Category Archives: Guns

You may recall my friend’s Kalashnikov 9MM AK had some ..issues. After my friend emailed them and told them what happened. Then they saw my post about it, they were quick to ship out a replacement part. The gun worked fine today. I was able to get prone and fire a 15 round group atContinue reading “Kalashnikov USA KR9 Fixed”

Pistol_purview What you see before you are the two of the rarest guns in my collection—two mint Jim Hoag long slides. The top one is an 8” and is 1 of 4 ever made. The bottom is a 6” conversion. Jim built 4 versions of the 1911. The entry level was the police special, thenContinue reading “Jim Hoag Long Slides”

Pretty well done by some Ivan,

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”