A few years ago one of our part timers decided to order a Pointman (we were at the SHOT show). When the gun came in we were terribly disappointed, there was a long list of deficiencies. The stainless frame had a big rusted hand print around the frame the next day. The engraving was screwed up, it looked like the frame slipped in the machine and they started over without polishing out the mistake. The cocking serrations on the slide were not even. The trigger was crap, not that it mattered because it wouldn't work often enough to matter. The thumb safety had some serious problems, it would go on real easy but it came off real hard. The thumb safety also had a rather peculiar fault I have never seen in another gun, it had two stages (for lack of a better word) when taking the gun off safe, the first 'stage' would not allow the hammer to fall. After pulling the trigger after pushing the safety to its first downward stop and trying the trigger (without success) more force on the safety would cause the hammer to fall on its own about half the time. It was also known to, on occasion, re-engage itself in recoil (half way). Add to this the fact that the gun never once fed from the magazine, either one, and you have a nice little fire to throw your cash into.
When we sent the gun back to the manufacturer with a note explaining our displeasure we told them we had several customers who were interested in Dan Wesson handguns. We made it known that these customers were aware of the above mentioned problems and asked them to tell us why this was not what we should expect from Dan Wesson in the future. I was certain to mention that I was aware of the difficulty involved in bringing a new product to the market (offering a possible avenue for them to save face) but I never received any reply. I called after the gun was returned after repair (it was an 80% solution) and asked if they could reply to my letter but they refused. After once again asking for something to show our customers who had expressed some interest in their guns I was placed on hold, after 10 minutes or so I lost interest and hung up.
I suppose it is possible their guns are up to speed but I have never had the opportunity to find out, my part time guy only put a few boxes through his 1911 Dan Wesson before it was lost in the back of his safe, he only kept it because it's serial number was 0012.
