A real doozy from Karl today. I will let him explain below. Another dandy Lawver build, this one with a bit of a historical base.I could sense you all wanted to see more green gats, so, here ya go! A really nicely appointed gun, straight out of an early 2000’s magazine cover, well not actually,Continue reading “Dave Lawver Custom 1942 USGI Colt M1911A1”
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A Pristine Model 52
A guy in the pre64 collectors group flexed on us all with this beautiful Model 52 with custom box and accessories. Too bad for him its not as impressive as it would have been if he had a real Unertl.
New Colt 7.62×39 M4
Looks like Colt has decided to jump back into the x39 AR15 market. It’s been a long time since they offered a rifle in the commie round. The last one that was sold on the civilian market was the R6830 which I had one of for a while. You may recall I wrote a reviewContinue reading “New Colt 7.62×39 M4”
Jim Clark Long Slide 1911
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 1911”
Lew Horton Model 29
Karl turned this interesting 6 shooter the other day. I never saw a 4 position front site before.
Charlie Thompson Custom Colt
Pistol_purview Colt 70 series .45 1911 by regional smith Charlie Thompson out of Toledo Ohio. Karl Beining found this abandoned gem at a local gun show and the hard chromed Bomar and the swaged magwell made it worth the cost of admission for me. Still wearing its original hard chrome, it’s now “cleaned up” aContinue reading “Charlie Thompson Custom Colt”
Seecamp Double Action 1911 Conversion
Pistol_purview Most people are familiar with the small Seecamp “pocket pistols” but long before these pistols hit the market, their inventor did this — double action 1911 conversion. Ludwig Wilhelm Seecamp (1901-1989) was trained as a master gunsmith in World War II Germany. Having survived the Eastern Front in an elite unit, he brought hisContinue reading “Seecamp Double Action 1911 Conversion”
Accuracy Testing The Model 41 S&W
Shooting Brady’s Vintage Model 41 S&W target pistol.
Swenson “Ugly Man” Custom 1911
From Custom_Handguns “Ugly man” is coming to town. The latest #ArmandSwenson to the collection. If #custom1911 gunsmiths are to be compared to artists, Swenson is the Picasso. I have examined many, seen pictures of dozens of Swenson guns and no two guns are exactly alike. I repeat, no two Swenson guns are exactly alike. IContinue reading “Swenson “Ugly Man” Custom 1911″
Bob Chow Match 1911
Pistol_purview Bob Chow was appropriately born in 1911 (in the U.S) to Chinese immigrants. He was a pioneer ham radio operator in his youth and he joined the Navy Reserve in the early 1930s. He would become a noncommissioned officer—a rarity at that time for an Asian Americans. An accomplished competitive shooter, he hung 37Continue reading “Bob Chow Match 1911”
Scattered Shots 