Pistol_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…Mr. Ned Christiansen (Michiguns). The gun was hard to find because Ned only makes a couple per year, his books are closed, his list is long, and nobody who owns oneContinue reading “Michiguns “pin gun””
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Fred Kart National Match Colt
pistol_purview Fred Kart National Match bullseye gun in 45 ACP. Mr. Kart, a member of the APG, is an industry legend and has been making the finest match grade barrels for over 37 years. At one time he making 22 caliber conversion kits for government model 1911s. I’ve never seen a Kart build in theContinue reading “Fred Kart National Match Colt”
Dave Severns Custom Colt Railgun
pistol_purview Colt rail gun built by Dave Severns. Dave, who began gun-smithing in the late 1970s, was a hard-hat diver and engineer by training. A self-taught pistolsmith, he was known for producing a series of internet “shootout articles” in the early 2000’s, where he evaluated and tested high performance 1911s made by other custom shopsContinue reading “Dave Severns Custom Colt Railgun”
Restored Swenson 1911
pistol_purview My buddy stole this Swenson online and asked me to “help” it a little. After ultrasonic we scrubbed the dead skin and oil out of the 40 year old hard chrome, took out a few micro scratches with Scotch Brite, took off the new Hogues and replaced them with period correct D45 skip lineContinue reading “Restored Swenson 1911”
Ben Jones Custom Super .38
Pistol_purview This 38 super (not .45 as denoted on the slide) was crafted by pistolsmith Ben Jones out of Ruskin FL. Jones was a highly decorated Korean War Army Ranger, who also served with the French Foreign Legion in Vietnam in the early 1950’s. In addition to being a professional soldier and a consummate patriot,Continue reading “Ben Jones Custom Super .38”
Mitchell WerBell
By Kurt Allemeier A veteran of the Office of Strategic Services, master of marketing, soldier of fortune, Mitchell WerBell was subterfuge and conspiracy personified. He is also the designer of the modern silencer with an early company called Sionics. Mitchell WerBell was a “wheeler dealer” according to some government documents. He was a mercenary atContinue reading “Mitchell WerBell”
Benchmark Precision Custom Colt
From pistol_purview This Colt, built by Rob D’Andrea (Benchmark Precision) is an exciting 1911 for me to add to my safe. Collecting 1911s is like chess. Bishop takes pawn and Colt always replaces Springfield. This is a rare rare bird because Rob predominantly builds on Springfields, and never Colts. For years I have asked himContinue reading “Benchmark Precision Custom Colt”
The Modern Lever Gun
Lever guns are an interesting category. They are something that basically everyone who’s owned a gun here in the US has seen and held, but not necessarily owned. That’s a shame, because lever guns are uniquely American. Lever guns were invented here in the good ol’ U S of A, and never really caught onContinue reading “The Modern Lever Gun”
Nambu Pistol Series
From the Rock Island Arsenal blog Of all the things you own that were made in Japan, we’re betting a Nambu pistol isn’t one of them. The Nambu pistol series was developed by Lieutenant General Kijiro Nambu in 1092, who claimed the design for Japan, but it looked a lot like the Mauser C96 JapaneseContinue reading “Nambu Pistol Series”
KGB Customs LLC Custom Colt Super.38s
As always, Karl’s gunsmithing is absolute masterpieces. This brace of Super. 38 Colt’s prove it. https://www.kgbcustom.com
Scattered Shots 