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This article was originally published in American Rifleman, May 1983 It is pretty generally agreed that the most difficult handgun to shoot is the .45 Model 1911. The soldiery from two wars, the U.S. Expeditionary Force of 1917-18 and the buckos who were in the last brouhaha of 1941-45, are in hearty agreement. When theContinue reading “Askins on the 1911”

Karl has shared this beauty with us. I’ve always had a lot of trouble using an optic on revolvers like this. But I would love to have enough time with one to get used to it.

by Townsend Whelen From the 1918 book he authored  The American Rifle In my work in the Army I often come across men of a rather low order of intelligence whom no amount of practice will teach to shoot, chiefly because they have never learned how to use their brains. Any man of ordinary intelligence,Continue reading “Townsend Whelen On Mastering The Rifle”

By Kevin O’Brien I ran across this when trying to find some old picture I had sent Kevin years ago. Kevin graciously talking about my reviews fairly often and this time he mentions when I T&E’d the Inland M37. Of course Looserounds in its original form is ” pinning for the fjords ” as KevinContinue reading “Inland’s Repop of the Ithaca M37 Trench Gun”

Pistol Purview Colt 80 series 1911 in .45 ACP by former Colt Custom Shop pistolsmith Dave Panicotti. This gun in DLC is shod in Wood Caliber grips. I apologize but with regard to yesterday’s and today’s post, 80 series guns (no matter how nice) don’t get Spegels. Supplies are limited. Colt 80 series in 38Continue reading “2 Custom Colts From Pistol_Purview”

Karl shows us one of his newest finished builds. 1955 Colt Govt Model with a nice feature set for a fun range toy build. This gun is on it’s 4th life now, at least. Its first as a stock Govt Model, at some point in its first 20 years reworked some for Bullseye, then againContinue reading “KGB Customs 1955 Colt”

this was a pretty sweet heater in the game for short while.-Karl