Cabot Guns

Folklore teases that a wish made at midnight will come true in a year. Some might wish for deliverance, as midnight in some circles is also known as the witching hour—that dark and hopeless time when cursed crones mutter their spells and evil lurks in the deepest shadows. The more practical might wish for Cabot’s March Gun of the Month: The Midnight Standard.

Midnight transitions us from one day to the next. Midnight Standard is the result of Cabot’s magical hand-finishing techniques, which transform this 1911 from a mere tool to a spellbinding work of art. Light slithers along the slide and frame, yet the pistol’s black plasma diamond-like carbon coating seemingly absorbs it; only to reflect it into the night from small parts that shimmer with variegated iridescence. The Midnight Standard’s grips resemble a misty cauldron. Light barely penetrates the swirling surface, but that which escapes reveals an intricate pattern of undulating black and white veins.

An amalgam of dark and light, of shadow and substance, of nothing, yet rich with enchanted color. Midnight Standard is not just another black gun. – 45ACP