Category Archives: Guns

It’s designed to look like a random mag which was left behind after a hasty retreat. If your Army uses Kalashnikovs, you might put it in your own weapon. If your Army doesn’t, you might strip the cartridges out to empty it for disposal. In either case, you took the bait! This particular magazine wasContinue reading “AK magazine boobytrap”

Karl has a real special one for us today. What a cool gun, The Colt left Hartford in 1968, and was likely in SoCal by 1970 or so to get built. While Swenson may not be best known for his Bullsesye builds, though his accuracy improvements on most all his guns make them shoot likeContinue reading “Swenson Bullseye 1911”

From Rock Island Armory 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 Japanese officials admiredContinue reading “Nambu Pistol Series”

Pistol_Purview Colt long-slide in .45 ACP by Bud Price (Western Gun Exchange) out of Miami…no not Florida, Miami Oklahoma. This gun was made in 1983 for a well known competitive shooter in West Virginia. I made his acquaintance by happenstance (that’s a lie, I stalked him) and after a lot of cajoling, I talked himContinue reading “Bud Price Custom Colt Long Slide”

While over at the Rock Island Auction website today looking for some new gun to buy, I stumbled across one that I knew the super nerds at this website would love. Unfortunately only those of us in a free country are able to potentially purchase this historic movie prop. Sorry, Phil. “The archetype BlasTech DL-44Continue reading “Han Solo’s Blaster Up For Auction”

Pistol_Purview 1967 Colt 1911 by Santa Barbara gunsmith John Spilborghs. Spilborghs immigrated to the US from Belgium in 1967. He was an accomplished machinist and crafted some of the finest custom 1911s in the late 70s and 80s. It seems like there was an awful lot of talent in Southern California in those years. Kings,Continue reading “Spilborghs Custom Colt”