Gun Review: Wilson Combat .308 Project

By Nick Leghorn

When you think “Wilson Combat,” you think Bill Wilson and his love affair with the 1911 platform. The man is so ga-ga over Browning’s masterwork that he built an entire competition shooting sport around the gun, and now produces what are arguably some of the finest hand-crafted 1911 handguns the world has ever seen. But Wilson Combat does more than 1911s and the odd 92FS — they’ve been in the custom AR-15 business since time immemorial. One place they have yet to firmly plant their foot is in the .308 AR-10 market, which is something their latest creation attempts to fix.

I own a Wilson Combat Bill Wilson Carry handgun, and use it as my every day carry piece. I’ve owned that gun for about four years now, and I’ve gotten to know it very well. From the exquisite fit and finish on the moving parts down to the single ragged hole it puts in a paper target, the gun is a masterwork. So when Wilson Combat shipped out their AR-10 for review, the bar had already been set pretty high in my mind and I was expecting more of the same quality craftsmanship.

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Via:: Truth About Guns