it with let's
put a couple of these in my J my pouch
here so yeah for carry and that's
something I want to talk about all right
let's see if this locks a slide back
what should we sh trigger great for
smoking
pot I tell
you flinking at cans they're popping 2
lers that wouldn't didn't hold it back
either
so you gunsmiths I was talking about you
potential gunsmiths
uh let's get to work on that so uh yeah
this
is I have talked over the years some of
you have been with us a long time know I
like 1911s I typically don't carry them
that much I used to a lot and I in
recent years I came to the conclusion
that you know if I ever carried 1911
again what would motivate me to do that
would be if I found a really nice one
the commander size bobtail mainspring
house
alloy frame you know for for lightweight
carry alloy frame is not going to be
something I'm going to put 20,000 rounds
through necessarily but lightweight
frame and then with uh everything I want
on it but nothing I don't need okay for
example a nice beaver tail like this one
has nice checkering front and back this
back strap front strap a nice trigger
night sights good sights uh nice
acceleration you can grab no no rail
nothing extra don't even want am
controls on it yeah so this is uh ideal
and the other thing because I have had a
bad history with alloy
frames uh is I would want a ramped
barrel or else a piece of Real Steel you
know in the ramp on the frame or
whatever some companies do that this has
the ramp Barrel right you can all right
so I'll shoot a little more more
probably let you go but uh this this is
a nice configuration for a 1911 if
you're going to carry it it really is
about 28 Oz maybe and a half I don't
know which for a 19 big old 45
1911 uh that's pretty light it's about
as light as you can get uh CU you know
the allo alloy frame allows it to be
that light for you you got night sights
and it locks in really well with the
check ring I think it's 25 lines per
inch and again this is the guardan and
some of those Vig yeah Vis commercial
commercials visual videos we did uh I
guess they were kind of a commercial cuz
I like that gun and I talked about it
and I even talked about cuz I didn't
know this one was available at the time
that wow if I could find one of these
vigils you know with a ramp Barrel like
that alloy frame and a commander Lan
this is a this could be a great carry
gun something I would buy you know I
think I even said that I just didn't
know that that they actually made it one
you got looking around I think it's cuz
it wasn't on their their website as a
new item they discontinued this in 2019
as I understand and that's why I had so
much trouble finding one and then and
then buying it I think I got it off a
gun broker somewhere I just couldn't
find one you know but I did and uh I
bought it so they ran for about 1,600
bucks when they're available I don't
know if they still are they make a a
model that has a officer frame and the
commander slide length CCO I think it is
and they make the full size and of
course this has a full size uh you know
grip that's why it's you know using
these standard magazine so anyway it's a
nice uh 1911 if you ever thought you
were going to carry a 1911 this makes a
great configuration I think whether it's
Dan Wesson or or somebody else some of
the custom makers probably make the same
configuration I think uh before we wrap
up here some big game needs to fall
don't you like that uh RAM over there on
the
left yeah maybe that
Buffalo maybe even the
pig yeah he didn't want to live without
his buddies the ramama Buffalo close by
and I think there's a little Cinder on
that Barrel let's see if we can uh
create a little
dust all
right man this thing is a nail driver
let's try that square red plate over
there all
right Wow Let's see if I can miss let's
shoot something close here real fast and
Miss oh Nighthawk that held the slide
back you know what I think I discovered
that on another video maybe let's try
another Nighthawk magazine there a
couple there's a variety of mags I got
out here I guess I used that one it
didn't so uh I've got my cross straw
holster here sorry I can't tell you who
makes that thing I've had for a while so
uh it's kind of nice if you never tried
cross straw you got a cover garment
whatever it's pretty handy you can pull
out and
did I use them already wow I'm used to
these high capacity Firearms they've
spoiled me they've spoiled
me feels
good that was the Wilson Combat that's a
new one I bought that in uh New Mexico
on a recent trip so that held it back I
think I have another one yeah so uh uh
one thing about this some some Firearms
like this I discovered that's right that
was the other thing about the vigil as I
recall you know the Dan Wesson vigil it
did not have this bump here on the grip
safety yeah it didn't have the little
bump here and with my large hand if you
recall and I haven't looked at that
video but I recall I couldn't uh put my
thumb up on the safety click it off and
pull the trigger it was it locked up I
that did not enable enough pressure on
that with my thumb up on the the safety
and that's the other thing I was looking
for I needed that safety with the bump
on it so it it enables me to put my
thumb up on the safety if I want to
bring it up click it off pull the
trigger and uh to me that was that's
kind of important cuz I sometimes do
that and whether it's tactical or not I
sometimes do that okay uh so anyway uh
this is the gun I was looking for I may
never well actually I've carried it some
I may not carried a lot but if I want to
