I will echo the comments already made and add that I love my Defender. I have the later edition with the standard three dot sights, I dont care for the ski ramp rear sights, ala Novak etc, that is just my opinion and preferance. I dont care for three dots either and I blacked out the rear dots after the white dot departed from the front.
I have only known of one Defender owner that was unhappy with theirs and tend to think it was more of size issue than it was function and reliablity.
Mine shoots to point of aim out to 25 yards, the action is quite smooth and the recoil is well managed with the recoil spring design which soaks up a lot of recoil. As Mr Camp said, the recoil was much less than one would expect out of a compact 1911 style.
All and all this is one fine gun in 45 ACP. I have heard a number of comments about the Defender in .40 not being as reliable as the 45. I have not shot one in that caliber so I really cant say for sure.
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I have only known of one Defender owner that was unhappy with theirs and tend to think it was more of size issue than it was function and reliablity.
Mine shoots to point of aim out to 25 yards, the action is quite smooth and the recoil is well managed with the recoil spring design which soaks up a lot of recoil. As Mr Camp said, the recoil was much less than one would expect out of a compact 1911 style.
All and all this is one fine gun in 45 ACP. I have heard a number of comments about the Defender in .40 not being as reliable as the 45. I have not shot one in that caliber so I really cant say for sure.
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