Category Archives: Thoughts

Beautiful and practical build by Hamilton Bowen, Bowen Classic Arms. The 38/40 is a great mid-bore cartridge worth exploration!

K-22 Ammo issues, Revolver accuracy, Smith & Wesson Model 25 moon clip guns in 80’s practical shooting, I like Hoppes #9, 1911 old school schematic and plenty more

Classic Fighting Iron from California master Pistolsmith George Mathews.

1911_purview I had to walk outside to put this beautiful 1911 in the sun for you fellas. I bought this Colt, chambered in .45 ACP, from a cop buddy of mine. He had it built by Marine Corp veteran Nick Wasley (Valor Precision) out of Montville Ohio. It started life as a “budget build” soContinue reading “Nick Wasley Cusrtom 1911”

Pistol Dynamics, founded by innovator Paul Liebenberg has built many unique and one-of pieces, this Custom Colt is a great example of a classic carry setup from the early 2000’s

Even if it’s not your style, all shooters should at least know about this rifle. This is not the defining documentary on the Trapdoor, but it’s a brief history about a rifle used by the U.S. during the 1870’s-1890’s and found all over the American west. We’ve got some period loading tools to look atContinue reading “1873 Springfield Trapdoor & Hand Loading Tools; Brief History You Should Know & Saddle Ring Carbine”

American Handgunner, Nov-Dec, 1999 by Massad Ayoob Situation: A controversial modern legend, Askins killed 27 men during his heyday. Lesson: No hesitation to kill kept the Colonel alive, but also led to questionable shootings. The death of Col. Charles Askins, Jr. last year closed a hell-for-leather life that lasted nine decades. He was a nationalContinue reading “Gunfights Of Col. Charles Askins”

This article was originally published in American Rifleman, May 1983 It is pretty generally agreed that the most difficult handgun to shoot is the .45 Model 1911. The soldiery from two wars, the U.S. Expeditionary Force of 1917-18 and the buckos who were in the last brouhaha of 1941-45, are in hearty agreement. When theContinue reading “Askins on the 1911”