45 Wildey Magnum

The_Shadow · September 27 2015 08:02:45 AM MDT

Interesting to see some updates there...looking forward to see how things progress.
Thanks BEEMER. ${$default_cool_smiley}$

Captain O · December 24 2015 07:08:59 PM MST

I just looked up the site and they claim to be back in business. Has anyone checked?

Captain O · December 24 2015 08:00:45 PM MST

I understand that they are producing pistols as of mid-September. If I had the werwithal to do so, I would invest in a .475 Wildey. Either a 12" or 14" barrel seems appropriate. (The 18" barrel seems a bit much).

Images of Clint Eatwood starring in Sudden Impact spring to mind!

WildeyUSAFC · January 04 2016 03:14:50 PM MST

Greetings from Wildey Guns. I spotted some of the postings here and thought I would introduce myself to the forum and address a few questions.

1. Yes, we are back in business.
2. Yes, Wildey Moore is onboard as senior consultant and designer. (We hope to introduce a new gun after we are up and running)
3. As you might guess, getting a gun into production can be a logistical challenge.
4. We are using most of the 20-odd parts manufacturers we used in the past. They know the gun, they have the tooling, and can ramp up production fairly quickly. Average lead time has been about 12 weeks, once the tools are identified and put back into production.
And there is the rub. We would have been in production before Christmas, except one of our suppliers could not locate the tooling for the slide! So, that has been a setback.
5. Our first shipment of frames arrives at the end of January, so we will have limited production as we await the new tooling.

We appreciate everyone's interest and enthusiasm for the Wildey and are thankful for your patience.

If you email me, I will put you on the "Founders List" and will keep you informed of our activity.

Kind regards to all,
George@usafirearmscorp.com

The Wildey Survivor
The Ultimate Handgun.

We hope to have the new website up next month, in the meantime,
visit our facebook page.
https://www.facebook.com/wildeyparts/

BEEMER! · January 04 2016 05:37:30 PM MST

Quote from: Captain O on December 24 2015 08:00:45 PM MST
I understand that they are producing pistols as of mid-September. If I had the werwithal to do so, I would invest in a .475 Wildey. Either a 12" or 14" barrel seems appropriate. (The 18" barrel seems a bit much).

Images of Clint Eatwood starring in Sudden Impact spring to mind!

Wrong gun Captain, Eastwood had an Auto Mag.

Charles Bronson used the Wildey in Death Wish 3.

BEEMER! · January 04 2016 05:47:03 PM MST

Here's my 14" Wildey.

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The_Shadow · January 04 2016 08:09:37 PM MST

WildeyUSAFC, welcome to the forum! Glad to hear of the re emergence of the company and the pistol production.
Thanks for the heads up and good luck with the venture! ${$default_cheesy_smiley}$

Ramjet · January 05 2016 07:56:08 AM MST

I am excited always wanted one.

Captain O · January 06 2016 02:04:17 AM MST

Quote from: BEEMER! on January 04 2016 05:37:30 PM MST
Quote from: Captain O on December 24 2015 08:00:45 PM MST
I understand that they are producing pistols as of mid-September. If I had the werwithal to do so, I would invest in a .475 Wildey. Either a 12" or 14" barrel seems appropriate. (The 18" barrel seems a bit much).

Images of Clint Eatwood starring in Sudden Impact spring to mind!

Wrong gun Captain, Eastwood had an Auto Mag.

Charles Bronson used the Wildey in Death Wish 3.

I remembered that after I had posted. I still think the Wildey will make a great hunting piece.

BEEMER! · January 06 2016 05:26:58 AM MST

The Wildey's really do shoot very well.

The one biggest gripe I have is the size of the grips. The mag well was made large enough on the original design to hold a double stack magazine of 9mm Winchester magnum cartridges and is huge.

The 9mm version never happened.

sqlbullet · January 06 2016 08:30:53 AM MST

Website never should have pushed in that condition. About 1/3 of the links go to a private page or error out. The site is also using http basic auth rather than sessions.

Doesn't give me confidence in the management team.

BEEMER! · January 06 2016 08:41:56 AM MST

Quote from: sqlbullet on January 06 2016 08:30:53 AM MST
Website never should have pushed in that condition. About 1/3 of the links go to a private page or error out. The site is also using http basic auth rather than sessions.

Doesn't give me confidence in the management team.

The Wildey Website has been up for the 6 years that the company was not operating. The phone number rang into a Doctor's Office even. The new "Management" just updated certain areas of the website and the error pages are one's that do not apply anymore.

I agree that it is not the best setup, but they are machinists and not IT guys.

I am sure they have "bigger fish to fry" right now.

sqlbullet · January 06 2016 08:48:10 AM MST

That would s kinda my point.

To succeed in resurrecting this product the need a well managed road map. Part of that would be a marketing plan that should have included removing dead links when they updated the phone numbers.

Effective marketing of the platform is a huge fish in the tank. Fry it early.

The_Shadow · January 06 2016 09:02:06 AM MST

There is one Wildey Magnum I'd be interested in...wait for it! ${$default_shocked_smiley}$
One chambered for the 10mm Magnum with a conversion barrel for the 9x30 Dillon. Brass for the 10mm Magnum is still available through Star Line and the 9x30 is made by using the 9x25 Dillon dies raised up for the extra cartridge length.

Here is the 9x25 next to the longer 9x30 and a rimmed 40 magnum.

BEEMER! · January 06 2016 09:06:45 AM MST

sqlbullet

I agree to a point. It appears that they are getting into this underfunded and they probably know it.

Over marketing a product that they have not produced yet is what took the Wildey down originally.

You can add The Auto Mag Corp and The Bren Ten group into that category also.

All of them were selling product that they could not produce for the price they had advertised it for.

I wish them luck, but it is going to be a tough go in my opinion.