Category Archives: Guns

From 1911_purview Right around the time I was graduating from high school, this Colt in .45 ACP was being made by Ikey Starks of Sports West out of Lakewood CO. Ikey co-founded Sports West with George Orndorff and the two of them crafted high end custom guns in the 70s and 80s. George was moreContinue reading “Ikey STarks Custom Colt”

From 1911_purview Colt 70 series in .45 ACP by Thomas David Walters out of Dallas Texas. Tex, as he was known to friends and family, discovered flying at an early age and dutifully served his country as a Navy pilot. In the wake of his military service, he flew for Delta Airlines for almost 25Continue reading “Thomas David Walter Custom series 70”

First, If you go searching the site for all of the A Boy and His Rifle posts, you won’t find most of them. The majority of them were on the wold website and are now gone. I regret that because it is one of my favorite ongoing series and it had many friends and readersContinue reading “A Boy & His Rifle (Part 12)”

1911_purview OG Colt in full hard chrome by John Williams Jr. out of Fullerton CA. J-Dub had a custom gunsmithing business of some renown for 23 years from 1967-1990. He founded U.S. Optics Inc. in 1990. That’s his son John Williams III next to him — @ddcfirearms stepped down as CEO of US Optics andContinue reading “John Williams Colt”

1911_purview this 70 series by Sean McSheehy, formerly of Cylinder and Slide. Years ago I decided I wanted a 1911 from Bill Laughridge before he (or I) died. I called him, we discussed it, and I sent a gun. Years went by and no word, so I figured his arthritis got the best of him,Continue reading “Sean McSheehy Custom Colt”

1911_purview This is one of the hardest guns to find in the wild—80 series comp/pin gun made by the most innovative pistolsmiths in the business–this generations answer to Jim Boland, Mr. Ned Christiansen (Michiguns). The gun was hard to find because Ned only makes a couple per year, his books are closed, his list isContinue reading “Ned Christiansen Pin Gun”

By Luis Valdes Shooters coming of age today don’t understand how good they have it. In 1991, the gun industry was to a degree a stagnant, faltering, lethargic beast that it couldn’t innovate its way out of a wet paper bag. Designs were moving forward on a snail’s pace. Yes, there was the jump fromContinue reading “The Innovative Glock in 1991”