Category Archives: Guns

Crawford Customs Colt

pistol_purview Richard A Crawford (1935-2017) was a US Army paratrooper who served in Korea and later as a Dutchess County (NY) deputy sheriff. Dick was on the 1976 US Olympic Pistol Team and later built bullseye guns like this one through his shop Crawford Customs in Pleasant Valley NY. D45 “skip line” grips by SteveContinue reading “Crawford Customs Colt”

Bobby Cogan Colt

pistol_purview Old school 70 series Colt by Bobby Cogan. It’s all there for me—welded and fit factory Colt barrel is snug AF, Swenson ambi safety, front and rear cocking serrations, checkered front strap, MSH, and rear of the slide, gross Millet rear site, 3 hole Greider trigger, magwell, and BLACK CHROME (not blue) slide overContinue reading “Bobby Cogan Colt”

Pachmayr Competition II

pistol_purview In the wake of the Combat Special’s commercial success, and in an effort to push the accuracy envelope, Pachmayr picked up where the Signature model fell short, and proudly released the Competition II. Designed and developed by championship shooters, the Competition II incorporated the most technically advanced concepts in accuracy systems available at theContinue reading “Pachmayr Competition II”

Eli Dicken’s Gun

From 1911SFOREVER on ARFCOM Eli Dicken is the upstanding young man that shut down what would have been a horrific mass shooting event in Greenwood Indiana in July of 2022.   At the time there was great speculation in GD what pistol/equipment he used.  I can now definitively put that to rest.  Young Dicken’s lawyerContinue reading “Eli Dicken’s Gun”

Berryhill Colt 1911

pistol_purview Colt 1911 in .45 ACP by master gunsmith Dave Berryhill of Prosper Texas. Dave was an armorer for various SWAT and law enforcement teams for over twenty years. In other words, he made guns for men who aimed to go into harms way. Dave succumbed to cancer at age 54. If you handle gunsContinue reading “Berryhill Colt 1911”