Ted Yost Colt Longslide

1911_purview I frequently get asked what is my favorite 1911. Now I can answer that question. This one. This pistol was crafted by the venerable Mr. Ted Yost. So what…

Pachmayr Combat Special

1911_purview In the early 1930s, Frank Pachmayr left his father’s rifle business and opened his own shop. It didn’t take long for him to become interested in accurizing 1911s for…

Good Friday Fun

A little context on some of the memes below. Twitter instituted a new change that uses AI to auto translate Japanese into English and English into Japanese. Immediately this resulted…



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New Red Dot Colts

Cold showed some of their new offerings of the 1911 set up for red dot sights.

Jim Milks Custom

1911_purview 1972 70 series Colt by Jim Milks…but this one took a virtual village to build. Here’s how she came together. First, with the help of 1911 Addicts (my favorite…

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