Category Archives: Guns

pistol_purview Colt in .45 ACP by Drake Oldham —cop, firearms instructor, and now retired pistol-smith. This gun, built on a WWII reproduction Colt, is all business. She is fit with a Kart barrel, Heinie rear sight, exacting slide to frame fit, and checkered to perfection. Shod in American Holly grips by my man Allen Noland.

Karl has this anniversary model P. With a very cool serial number. I don’t think it gets any cooler than that.

From the RIA Blog The same day Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy, Lt. Thomas R. Moss strained against the controls of his B-24 — named “Invictus” by his wife Margie — during a raid on the oil refineries of Ploesti, Romania. While Allied forces fought to overpower the defenses of “Fortress Europe,” Moss’sContinue reading “An Unconquerable Singer M1911A1”

This post if from Madman Moran from over at progun millennial. Moran talks about why he wanted to like the Mnin-14 ( God only knows why lol). Full disclosure: This review was done on a Southport 180 series of the Ruger Mini-14. This was one of the first production runs of the Mini-14 and onlyContinue reading “The Mini-14: A Rifle I Wanted to Love”

My Brother pick up a Taurus 1911 Commander and brought it by today. The gun has most of the things that factory 1911s come with these days. Action was really gritty and tight at first. So tight I was surprised. After about 50 rounds it loosened up quite a bit. Sights are a sort ofContinue reading “Taurus 1911 Commander”

After I posted the pictures of the G&H customized Model 70 of Karl’s the other day I got several comments about the mount and rifle on social media and here. I guess sometimes I forget that a lot of my audience is not of a certain age to know what G&H was/is and what theyContinue reading “Griffin & Howe”

Colt has start showing off the new Colt Canada .308 rifle. Unfortunately like all Colt Canada products, we won’t see them sold here. Or at least sold in the same configuration. “Colt Canada has debuted the .308 Win Patrol Marksman in rifle and carbine length variants of the operationally proven C20 platform at the NorthContinue reading “Colt Canada C20 Patrol .308 Win Marksman Rifle”

From pistol_purview What you see before you is the rarest gun in my collection—a Jim Hoag master grade 8” long slide. Jim built four versions of the 1911. The entry level was the police special, then class B, then class A, and then the master grade. The MG was Hoag’s top model and no expenseContinue reading “Jim Hoag 8 Inch Long Slide”