Best Seller is another great neo-noir crime thriller from the 1980s. It stars James Woods, with the always excellent Brian Dennehy co-starring. In Best Seller, Woods plays hitman called Cleve and Dennehy plays a cop and true-crime author called Dennis Meechum. The story starts in the early 70s when a team of mooks rob theContinue reading “Best Seller 1987”
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KGB Custom Colt 9mm LW Commander
Karl has finished another masterpiece for a customer.
Palmetto State Armory ARV 9mm Review
From our buddy The New Rifleman The 9mm AR15 market is saturated. There are many, many options available to the consumer. This is my first exposure to a pistol caliber AR platform, so pardon my observations when comparing it to a 5.56 rifle. Is the first time a charm? Today were going to take aContinue reading “Palmetto State Armory ARV 9mm Review”
Chuck Rogers Custom Colt Series 70
pistol_purview Colt series 70 1911 in 45 ACP by the venerable Chuck Rogers. I chased this gun for a long long time. I kinda scratched the itch years ago when I bought a Kimber that Chuck did some machine work on, but it certainly wasn’t a “full house” custom. So I sold it. The bestContinue reading “Chuck Rogers Custom Colt Series 70”
Interesting Chamber Plugs
I typically write about Colt items but every once in a while something else catches my eye. This chamber block / chamber flag design is one of those things. It is very unique and seemed to be a great design for what it is. This design is being used by a federal agency that isContinue reading “Interesting Chamber Plugs”
Jim Boland Custom Colts in Super .38 And .45 ACP
pistol_purview Colts in 38 super and .45 ACP by Jim Boland —the most innovative 1911s the world over. Through the 1980’s and early 1990’s Boland was among the early pioneers of high-performance 1911 customization. He took his experiences as an aerospace machinist at TRW and later as a barrel maker for the now defunct Apex rifleContinue reading “Jim Boland Custom Colts in Super .38 And .45 ACP”
Ukraine and the NGSW Concept
Every once in a while a topic of conversation comes up on B-ARFCOM that is actually worth discussion. I had been thinking about this for about 2 weeks now and some worthy over on the forum started a thread about it. His opening comment/question below. “Has Ukraine shown us that SCHV rifles are more thanContinue reading “Ukraine and the NGSW Concept”
My Science Project (1985)
1985 was a big year for science fiction action-comedies. Back To The future, Real Genius, and of course, Weird Science all came out and were pretty big hits. Today’s subject also came out in 1985 and didn’t do very well at all. The crime here is that it is a hell of a lot moreContinue reading “My Science Project (1985)”
My “Pet” Beavers
I was out looking around on the old plantation and decided to go see what my beavers had been up to. I had figure there 2 beavers that moved in 5 years ago had to be 12 beavers by now and I was right. You can see two dens in the pictures below. A fewContinue reading “My “Pet” Beavers”
Sports West, Ikey Starks/George Orndorff Custom 1911
pistol_purview During the birth of practical pistols shooting, (in the late 1970s and early 80s) nationally known shops like shops like Pachmayr, Behlerts, Kings, Hoag, Swenson, and others had insanely long backlogs. As a result, smaller regional shops filled the gaps for high-quality guns with faster turnaround. One of these was “Sports West” in Denver,Continue reading “Sports West, Ikey Starks/George Orndorff Custom 1911”
Scattered Shots 