Category Archives: Guns

The Addition of the Bowen Classic Arms sights and a nice action tune make this little pocket piece ideal for summer EDC, the Spegel design Uncle Mikes grips are some of my favorites for these J Frames.

Dave was an armorer at various SWAT and LE teams for over 20 years.

From Pistol_purview Colt modular 1911 made by Mr. Paul Liebenberg. This engineering masterpiece was designed specifically for professional matches like Bianchi Cup and Steel Challenge. The modular design allowed competitors to shoot the same pistol in a number of different match formats. You could use the .45 ACP top end for bowling pin matches, theContinue reading “Paul Liebenberg Colt”

Pistol_Purview Colonel Charles “Boots” Askins was an American border patrol lawman, US Army officer, and gun writer. Haskins was controversial for the relish with which he described the numerous fatal shootings in his law enforcement and military career, stating that he had killed over 27 men. His best known book was his autobiography Unrepentant Sinner.Continue reading “Charles Askins’ Combat Special”

American Handgunner, Nov-Dec, 1999 by Massad Ayoob Situation: A controversial modern legend, Askins killed 27 men during his heyday. Lesson: No hesitation to kill kept the Colonel alive, but also led to questionable shootings. The death of Col. Charles Askins, Jr. last year closed a hell-for-leather life that lasted nine decades. He was a nationalContinue reading “Gunfights Of Col. Charles Askins”

This little rocket us a stainless Caspian under a colt slide by Tom Kister. Tom was one of the many talented gunsmiths at King’s Gunworks. After the legendary Paul Liebenberg left Pachmayr, he started Pistol Dynamics in an old motel turned into condos in Glendale California.