{"id":61486,"date":"2016-08-01T15:47:51","date_gmt":"2016-08-01T19:47:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=61486"},"modified":"2016-08-01T15:47:51","modified_gmt":"2023-08-20T01:28:30","slug":"colt-10mm-delta-elite-classic-magnum-powered-1911-full-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/colt-10mm-delta-elite-classic-magnum-powered-1911-full-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Colt 10mm Delta Elite: A Classic Magnum-Powered 1911\u2014Full Review"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The 10mm Colt Delta Elite has a history dating back to the 1980s, but is still as viable today as ever.<\/p><\/div>\n

For more information, visit\u00a0https:\/\/www.colt.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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When the chance came up to review the Colt Delta Elite<\/a>, I was fully prepared to demand trial by combat if another writer tried to jump the rotation. As a card-carrying disciple of the Cult of the 10mm, I was extremely motivated to get my hands on the gun that can be credited with saving my favorite cartridge. While I am not normally a 1911 fan, despite the fact that I carried one to war once, I was more than willing to shelve my combat Tupperware for a few weeks and play with this stainless steel work of art.<\/p>\n

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The CZ 75-inspired Bren 10 was an early attempt to bring the 10mm to the market, but ultimately failed where the Delta Elite later succeeded.<\/p><\/div>\n

It seems we can\u2019t have a discussion of anything 10mm without talking about the Bren Ten from way back in 1983.\u00a0 I\u2019ll make mine short and sweet. All you really need to know about the Bren is that it was a CZ 75<\/a> knock-off design (with an authority no less than Col. Jeff Cooper endorsing the CZ 75 design as a sound combat pistol), and Czechs were still commies then. At that time it was widely held that Americans viewed a pistol as a fighting tool while Europeans viewed a pistol as a decoration for their officers. The Colt Delta Elite is still in production, and the Bren Ten is a museum piece. I think that sums this up nicely. (And yes, I am aware we are friends with the Czech Republic now. I went there a few years ago to import gun powder. The 80s was a different time.)<\/p>\n

So with the Bren Ten being an abysmal failure, the 10mm cartridge also seemed destined for the bone pile of wildcat cartridge hell. The cavalry, rather ironically, came in the form Colt Manufacturing Company. In 1987 Colt succeeded in building a 1911 pistol chambered for the 10mm, providing the cartridge a leap to commercial viability. Colt named this pistol the Delta Elite.<\/p>\n

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The newly produced Delta Elite 10mm from Colt captures the retro charm of the 80s-era design. Image courtesy of Colt.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

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