It's their best pistol. Some designs like the Heritage and Pointman don't ever seem to die, but they're dropping the top model...must be a lack of sales.
Originally posted by sns3guppy: must be a lack of sales.
That was one of my thoughts. Maybe a lack of sales, combined with them already being somewhat underpriced for the amount of hand-fitting and other work that goes into them, meant they weren't financially viable any more?
Originally posted by RogueJSK: The Dan Wesson Valors were the best value in semi-custom 1911s on the market, IMO.
+1 There is little to no discernible difference between the Dan Wesson Valor and a basic Ed Brown Custom. I went with Ed Brown simply because I wanted old school Bo-Mar style adjustable sights and a plain front strap.
Posts: 3592 | Location: Western PA | Registered: July 20, 2010
One thing you can do with Dan Wesson is do a custom build. I had one priced out and it was pretty reasonable. That way you can mix and match features from their line and even add some extra touches and get exactly what you want.
Posts: 1147 | Location: North Carolina | Registered: January 23, 2005
A couple of my favorite 1911s, Valor .45 & 9mm. Glad I've got them before they're discontinued.
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That is a bit of a surprise to me (someone who has owned a cool dozen DW's over the years). I trust they will continue rolling out high quality production 1911's and likely will continue to wrest more $ from me.
Originally posted by sns3guppy: must be a lack of sales.
Don't think lack of sales is the reason. More than likely DW is replacing Valor with a new flagship line. A quote from DW president's letter in the 2019 catalog: "DW will be debuting a very special handgun line sometime in 2019."
Posts: 912 | Location: Texas | Registered: January 05, 2009
My Valor has been admired often and shot very little, still I am happy to have it. Just hope that the new premium DW is not a knock off of the Legion marketing campaign.
Posts: 237 | Location: PA | Registered: January 09, 2007
Originally posted by clayflingythingy: Will a new line go higher end or will DW attempt to go mass market?
Dan Wesson discontinued a couple of their other higher-end pistol lines in the last year or two, like the Valkyrie, in favor of introducing less expensive lines like the A2 and Vigil.
Quality hasn't suffered so far, but it's at least one indication that they might be chasing a lower price point, trying to corner the ~$1000 1911 market instead of the ~$1500 1911 market.
