September 2024 – Page 7 – Scattered Shots

Early/Mid-1980s Widebody M1911 Frame Prototypes

In my previous article on custom competition handguns, I mentioned previous attempts to make widebody M1911 that predated the Para-Ordnance, Caspian, and STI. The following is one of Jim Boland’s modified frames for Astra A80 magazines. The Spanish pistol was a rough clone of a SIG-Sauer, available as a 15-rd .38 Super. The styling detailsContinue reading “Early/Mid-1980s Widebody M1911 Frame Prototypes”

Federal Appeals Court: Illegal Aliens Do Not Have 2nd Amendment Rights

Authored by Eric Lendrum via American Greatness, On Tuesday, a federal appeals court in New Orleans ruled that illegal aliens do not have the right to bear arms under the Second Amendment, due to the fact that they are not American citizens. As reported by Fox News, a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. CircuitContinue reading “Federal Appeals Court: Illegal Aliens Do Not Have 2nd Amendment Rights”

Jim “Mac” McDonnell Custom Combat Elite

By pistol_purview This compensated Colt “Combat Elite” by Jim “Mac” McDonnell out of Seal Beach CA is an absolute pew stick. Mac built compensated match guns out of his garage for IPSC shooters, the most famous of which was Southwest Pistol League champion Jim Zubiena. JZ was a cult hero to IPSC shooters when heContinue reading “Jim “Mac” McDonnell Custom Combat Elite”

WYATT EARP ON SHOOTING VS. GUNFIGHTING

Interview taken from “Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshall” by Stuart N. Lake “I was a fair hand with pistol, rifle, or shotgun, but I learned more about gunfighting from Tom Speer’s cronies during the summer of ’71 than I had dreamed was in the book. Those old-timers took their gunplay seriously, which was natural under theContinue reading “WYATT EARP ON SHOOTING VS. GUNFIGHTING”

LEFT THE RANGE- Richard R. Dressler

I had been friends with Rick for a few years via facebook. What a really great, nice guy with a beautiful family. He sent me a very funny meme the day before he died and to my eternal regret I did not see it in time to respond before he passed away. We are allContinue reading “LEFT THE RANGE- Richard R. Dressler”