Monthly Archives: April 2025
Rotapoint SANCHO Mount, Achieve True Heads-Up Shooting
In the quest for a true “heads-up” shooting position with Night Observation Devices (NODs), mounts fall short. Traditional risers only adjust the Y-axis (height) of your red dot, leaving the X-axis (lateral alignment) untouched. This forces you to turn your head to align with the optic, slowing your target acquisition, straining your neck, and breakingContinue reading “Rotapoint SANCHO Mount, Achieve True Heads-Up Shooting”
Austin Metcalf And The Endless Race War
Authored by Donald Jeffries via “I Protest”, Recently, a young Black male killed another young White male. This is hardly news, seeing as how every day, young Black males kill. It’s a ‘hood workout. The apparent motive in this case, was that the young Black male felt “disrespected.” In ghetto culture, you don’t accept “disrespect.”Continue reading “Austin Metcalf And The Endless Race War”
Jack Maple Custom Bullseye
From 1911_purview Les Baer lower with Colt AMU slide by Jack Maple. Big Jack (as his friends called him) was born September 3, 1930 in Little Rock Arkansas. At 17 he enlisted in the US Army, and immediately after basic training, he embarked upon his first overseas tour in Germany. He quickly rose to rankContinue reading “Jack Maple Custom Bullseye”
Clark Custom Guns — Full House 1978 Colt Combat Commander — 45 ACP
DOJ, ATF Kill ‘Zero Tolerance Policy’ That Threatened America’s Gun Dealers
Shared from Zerohedge. Undoing a major avenue of Biden Administration aggression against gun dealers, the DOJ and ATF on Tuesday announced the termination of the Federal Firearms Administrative Action Policy, also known as the Zero Tolerance Policy. Evidencing the warm relationship between the Trump administration and America’s firearm community, the news was first reported byContinue reading “DOJ, ATF Kill ‘Zero Tolerance Policy’ That Threatened America’s Gun Dealers”
Gemini Customs 1911
From 1911_purview This Infinity was built by 2009 APG pistolsmith of the year Mark Morganti (Gemini Customs) out of Frankfort Kentucky. I’ve wanted a gun by Morganti for years, but Gemini is focused on building the worlds best custom Ruger and S&W wheel guns, so they are no longer taking 1911 work. After Mark retiredContinue reading “Gemini Customs 1911”
The Korean War Week 42 – Seize Hwacheon Reservoir? A Dam Good idea – April 8, 1951
Mike Padgett Custom Colt
From 1911_purview A few years back @texaspatriotarms posted a Colt 1911 built by Mike Padgett (MP Customs out of Linton Indiana) and I swore right then and there I was going to buy it from him. Well,he wouldn’t sell it. This was curious to me–after all, he is a high end 1911 dealer, selling 1911sContinue reading “Mike Padgett Custom Colt”
Early History of the Match/Competition AR-15 and M16
The M16/AR-15 rifle’s introduction to formal competition started at the Small Arms Firing School (SAFS) at Camp Perry in 1967. While the previous year’s SAFS allowed for merely familiarization fire, the 1967 SAFS actually provided two training matches. At the time, the rifle was considered more of a novelty than a serious competitor. However, theContinue reading “Early History of the Match/Competition AR-15 and M16”
Scattered Shots 