Colt night defender 45 acp?

bsnow · October 30th, 2009, 02:04 PM

Has anyone had any experience with this gun (new to me) awesome little auto? I developed a tingling up my leg when I saw it in my new Mag. I subscribe to. Imput??? The way it looks to me, I think I'm on the hunt for a new buy. It looks like a winner to me , what do to all think.....Have a great week end..

SpringerXD · October 30th, 2009, 03:25 PM

I have a Defender, but not the "night" version. It has an excellent feel in the hand and it's far more accurate than you might expect from a 3-incher. Recoil also isn't nearly as bad as might be expected.

I've had some problems feeding JHP's through mine, but I've heard from lots of other people who say that theirs has never burped with any ammo.

Gideon · October 30th, 2009, 04:50 PM

I just sold my Colt New Agent which is basically the same gun. I LOVED mine and I think the Colt Defenders and New Agents are some of the better compact .45's, however, the recoil was a bit stout for me and although I could shoot it "okay", I couldn't use it anywhere near as effectively as my 9mm's. I finally had to be honest with myself

Mine liked JHP's at first but after only a little while became unpredicatable with them. I hate to admit it but I'm pretty sure I also caused some FTF's by limp wristing the gun. An another issue for me was how sensitive the single action trigger is. I would actually have accidental double taps when doing drills becasue of the sensitive trigger. All my bad and NOT the gun. I still think they're simply outstanding guns if you can master them. I sent mine in for the recall and they tuned it for JHP's and it was great after that but it wasn't working for me for a CCW piece. Someday I'll get a full size 1911 .45.

So I think you'd find this defender to be accurate, reasonable on recoil for what it is (it is a .45 acp in a very lightweight frame afterall

)

Good luck with getting it!

bsnow · October 30th, 2009, 06:23 PM

Thank you guys for your imput. Santa might be really nice to me this Christmas. I am really warming up to this pistol.

cphilip · October 30th, 2009, 07:10 PM

I carry a Defender as my EDC. Love the gun. Did have a few early FTF's with a particular JHP but never a one with Ball nor any types of JHP that are shaped more like Ball. The two I had were very early in the gun (about rounds 30 or so) and last of the magazine and was doing fairly rapid fire with, by that time a very dirty gun (all previous rounds were WWB). But no problem since.

This Defender of mine is the straight type Defender. Not sure I heard of a Night model. Is that one that is blacked out or has night sights or something?

This Defender is the one I have (I just realized I haven't taken a new picture since putting the Black flat panels and Black allen screws)

cphilip · October 30th, 2009, 09:33 PM

Ok now I see. Found some info. TALO customized one. Not sure what the slide metal is but it is Blackened. And saw one mention of a Tritium front sight.

jreXD9 · October 30th, 2009, 10:01 PM

yo cphilip, is that a savannah holster from Southern Holsters in Actworth, Ga? It's shaped like mine which is the antique chestnut with sharkskin trim.

cphilip · October 31st, 2009, 12:08 AM

Nope. The one with sharkskin trim is a Rhome Desbien made, FBI cant, pancake, high ride. Desbien Gun leathers in California.

Desbiens Gun Leather

billdeserthills · October 31st, 2009, 12:14 AM

Gonna be hard to find, even the Defender is. I haven't been able to get more for my shop since last year!

cphilip · October 31st, 2009, 12:26 AM

Right about that. When I was looking I just happened to run into one Defender and one new agent sitting side by side that had not been there long. I was lucky enough to be able to examine side by side the two and chose. And next time I went in the New Agent was gone too and not seen another one in any of my regular haunts since. Nada... So I guess the Night model should even be rarer to find then. All of them seem to be rather hard to find.

October 30th, 2009, 02:04 PM	#1
bsnow Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: montana Posts: 113	Colt night defender 45 acp? Has anyone had any experience with this gun (new to me) awesome little auto? I developed a tingling up my leg when I saw it in my new Mag. I subscribe to. Imput??? The way it looks to me, I think I'm on the hunt for a new buy. It looks like a winner to me , what do to all think.....Have a great week end..

