New 1911, whaaaaat?

1911, no way, potentially a sellable new pistol? Could be, but want to read some reviews and get a chance to handle one.
 
C'mon...another 1911 with forward cocking serrations....GEEZ. :p

I think the local energy utility in Temple, Tx needs to head over to Hudson MFG and check for a gas leak..

I'm speechless...
 
Dale A said:
It's striker fired...should it be called a 1911?
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No. The patent for the pistol adopted by the U.S. Ordnance Department included a description, and the description included a hammer. This is not a 1911.

Bill DeShivs said:
It's NOT a 1911.
It's STYLED after the 1911.
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Then why doesn't it look even vaguely like a 1911?

PeggySue said:
Could it be named after the old Hudson car?
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My first car as a teenager was a 1950 Hudson. Hudsons were characterized by excellent engineering and superior performance. I see nothing to suggest that this atrocity offrs either. Trying to relate it to the Hudson motor car is just as wrong-headed as trying to call it a 1911.

Pond said:
However, the problem is that many times people cry out for something novel, something that is not just a rehash of an existing design.
Yet when they get it people then shy away from it as too new and outside the comfort zone.
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The oproblem is not that people resist something new. The problem is that whoever is behind this has apparently made an intentional effort to link this "something new" to something old that is often considered to be the finest semi-automatic handgun ever designed. IMHO, if you want to successfully promote something new, you don't tie it to a 100-plus-year old design.
 
The designers have certainly taken an interesting approach to achieving an extremely low bore axis.
 
Wow!! Tough crowd here!!! I think their marketing ( or whoever referred to it as a new 1911 didn't realize the reverence bestowed upon the 1911 design.

This might be a great gun ( it had better be with that price tag) but it isn't even remotely 1911 like, or ish, or anything.

Time for a new marketing approach

Rich
 
The oproblem is not that people resist something new. The problem is that whoever is behind this has apparently made an intentional effort to link this "something new" to something old that is often considered to be the finest semi-automatic handgun ever designed. IMHO, if you want to successfully promote something new, you don't tie it to a 100-plus-year old design.
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And yet almost every negative comment on this gun has been linked to it not being a 1911 and therefore bad.

Everyone agrees that it is not a 1911, but does that mean it is bad?

Case in point:
Hudsons were characterized by excellent engineering and superior performance. I see nothing to suggest that this atrocity offrs either.
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You haven't even seen it in the flesh and you've already convinced yourself that it will be a badly made firearm...

But my comment was more of a general observation.

People say that each gun is just a rehash of an existing design, usually based on a Browning breech but I've seen it many times: a new, innovative design comes out and its "Ain't no Sig" or "Gimme a BHP anyday". That is all I'm saying. People want new and when it arrives, they suddenly decide they don't.

That is just my impression over the time I've been on here. Not a rule, but a trend.
 
I'm willing to give it a chance.

I won't be buying one any time soon, but I'm willing to see how it does.


As mentioned, the 1911 references are not from Hudson. Don't blame them for that garbage.
 
looks so Futuristic

I kinda like it, it looks so Modern and unique, almost like something out of a science fiction movie like Blade Runner

or TOTAL RECALL with Arnold Schwarzenegger

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I think its funny how on their website they say that pistols remained unchanged for half a century yet in their effort to improve upon this they use the trigger design and ergonomics from one of the oldest designs still running. This isnt bad though, the 1911 got it right over a hundred years ago why deviate?

This is not a 1911 of course. It only says its inspired by the 1911 and uses the 1911 type of trigger, I don't blame them for copying that into modern technology.

I do like it. Same grip angle as the 1911 is perfect, thin like the 1911 yet "high cap", low bore axis, striker fired, metal frame and for the purists can even come with a manual thumb safety. I think they have a winner.

I find the extra tall dust cover interesting, must have to do with the extra low bore axis is my guess.
 
I wouldn't interest me, but then not many semi-auto pistols do.

My son was going through my tape box in the Jeep one day. He pulled out Hank Williams, Patsy Cline, Johnny Horton. "Dad...do you have anything by anyone who's still alive?" I thought for a minute..."No."

I'm sort of the same way about guns. :D
 
It's certainly not a 1911. It may be '1911-inspired,' but that's a pretty squishy phrase. It's homely. It's heavy for a capacity of 15 rounds, but I guess recoil ought to be next to nothing. It's a "meh" for me.
 
I think there are way, way too many 1911 purists to let this 'thing' to get a hold. This will be discounted within a year. Truth is it may be a great gun but it will never be able to stand up on it's own.
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The gun could very well possibly stand on its own, what it can't do is stand on the 1911's design and history, it has nothing to do with purist, its no more a 1911 than it is a glock.

And yet almost every negative comment on this gun has been linked to it not being a 1911 and therefore bad.

Everyone agrees that it is not a 1911, but does that mean it is bad?
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The negative comments are because they have the audacity to call it a 1911, which it clearly doesn't have a lot in common with.

Its like taking the engine out of a Corvette, putting it into a Honda Civic, and calling it a Corvette. It might have a few guts of the Corvette, and might be the fastest thing on the block, but a Corvette it is not.
 
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