Like a moth to a flame. . . I, for no good reason, seek and acquire these old custom 45s. Often with no pedigree, sometimes crudely executed, sometimes masterfully, and occasionally some of both. The reason I tell myself, I suppose, is the desire to study other and older methods, styles, and executions, many thatContinue reading “Mystery Custom Colt 1911”
Category Archives: Guns
Colt’s 2023 Line Up SHOT
Colt Canada 2023
Brent got these pics of some of the sweet rifles from Colt Canada at SHOT.
1930 Colt 1908 — 380, Engraved by Master Engraver James Demunck
A real beaut from Karl today.
Light Bullets In 1/7 Twist
Years ago it was a common myth online that the military 1/7 twist would not shoot light bullets well. Thats bullshit of course. I set up a 18X Luepold on a Colt 6940 and used some of my 40grain ballistic tip handloads to demonstrate this.
Jim Clark Long Slide Colt
Pistol_purview Jim Clark Colt long slide in .45 ACP. Clark was a highly decorated and accomplished Marine sniper. He also competed in NRA Bullseye Pistol competition for twenty-eight years, finally retiring in 1975. Clark won the National Pistol Championship in 1958 and is the only civilian ever to accomplish this feat. He won the NationalContinue reading “Jim Clark Long Slide Colt”
Dave Berryhill Custom Colt
pistol_purview Colt 1911 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 guns daily, please checkContinue reading “Dave Berryhill Custom Colt”
S&W Model 624
1972 Colt SAA
A nice Model P from Karl. I do think he is just taunting me with these now.
DW King, Bob Chow, & RL Shockey Bullseye Guns
Pistol_purview Three of my favorites bullseye guns left to right—DW King, Bob Chow, and RL Shockey. Back in the day, this is how competitive shooters got down. So what happened to bullseye shooting? Well, as it were, it was (and is) as boring as watching paint dry on a wall, so it’s much sexier sisterContinue reading “DW King, Bob Chow, & RL Shockey Bullseye Guns”
Scattered Shots 