I think it’s a good idea and certainly not the last offering we’ll see if a 1911ish thing taking some other pistol’s double stack 9mm magazine. That said I’m not sure about this company or some of the features of this pistol. And I’d agree with others that hitching my $1500 boat to a boutique magazine wouldn’t give me the warm fuzzies.
I think it’s an indicator of better things to come. The popularity of Staccatos and the X9s shows there’s a market to be tapped for a 1911ish taking something besides a 2011 mag but not costing $3000+ for the pistol. If not Dan Wesson, someone is going to come up with a solid competitor to the X9 series that undercuts Wilson on price. Maybe more than one someone. They should just follow DW in using CZ75 Compact mags, unless I’m forgetting another super common, affordable, similar sized 9mm mag to use.
I think it’s always going to be a 4” or just under barrel without a bushing. That seems to be the recipe a lot of people are having success with when they make a 9mm 1911 that works. CSW’s Springers are an example, as are Wilson’s X9s and the EDC9 they’re based on, the Ed Brown EVO series, some Nighthawks, some Dan Wessons, and probably some others I’m forgetting.