This polymer-lower gun has a relatively flat profile and is just an inch wide. It weighs only 15.5 ounces empty. The 10-round magazine that has pinky support. The barrel is 3.1 inches. It’s six inches long overall and five inches tall.
In this writer’s opinion, the one real downside to the DVG-1 is the field strip process, the only area in which the gun lags behind others in its class. Disassembly requires use of a flat screwdriver, cartridge case, or similar tool to dislodge a pin and remove the slide from the frame. It’s a little more troublesome than most striker guns, but no more so than most hammer-fired models.
Being a little more picky, the DVG-1 maintains the company’s tradition of grips with prominent finger grooves. Seeing as how the company that held onto finger grooves for what seemed like forever, Glock, finally stopped making guns with this mostly unpopular feature, it’s a little surprising to see a brand new one with finger grooves—though making more than one major change at a time is not a bad approach to introducing new products to old customers. We can hope a finger groove-free model is on the drawing board.
The DVG-1 is currently offered only in black nitride finish, but SCCY will start producing it in more colors in Summer 2020. The stainless-finish barrel shown in some of these photos is an apparent factory prototype for now. This writer believes there is wisdom in carrying a less reflective, dark-colored frame and slide; after all a concealment gun is, in general, more likely to be used in dim light than not.
As if this story weren’t already full of enough good news, anyone on a budget can celebrate even more. SCCY stayed true to its mission of affordability with this gun. Its price is a cool $289 for the iron-sight DVG-1, or $389 for the DVG-1 RD that includes the red dot. Since this is a new gun, production will likely trail the pace of orders for some time, but those willing to wait should not be disappointed with this nice little gun.
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