To understand the DWX, one needs to look no further than its parents, Dan Wesson and CZ. As both have been under the same company umbrella since 2005, a collaboration just makes sense.

A partnership between Dan Wesson and CZ-USA has resulted in the DWX—a model which blends the two pistol families. Available in 9 mm Luger and .40 S&W, the DWX is offered in both compact and full ...

The Dan Wesson DWX has an external extractor that’s like those on the P-10 pistols, and the barrel design is also borrowed from the P-10. Unlike the 1911, which has a rotating barrel link, or the CZ ...

To the other point, if the DWX Compact looks like the result of a mating of the Dan Wesson 1911 and a CZ-75 that is because it is—a heavy steel pistol mashup that took the best elements of each ...