Anyone else have a Wilson KZ45?

[SVTNate]

Wilson is building my KZ45 full size at the moment, and hopefully I'll have it in a few weeks. I've shot my buddy's and really liked it.

It's unique, being a polymer frame 1911. The main reason I wanted it was that I think the polymer frame, with no removable grips, will be easier to clean. This one's going to be my main range 1911, at least for a while, while I give my steel Baer and custom gun a rest (and save up for a Springfield PRO). The Baer is going out for custom work anyway, so I probably won't see it for a couple months.

I enjoy shooting my 1911's the most, but my USP45 or one of the Glocks ends up getting more trigger time, simply because they're quick and easy to clean thoroughly.

Interesting note... I thought they have MIM hammers and sears. Wilson's website lists the parts used in the KZ45, and they list the "value line" hammer and sear, both made of MIM. Turns out that Wilson no longer uses the MIM parts in the KZ45, and they just never updated their website. That reminds me, I need to check to see if they corrected it after realizing their mistake!

[SVTNate]

LOL, yup, Wilson updated their website after we had a chat about it. 337S hammer, 314 sear. Nice to see that get taken care of!

[kevbo]

I've had mine since 2001. The pistol has been great but I have some real concerns about the magazines. It might be me, but out of 8 magazines only 5-6 work reliably. By this I mean there are problems with locking back after the last round, bent feed lips, and other problems which make them not reliable.

I may have been hard on them but at the price, you would think a steel magazine would be tougher. In addition, they are almost impossible to get at gun stores, gun shows etc. Brownell's and Wilson are the only vendors with stock per my experience.

That said, a very accurate pistol. As you mentioned, very easy to clean.

I made some mods to the stock Kali approved pistol: I added an ambi safety as I am a lefty, and put in a tungsten full length guide rod, and upped the recoil spring weight to 20 lbs.

[Semper Gumby]

Love mine, but the mags are a weak link. They have a plastic bottom that will break if dropped onto a hard floor, its a real hard breakable type of plastic.

Gun is very accurate, is my #1 hand gun.

[SVTNate]

Thanks for the heads-up about the mags, guys. The only mod I might make is sending it back to Wilson later on for OD green Armor-Tuff, and serrations on the top of the slide (which I do to all my 1911's).