The Wilson Combat ADP

Posted on November 29th, 2006 in Guns by Justin

George Hill, aka Mad Ogre got his hands on a Wilson ADP the other week and wrote a review on it. Since his blog doesn’t have a good permalink system I’ve quoted it in full:

I didn’t feel like doing my normal lunch hour routine, so I took the time to run to a close by shooting spot and popping off rounds through this new little pistol. Freaking Awesome. The ADP is a sub-compact 9mm. Narrow, especially for a double stack, 10 rounds. Nightsights. The action is a gas-delay system similar to the HK P-7. This allows for a small gun that shoots like a bigger gun. Before I fired it, I expected a sharp snappy recoil. This didn’t happen. The recoil was negligible. Not that 9MM is all that sharp, but it was just very soft even for a 9. I mentioned before that the trigger system is odd. It feels strange.. the trigger is a long smooth pull all the way to where the sear just drops off… There is no crisp break… there is no break, it just “falls off”. If I could, I’d put this trigger pull on all my double action handguns. Now here is the best thing. These guns are accurate! I had some other ammo rolling around in my trunk… Federal, UMC, Remington, WWB, Blazer Brass, Blazer silver, SXT, Corbon, Hornady, Speer, Black Hills… pretty much a little of everything. The ADP fired it all and I didnt have a single malfunction. 115, 124, 147… the ADP ran flawlessly. At 15 paces I put all the rounds through a single ragged hole. Take a box of Blazer Brass… the B on the box… yeah, a whole mag full of rounds through the B. I’ll have a photo of it in the magazine article… I was surprised. I was tickled. I have already sent word to Wilson Combat that this pistol is not going to be returned to them and they will just have to accept a cashier’s check in its place. I’m keeping this one. Not only that, but it has just replaced my P-01 as my carry gun. Yeah, it’s that good. It impressed the shit out of me.

Emphasis is mine on the last bit. I’m a big fan of CZ pistols and I hold George’s evaluations of firearms in high regard, so I’m really interested in this pistol.

I’m not going to run out and buy one, but I’ll keep my eye out for them.