Category Archives: Guns

From 1911_purview Travis R. Strahan (1930–2018) was one of the great innovators of American pistolsmithing. A career Army soldier and Vietnam veteran, Strahan built match pistols at Fort Benning and traveled with the U.S. All Army Pistol Team before establishing Strahan & Son in Ringgold, Georgia. A charter member of the American Pistolsmiths Guild, heContinue reading “Travis Strahan Custom 1911”

There is a new instagram account called ” Magdump” and he has been posting vintage gun magazine covers and sometimes a few pages from within. Its pretty cool to look back. If you have IG I encourage you follow. These two covers he posted really took me back.

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1911_purview 1965 Colt .45 ACP by Daniel Batchelor out of Powder River Precision in Clark SD. A few years ago, I sent this pony to Batchelor and then I forgot about it. For those of you new to the custom 1911 game, that’s how you do it. Send the gun and forget it exists. WhenContinue reading “Daniel Batchelor Custom Colt”

I love this photo. I know most of you that read LooseRounds have seen it. I thought it was lost but ran across it again. The sense of nostalgia this picture invokes in me can’t be overstated. I would even go as far to say it causes a bit of an emotional reaction in me.Continue reading “Some Pictures of the ” Good Old Days””

From 1911_purview C rown City Arms (owned and operated by Terry Hudson) is a largely overlooked chapter in 1911 history…well, not anymore. Long before custom 1911s became the cottage industry we know and love today, small shops and dudes working out of back-alley garages, were quietly pushing Johnny Browning’s design forward. Crown City Arms (outContinue reading “Terry Hudson Crown City Arms Custom 1911”

An Absolute beauty, classic carry Magnum built by Ted Yost, topped with custom fit and finished Spegel grips in figured Walnut.