carry a 1911 this is it you know this is
it it's been uh utterly reliable and I
had to hang up and I do have the the
slide issue the magazine issue not
holding uh the slide back but as far as
everything is fed and a variety of
magazines and a variety of ammo we got
some hollow points let's try these okay
loaded up that mag with some federal
hollow points just to make sure it will
feed them okay let's put it in the
holster because when you got hollow
points you're ready for combat
right Mr Cowell
and then you just have to count your
shots until you get your gun working
right correct so uh Dan Wesson Guardian
uh again it's out of
production but uh I don't know maybe
it'll be back in production at some
point or maybe you can find something
just like but those are the features
that I like about this particular
firearm and we've had really good
experience with Dan Wesson and I think
most of you all have too uh a really
good gun they're not cheap but they're
not czy easy expensive you know like a
lot of custom makers guns
are uh not not to take anything away
from them there's a reason they cost
more there's a lot of hand fitting and
and all that but uh but you know these
are all tool you know steel as I
understand no Min parts and any uh Dan
Wesson uh and if you can live with an
alloy frame and I typically don't like
alloy frames on 1911 I guess this is the
only 1911 I have with an alloy frame but
for this purpose a firearm I'm not going
to try to shoot 50,000 times it's just
uh a carry gun when I'm in the mood to
carry a
1911 and I've got my pretty much my
ideal configuration Bob tail and you
know things that I talked about on this
firearm so you you might if it's a
firearm you're interested in you might
find someone who makes one like it with
you whether it's Kimber or Wilson Combat
you know with these features or Dan
Wesson you know it it's a it's a nice
nice configuration for a 1911 because
it's not crazy heavy and uh and I think
they they made it and 38 Super 9 mm 45
ACP and I just kind of wondered yeah I
shoot a lot of 9mm I like 9 mm just fine
but in a 1911 I'm kind of partial to uh
45 if I'm if I'm going to go with that
route so can I shoot it one more time
and I'm going to make you all leave okay
before I bore you to death with the with
my pistol
okay the
guardian uh just just a nice piece of
Hardware from from Dan wlson
negatives uh the grips are a little too
thin for me and I think I'm going to
probably replace those with some really
aggressive uh I don't know VZ Grips or
something I've I've looked and it
doesn't seem to be a wide selection of
grips with for the bobtail you know
frame and and uh so I I think that maybe
a lot of people just buy standard grips
and uh dble them down or something I
think I'm just going to to do that but I
want some really aggressive nice looking
probably VY grips because I've held
enough of those to know man they lock in
just like the checkering just a little
fatter than these and I'll be very happy
it will be perfect how's that cuz I do
feel like the grips are a little thin
just a little thin let's put one in the
chamber you know I said I was going to
let that guy
live you know I don't think I can do it
I just can't I can't live up to my word
on that buddy I'm sorry so let's take
Aim yeah put him out of his
misery fun to see those big 45 slugs do
their thing let's end with one on the
gong there might be one in
chamber there ain't no more in the
magazine so let's see if there
is there's not we got to put one in
should I take a chance on one let's put
two in all
right just to make sure we get to hear
that ring
all right you too Cowboy you get another
dose of
lead we know it's empty so we got one
flaw don't we it slide doesn't want to
lock back so uh you gunsmiths out there
tell me exactly what that is and what I
need to fix it okay so I really like
this configuration I think you can tell
and I've had it I've shot it some and
not a lot and uh just hey we've not done
a video with this and uh it's it's a
really a favorite uh 1911 of mine it
really is so the guardian it's called
again it's not in production right now
uh so you know I'm sorry about that but
it's a it's a nice nice configuration
you know whoever might make one of this
configuration I think you would like it
if you're contemplating carrying a
1911 and I don't know why you would but
you might be no just kidding a lot of
good reasons to carry 1911 a lot of
people do so I'll let you go it's been
good to have you at the compound with us
this evening life is
good fire it's a long walk from where I
had to shoot that oh man oh hey didn't
see you guys there since you're here I
want to let you know about our friends
over at Talon grips and batt stall Talon
gun grips.com check out everything they
have over there you can get lots of
different grips the stick on grip
textures for your handguns and rifle
grips so go check them out also
ballistol they're a Firearms lubricant
or anything else you might need
lubricating uh it's water soluble and
non-toxic been using it on the compound
and cleaning all of our guns it's a
cleaner anti lube for over 10 year so
ball Talon grips definitely check both
of those companies out and also while
you're on the internet don't forget to
go to Hickock 45.com you can also find
us on Facebook hickock45 Twitter
hickock45
Instagram the real hickock45 and also I
have an Instagram page where I post
behind the scenes stuff and different
things like that John
Jore h i
c45 on Instagram and uh the next thing
you have to do is watch more videos