I'll be happy to let you know as soon as it arrives! Yeah, it's not even here yet and I'm buying walnut grips and have about 2000 rounds of ammo waiting just for chrony and testing.
I opted for the .45 ACP flavor for several reasons. He is out of barrels for the 50 caliber and won't rifle any until this winter. With that said though, even if he had them I think I was still already set on the 45. First off, I tend to have a lot of 45 on hand anyway, but that said, 45 ACP lead is easy to find and widely available in a multitude of flavors. In fact just for testing this one my current stock pile consists of wad cutters, semi-wadcutters, round nose, hollow-points, and my always favorite in 45 ACP, the Flying Ashtray. Those things remind me of a large mouth bass! Next the range is a bit better, and when I ran the chrony numbers the actual fpe difference is minimal. In fact, in my research, during the strings I found, they actually cross back and forth as to which one produced more punch. That's not to be too surprising though. As Dennis himself said, the gun delivers a set amount of energy. It either pushes more mass a little slower, or less mass a little faster.
Unless my attitude changes after it gets here, and that's doubtful, my suggestion is if you've ever wanted one of these I would jump on it like a duck on a junebug. When you think about the amount of time, work and materials that go into one of these it's crazy that he sells them for $500.00. I mean how much of that can be profit after the parts, rifling the barrel, and other overhead? Anything comparable you can find out there would be 4-5 times that cost.
IDK how many years Dennis will keep making these, but they'll be sought after long after he's gone.
