Wilson Combat CQB Elite .45 ACP
Model: CQBE-FS-45
Wilson Combat CQB Elite .45 ACP
Model: CQBE-FS-45
Full Specifications
About This Firearm
The Wilson Combat CQB Elite is a full-size single-action .45 ACP built for defensive use and range work. It has an MSRP of $4,799. Wilson guarantees it will group inside an inch at 25 yards, on a hand-fitted match grade stainless barrel.
Wilson's own parts are fitted throughout, with a tactical thumb safety, a high-ride beavertail grip safety, a magwell and semi-extended magazine release, a Battlesight rear and a fiber optic front. The frontstrap is high cut and checkered, the mainspring housing is checkered, the slide is cut 30 lines per inch on top and 40 at the rear. It weighs 41 oz at 8.7 inches long, 5.6 inches tall and 1.3 inches wide, holds eight rounds, and the trigger is set between three and a half and four and a half pounds. There is no optic cut and no light rail on this configuration.
If you're cross-shopping, the Nighthawk Custom GRP Recon is the one-gunsmith alternative at 39 oz with Heinie tritium night sights, a trigger set at 3.5 to 3.75 lb and a Picatinny section under the dust cover, which this gun lacks. The Springfield Armory 1911 TRP covers much of the same ground as a production gun at an MSRP of $1,648, with 42 oz of Cerakoted forged steel and an ambidextrous safety.
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Strengths & Limitations
- A hand fit match grade stainless barrel in a carbon steel slide, with the fitting that the accuracy guarantee depends on.
- Checkering is cut into the frontstrap and the mainspring housing, so the gun is held by cut steel instead of by panels alone.
- Armor-Tuff over carbon steel, which is a coating meant for holster wear, with matte stainless offered as the alternative finish.
- No light rail and no optic cut on this configuration, both of which guns at a fraction of the price offer.
- Eight rounds of .45 ACP, the same round count as a basic 1911 costing a fraction as much.
- Built to order with options chosen up front, so the gun that arrives is the one specified months earlier.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Where is it built?
In the United States, to the options chosen on the order.
What sights does it come with?
A Battlesight rear with a fiber optic front sight.
What grips does it come with?
G10 starburst panels, flat bottom, in black with pewter medallions.
What finishes are offered?
Armor-Tuff or matte stainless, with the carbon steel frame and slide underneath either one.
