The negative reactions to the Colt DA pistol seem illogical to me.
I’m neither a traditionalist nor an aesthete. If that Colt DA gun has a trigger that is at least as good as a Glock or an HK LEM, AND it goes bang every time the trigger is pulled, then I would buy one. Looks like an aluminum frame, though. Hopefully they’ve worked out the durability kinks of al 1911s. Lord knows they’ve had long enough to experiment and push the state of the art.
I’m also a lover of competition. I HOPE that DA gun kicks ass just because there is a dearth of good guns out there. And most of the good ones don’t have a lot of distinct features to differentiate them from each other.
Competition makes everyone better. I also HOPE that the Sig E2 guns do well. And the new FN FNX pistols. Previously I had hoped that the Beretta PX4 guns would be good, but it seems consensus is that they have missed the mark. Too bad. We’re all the poorer when a gun maker fails.
Obviously alone on this, but I think the experimental rail version is nice looking simple design (if it is steel frame and without problems of double eagle or All American). Certainly doesn’t have the myriad of levers found on new S&W Bodyguard 380. If it worked, I would buy it. Don’t care for the version that was released at SHOT though.
The reactions are probably due to Colt’s two prior DA pistols, the Double Eagle and the All American 2000. Both designs were not very successful (and I’m being polite here).
That design looks like the worst of both worlds. The limited mag capacity of a single stack gun without the really nice single action trigger. I hope they sell a ton but I won’t be one of them.