October 30th, 2009, 03:25 PM	#2
SpringerXD Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Southeast Posts: 633	I have a Defender, but not the "night" version. It has an excellent feel in the hand and it's far more accurate than you might expect from a 3-incher. Recoil also isn't nearly as bad as might be expected. I've had some problems feeding JHP's through mine, but I've heard from lots of other people who say that theirs has never burped with any ammo. __________________ "I practice the ancient art of Klik Pao." -miklcolt45

October 30th, 2009, 07:10 PM	#5
cphilip Distinguished Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: South Carolina Posts: 1,728	I carry a Defender as my EDC. Love the gun. Did have a few early FTF's with a particular JHP but never a one with Ball nor any types of JHP that are shaped more like Ball. The two I had were very early in the gun (about rounds 30 or so) and last of the magazine and was doing fairly rapid fire with, by that time a very dirty gun (all previous rounds were WWB). But no problem since. This Defender of mine is the straight type Defender. Not sure I heard of a Night model. Is that one that is blacked out or has night sights or something? This Defender is the one I have (I just realized I haven't taken a new picture since putting the Black flat panels and Black allen screws) __________________ www.cphilip.com

October 30th, 2009, 09:33 PM	#6
cphilip Distinguished Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: South Carolina Posts: 1,728	Ok now I see. Found some info. TALO customized one. Not sure what the slide metal is but it is Blackened. And saw one mention of a Tritium front sight. __________________ www.cphilip.com

October 31st, 2009, 12:08 AM	#8
cphilip Distinguished Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: South Carolina Posts: 1,728	Nope. The one with sharkskin trim is a Rhome Desbien made, FBI cant, pancake, high ride. Desbien Gun leathers in California. Desbiens Gun Leather __________________ www.cphilip.com

October 30th, 2009, 04:50 PM	#3
Gideon Distinguished Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Missouri Posts: 1,209	I just sold my Colt New Agent which is basically the same gun. I LOVED mine and I think the Colt Defenders and New Agents are some of the better compact .45's, however, the recoil was a bit stout for me and although I could shoot it "okay", I couldn't use it anywhere near as effectively as my 9mm's. I finally had to be honest with myself Mine liked JHP's at first but after only a little while became unpredicatable with them. I hate to admit it but I'm pretty sure I also caused some FTF's by limp wristing the gun. An another issue for me was how sensitive the single action trigger is. I would actually have accidental double taps when doing drills becasue of the sensitive trigger. All my bad and NOT the gun. I still think they're simply outstanding guns if you can master them. I sent mine in for the recall and they tuned it for JHP's and it was great after that but it wasn't working for me for a CCW piece. Someday I'll get a full size 1911 .45. So I think you'd find this defender to be accurate, reasonable on recoil for what it is (it is a .45 acp in a very lightweight frame afterall ) Good luck with getting it!

October 30th, 2009, 06:23 PM	#4
bsnow Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: montana Posts: 113	Thank you guys for your imput. Santa might be really nice to me this Christmas. I am really warming up to this pistol.

October 30th, 2009, 10:01 PM	#7
jreXD9 Ex Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Peachtree Cty, Ga. Posts: 56	yo cphilip, is that a savannah holster from Southern Holsters in Actworth, Ga? It's shaped like mine which is the antique chestnut with sharkskin trim.

October 31st, 2009, 12:14 AM	#9
billdeserthills Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Arizona Posts: 88	Gonna be hard to find, even the Defender is. I haven't been able to get more for my shop since last year!

October 31st, 2009, 12:26 AM	#10
cphilip Distinguished Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: South Carolina Posts: 1,728	Right about that. When I was looking I just happened to run into one Defender and one new agent sitting side by side that had not been there long. I was lucky enough to be able to examine side by side the two and chose. And next time I went in the New Agent was gone too and not seen another one in any of my regular haunts since. Nada... So I guess the Night model should even be rarer to find then. All of them seem to be rather hard to find. __________________ www.cphilip.com

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