It seemed it was a slow start to the season this year. The heat made August hunting pretty rough and there was a week or two I didn’t even bother to go. Things picked up late last month and took off this month in the cool weather with no humidity. Got one of the biggestContinue reading “2026 Squirrel Season October”
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Infantry Automatic Rifle 11.5 Inch Barrel
There is obviously no way we can buy one of these. Not yet anyway. A few of the uppers are out on the market though. But anyway I think its super cool and wanted to show it to those of you not aware of it. I always like the IAR but this little short versionContinue reading “Infantry Automatic Rifle 11.5 Inch Barrel”
Nelson Ford Q&A#54; 1911 Trigger Set Screw, S&W Pivot Pins & Sight Screws, Youngstown Stories
Hope you enjoy, we go into some more detail on cutting .22 chambers, talking about being a gunsmith, 1911 Trigger set screws, Marlin action work revisited and some Youngstown Stories.
Matt Davis Custom 1911
1911_purview Colt 80 series 1911 in .45 ACP by Matt Davis, who got his “coming up” in Richard Heinie’s shop. Before there was Henry, there was Matt…Dick’s protege who helped him dig out of a 5 year back log. There was a rumor at the time that Matt was as good as Dick. Now, havingContinue reading “Matt Davis Custom 1911”
Morris Fisher: Master Rifleman
A saved post from the now long dead riflemanjournal blog Reluctantly, like Ferdinand the Bull, the young Marine Corps recruit, Morris Fisher, fell in with the rest of his training company, came to attention, brought his Springfield ’03 to “Right Shoulder Arms” and marched away from the barracks to the rifle range. He recalled inContinue reading “Morris Fisher: Master Rifleman”
Andrew MacGregor Comp Gun
1911_purview This Colt 38 super comp gun was built by Sergeant Andrew MacGregor Scott out of Santa Rosa CA. Mac was best known for the custom .380 Mustangs he made with his business partner Doug McDougall (Scott, McDougall & Associates). This stretched pew rod was Mac’s personal competition gun, and when I bought it fromContinue reading “Andrew MacGregor Comp Gun”
WW1 Airplane Hand Gunning
Pretty interesting contraption for using a 1911 in a bi-plane. The idea being to keep the fired cases from screwing up the delicate planes.
Lou Biondo Custom Colt
1911_purview Colt 70 series 1911 in .45 ACP by Lou Biondo out of Business End Customs in Peabody MA. I asked Lou to build me a Colt for years but he always refused on the grounds that the gun would never be as good as a gun he could build me on his (much straighter)Continue reading “Lou Biondo Custom Colt”
Battlefield Luck Charm For Two Generations
Guest post by Jack Broz In 1969 I was a Navy Corpsman assigned to Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines in Vietnam. The week of March 25th 1969, Alpha was ordered to assist Delta 1/4 which had captured LZ Argonne near the border with Laos. Delta was being sniped at by an NVA .51 caliberContinue reading “Battlefield Luck Charm For Two Generations”
Those Who Forget the Past, AR-15 Edition
By Kevin O’Brien A couple of days ago we followed a link from The Gun Feed to the Michigan-based gun blog 248 Shooters.com. (We’re guessing 248 is an MI area code? The way the Workshop Eating Plane® will have “603” in its N Number?). Anyway, the article was a short and to the point gear review of anContinue reading “Those Who Forget the Past, AR-15 Edition”
