Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog, Nobody is going to be able to save the spring planting season in the northern hemisphere now, and that is really bad news because according to the UN the number of people in the world experiencing acute hunger was already at an all-time high even beforeContinue reading “Global Fertilizer Shortage Means Spring Planting Season Disaster In The Northern Hemisphere”
Monthly Archives: May 2026
John Giles Custom Bullseye
1911_purview Up next in the Bullseye marathon is a 1979 Colt in .45 ACP by John Giles out of Odessa Florida. The legendary Giles was absolutely prolific in his production –making over 4000 guns between 1951-1983. He himself shot competitively (in the 1930s) for his employer the Goodyear Rubber Company. Giles is known best forContinue reading “John Giles Custom Bullseye”
Askins on the 1911
This article was originally published in American Rifleman, May 1983 It is pretty generally agreed that the most difficult handgun to shoot is the .45 Model 1911. The soldiery from two wars, the U.S. Expeditionary Force of 1917-18 and the buckos who were in the last brouhaha of 1941-45, are in hearty agreement. When theContinue reading “Askins on the 1911”
The 1919 National Matches at Caldwell, New Jersey
by: Alexander Ramsey Thompson, United States Army, New York Coast Artillery Corps To give an idea of the work at Caldwell and of the interest it held for those present we give an account of the work at the range by one of our officers, told in his own words. “On July 7, 1919 IContinue reading “The 1919 National Matches at Caldwell, New Jersey”
Weaponsman: The Rise and Fall of the Halftrack
As a kid in the sixties, you couldn’t get away from ’em. Turn on Combat with Vic Morrow, and there’d be one in every few episodes, hauling American infantry up to the point where they’d start walking. A couple years later, The Rat Patrol stuck German Balkankreuz symbols on them and made ’em the bad guys. Around that time, they made the TVContinue reading “Weaponsman: The Rise and Fall of the Halftrack”
Thomas Shimoda Custom Bullseye Colt
1911_purview If you don’t like Bullseye guns, I would block this account for the next 30 days. Colt 70 series 1911 in 38 wadcutter by legendary Honolulu police armorer Thomas Shimoda. Look at this crazy ass gun—this is gunsmithing. The front strap checkering intertwined with stippling is stunning. The welded on feed ramp nubbin enablesContinue reading “Thomas Shimoda Custom Bullseye Colt”
The Day Civilization Runs Out Of Bread Will Not Feel Like Fiction
Authored by Madge Waggy, For nearly three decades, much of the modern world behaved as though the nuclear age had quietly expired sometime in the early 1990s. The collapse of the Soviet Union created the comforting illusion that humanity had stepped away from the edge permanently, as if the terrifying balance that defined the ColdContinue reading “The Day Civilization Runs Out Of Bread Will Not Feel Like Fiction”
Dane Burns Best Grade Custom Colt 1911 — 45 ACP
Really tidy build by one of the more in-demand builders of the early 2000’s, Dane Burns.
Nelson Ford Q&A#44; 1911 Facts, Carry Condition, Badly Out Of Time, Frame Stud Worn On Old Revolver
King’s Gunworks Custom Series 70 Colt
1911_purview Colt 70 series in .45 ACP built by Kings Gunworks in Glendale CA. Kings was owned and operated by a paisan named Arnold Capone. Al was largely a self-taught smith. He apprenticed as a teenager for the Hoegee Company until the company’s doors closed in 1949. He opened his own shop in Monterey Park,Continue reading “King’s Gunworks Custom Series 70 Colt”
Scattered Shots 