Wilson Combat in collaboration with SIG Sauer have released a new pistol – the WCP320 Compact. Built with Wilson Combat’s P320 X-Compact grip module and a compact slide, the WCP320 Compact is the smallest P320 pattern pistol in Wilson Combat’s [Read More…]
Wilson Combat have announced a new pistol, the SFT9. Like their SFX9 or EDC X9 pistols, the new Wilson Combat SFT9 is based on the 1911 design but has a number of improved parts and new features that should make it more reliable and more adapted to modern [Read More…]
In commemoration of their 45th anniversary, Wilson Combat has released limited edition CQB 1911 pistols that have classic features from the times when the company was just established. Particularly, old-school features seen in these retro pistols include an upswept [Read More…]
Few names in the firearms industry carry the same weight as Wilson Combat. Founded by champion pistol shooter Bill Wilson in 1977, the company has dedicated the last 45 years to catering to the specialty firearm and accessory market. Sprouting from a small family [Read More…]
Wilson Combat has just announced the introduction of new Lehigh Defense Xtreme Defense ammunition that will be available through their online store. These new offerings include both handgun and rifle ammunition featuring Lehigh Defense’s solid copper bullets that [Read More…]
The current trend in every day carry (EDC) pistols is definitely leaning towards the ‘smaller is better’ philosophy. Every major manufacturer has spent the last five years designing small, thin, and lightweight pistols that have all of the features of their [Read More…]
New Ultralight Arms, LLC, manufacturers of lightweight bolt action hunting rifles, will be joining Wilson Combat’s family of companies. The transition will see the production of New Ultralight Arms rifles move from West Virginia to the Wilson Combat plant in [Read More…]
In the world of modular handguns, nothing really is as customizable as the SIG Sauer P320 system. As many of you know, I am quite a fan of building up P320 handguns with different aftermarket parts. Just a couple of weeks ago, I posted about the new Micro Comp from [Read More…]
Wilson Combat has always been a company unafraid to let people know exactly what they produce as a company, with uncompromising quality and extreme precision. They have also never been afraid to ask premium prices for their work. Most Wilson firearms are 2500 [Read More…]
About two years ago, Hornady introduces the new 6mm ARC (Advanced Rifle Cartridge). 6mm ARC was designed to be a low recoil high accuracy cartridge that would still fit within the confines of the AR-15 platform. Since then, various companies have put their own dedicated [Read More…]
Wilson Combat is well known for its customized 1911s, Remington shotguns, and custom-carry handguns. A short while ago they released their SFX9 solid frame carry guns to the market. The handguns offered a solid aluminum frame, double-stack 9mm magazines, and 3 or 4 inch [Read More…]
Wilson Combat has announced the addition of new polymer grip modules for SIG Sauer P365 and P365XL pistols called WCP365 and WCP365XL respectively. Let’s see what features Wilson Combat incorporated into the design of these grip modules and what options they [Read More…]
Lehigh Defense specialize in the development and production of products for the ammunition and firearms industries. Their products range from contract manufacturing services to some of the most intriguing projectiles I have ever seen and used in my own 300 Blackout [Read More…]
Welcome everyone to the 120th edition of ‘Hot Gat or Fudd Crap?’, one of our many series here on TFB. If you’re new to the series, this is where we look at the most obscure firearms that are actually for sale and ask the question – is this Gat a [Read More…]
Wilson Combat has introduced a new model to their SFX9 pistol lineup. The new SFX9 has a 15 round capacity and a subcompact 3.25” barrel. The frame is solid milled T6-7075 aluminum allowing it to be light enough to carry for long durations. The enhanced grip shape [Read More…]
Wilson Combat‘s history in the firearms industry stretches back nearly half a century. From his background as a trained watchmaker, company founder Bill Wilson made the jump into guns in 1974 with a retail store, then shifted to manufacturing three years later. [Read More…]
Wilson Combat – based out of Berryville, Arkansas – has officially broke ground on expanding their facility an additional 16,000 square feet citing a surge in demand for their products. This will create a 20% increase in their workforce once the expansion is [Read More…]
Among a variety of new parts, accessories and gear recently released by Wilson Combat, there is a new 30-round polymer AR-15 magazine. I assume these magazines are the result of collaboration of Wilson Combat and IMI Defense because they are marked with the Wilson [Read More…]
Most people know Wilson Combat for their high-end handguns, particularly 1911s. Bill Wilson and his team in Berryville, Arkansas have been putting out highly regarded custom firearms for decades, and today they offer an impressive menu of guns with equally impressive [Read More…]
Throughout my testing of the Buy vs Build 1911 series, I have come to realize there are various levels of quality 1911 magazines. I treat my 1911 magazines like modern polymer magazines and will let them drop freely onto the concrete while jamming a fresh mag in and [Read More…]
Most firearm customization used to require serious gunsmithing skills, time and money. Lots of money. A bare-bones 1911 owner looking for a series of performance enhancements could drop thousands of dollars and wait six months or more for a gunsmith to work through [Read More…]
Several months ago, Wilson Combat announced the WCP320 9mm pistol which was the first pistol designed in collaboration with SIG Sauer and represents an enhanced P320 upgraded with Wilson Combat’s signature parts and design improvement elements. Yesterday, the [Read More…]
Wilson Combat has announced the availability of a Bullet Proof series product – an adjustable gas block for AR-15 and AR-10 pattern rifles. Adjustable gas blocks are getting more and more popular because they are really handy tools for fine tuning your firearm to [Read More…]
Arkansas-based Wilson Combat have announced that their local state police has selected their WC-15 carbine as their new patrol rifle. Wilson Combat have a series of AR platform rifles available in calibres ranging from 5.56 NATO and 300BLK to 300 HAM’R. The Arkansas [Read More…]
Wilson Combat and SIG Sauer have teamed up to release a new enhanced P320 pistol called WCP320. Based on SIG’s P320 pistol, this handgun packs new features and design improvements normally seen in other firearms upgraded by Wilson Combat. The WCP320 pistols even [Read More…]
Wilson Combat and renowned firearms expert Paul Howe have been cooperating for quite a long time and the results of their collaboration are always great firearms such as the Paul Howe Tactical 5.56 Carbine or Paul Howe Signature Glock Pistols. The latest firearm they [Read More…]
The concept of having the primary weapon and sidearm chambered in the same caliber was probably pioneered or at least popularized in the American Old West where carbines like Winchester Model 1873 were often carried with handguns like the Colt SAA chambered in the same [Read More…]
A couple of weeks ago, Wilson Combat announced that their 300 HAM’R cartridge has been standardized by SAAMI (Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers’ Institute). And a couple of days ago, the actual drawings were published on the SAAMI website. In their [Read More…]
Wilson Combat has expanded the EDC X9 handgun family by introducing the new EDC X9S 9x19mm subcompact pistol. With a slim gripless aluminum-frame and 10-round capacity in double-stack flush fit magazines, this handgun is designed to be a lightweight, compact and high [Read More…]
Wilson Combat starts a new chapter in their saga of improving US Military handguns. They were initially known for making custom versions of Uncle Sam’s first semi auto-handgun, the M1911, then they stepped into the Beretta M9 game and perfected this platform to [Read More…]