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Wilson has been around at least 20years. Nighthawk popped up three or four years back. The story I heard (for what thats worth) is that some of the guys that worked at Wilson left to start up their own company. So I guess that even though they (NH) hasn't been around real long the guys building their guns have.  Take this for what its worth since it 3rd hand info.

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One of the nicer things about Nighthawk is their willingness to customize the gun with anything you want.  You can send them a part and they will use it, if possible.

Nighthawk is as custom as you want it to be.  From what I've seen, it's hard to get Wilson to deviate from the catalog.

Of the ones I've seen, the quality between the two is on par.  I chose Nighthawk over Wilson when deciding where to spend my money primarily due to the feedback and examples I'd seen at gun shows compared to the Wilson's.

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I cannot give much of an in-depth rebuttal with respect to the willingness of customization each will go to for the customer but that first statement is indeed false if not misleading. I have made numerous requests from Wilson Combat, both on a purchase as well as a future project, and though I have not deviated in the extreme, I had certainly pushed my preferences beyond the catalog. Every request I made was something they would freely acommodate.

I mentioned this before in another thread and its relevance applies here. NH guys left the Wilson fold to make their own line at a time where Wilson did not receive the same kudos for greatness it once did. Although it might not correlate completely, I find it telling that within years of the departure, Wilson enjoyed its reputation for quality anew whereas NH began to take a nose dive in terms of quality/customer satisfaction. Take that however you will. My first gripe with NH is that their presentation doesn't speak to me at all. It's showy IMO, to the point of gold teeth and 22" rims.

The second issue deals with their product. Assuming the quality issue has no correlation with certain people leaving NH and NH experiencing problems (something I have no problem going either way on), you still have this outfit that found it necessary to do things radically different from their parent outfit. They talked a big game about what made them different and special, and to date they have yet to deliver a product that is either different or superior enough to warrant another outfit, IMO. I stick with the original and I am extremly satisfied with my choice. Look at both platforms and go with what speaks to you and your application if these are your choices. Your needs and tastes may differ radically from mine or the next guy's.

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So you don't like Nighthawk because they don't make a product surperior enough to Wilson to warrant them leaving and starting their own company?

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I cannot give much of an in-depth rebuttal with respect to the willingness of customization each will go to for the customer but that first statement is indeed false if not misleading. I have made numerous requests from Wilson Combat, both on a purchase as well as a future project, and though I have not deviated in the extreme, I had certainly pushed my preferences beyond the catalog. Every request I made was something they would freely acommodate.

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I am curious, however, what do you find showy about a Nighthawk?  Mind you, I agree there are some models that have abnoxious rollmarks (the GRP's big GRP is something I'm not a fan of), but you can always order the gun with the logo removed. I don't see them being any worse than any other manufacturer, in general.

I suppose Nighthawk puts their hawk logo on one side of the slide, which is a bit more "gaudy" than the simple "Wilson Combat", but no worse than the Colt Pony, in my opinion.