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GUN REVIEWBy: george hillhe cats at Wilson Combat and Ihave had a great relationship.To this date, I’ve written reviews of twodifferent 1911s and here is anotherWilson Combat. Reviewing a WilsonCombat 1911 is hard after the first time.How many words for “awesome” can youcome up with? I like to point out problemsand areas that can be improved uponwhen doing gun reviews, but there arenone with the Wilsons. Luckily, this is notanother 1911. The ADP is a completelydifferent thing altogether.The ADP has been around forawhile now and under different names.It’s best been known as the Stealth fromHeritage. If you don’t know Heritage,they are probably most famous for theirline of .22 single action revolvers called“Rough Riders.” These are revolvers forthose who wanted a Ruger Single Six, butsaw the Rough Riders for only $150 andsnagged one. Then they spend the nextsix months saying, “I wish I had splurgedfor the Ruger.” Where was I? Oh, theStealth. The Stealth is a South Africanpistol that Heritage imported. The firsttime I tried the Stealth I found that it wasdisappointing and I didn’t like it. It wasrough and nasty. They were cheap pistolsfor around $250. They were what theywere and never really went anywhere.When I saw the ADP at the 2006SHOT Show, I was impressed. It lookedbetter than the Stealth ever looked.I picked it up and felt the slide. It wasas smooth as a puma. Wilson workedsome serious magic on the Stealth. Theysmoothed out the action and the trigger,and they applied their Armor Tuff finishto it. The magic has really transformedthe old pistol into something verygood. I’m not just saying this becauseWilson Combat is an advertiser for themagazine. I’m saying this because theytook something that is average at best,and made it something fantastic (liketaking your Mustang to Chip Foose fora makeover). At the 2006 SHOT show,from the Wilson Booth, this was the firstWilson Combat that I wanted to review. Iwas happy when the ADP finally arrived.Since it did, I’ve been packing it withgreat regularity, but more on that later.The ADP is a simple pistol. It uses agas delay system similar to the HK P7.Most automatics mechanically lock theslide to the barrel. When the gun fires,during recoil the barrel moves back withthe slide, locked together until the internalpressure has had time lower down to safelevels. Then the slide and barrel unlock,and the slide continues back and ejectsthe spent case. Browning perfected thissystem. A gas delayed system bleedsoff a little gas from the shot and usesthat to hold the slide until pressure hadsubsided. This system allows you to havea pistol with a fixed barrel. This helps alot of things, and accuracy is one of them.The P7 is a very accurate gun. The ADP isalso a very accurate pistol. One thing thisgas system does for you is make it oneof the smoothest slide actions you willever feel. Since there is no mechanicaldisconnect, there is no hitch in the action.The slide pulls freely to the rear and theonly thing you feel is the weight of therecoil spring. Blowback pistols can alsobe this smooth, so this isn’t unusual in andof itself, but since this pistol isn’t a .32 ora .380, it is unusual. The striker system isalso a bit different. Most blowbacks likea SIG P232 and a Beretta Cheetah havehammers. The only striker fired blowback24 Concealed Carry Magazine www.usconcealedcarry.comVolume 4 - May/June 2007
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