Here is a treat for everyone today. The ASP. The reworked M39 by Paris Theodore. You can see him in the photo. Not very easy to find these days since only about 3,000 of them ever got made.
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Classic Early Richard Heinie — Full House Custom — Colt Combat Commander 1911 45 ACP
Superb early Number RH123 build from Richard’s Illinois shop. This 1973 Colt Combat Commander was built in 1980-81 and is a superb example of the craft in those days. Clearly an Homage to one of Heinie’s biggest influences, Jim Hoag.
Colt Hammerless Guns, 1903/1908 – The Original Auto Pocket Pistols With Nelson Ford The Gunsmith Inc
Today we discuss the Colt 1903 and 1908 Hammerless pocket guns, including the Vest Pocket. These huge sellers were loved and out sold any Colt pistol at the time.
Colt Single Action .22 Rim Fire Conversions With Nelson Ford, The Gunsmith Inc.
Today we go over Single Action Army Colt’s in .22 Rim Fire or Long Rifle both conversions and production.
Hamilton Bowen — BCA Custom Smith & Wesson 317 — J frame 22 LR
The Addition of the Bowen Classic Arms sights and a nice action tune make this little pocket piece ideal for summer EDC, the Spegel design Uncle Mikes grips are some of my favorites for these J Frames.
Some Vintage Leather Holsters
Our friend Jason who owns and runs Vintage Gunleather Today down in Florida has come up with some reason classics recently. I lust for this cowboy style 1911 rig. If you are looking for NOS and slightly used quality holsters for just about anything he probably has it. Go give his website a look. https://vintagegunleathertoday.com/
Dave Berryhill Custom Series 80 Colt
Dave was an armorer at various SWAT and LE teams for over 20 years.
Touring the Tom Selleck Collection
Tom Selleck’s fine arms collection is notable for its ability to find beauty in unexpected places. Looking beyond the most popular genres and makers, it is a refreshing, unbounded grouping of high condition, seldom seen, and historically significant models of 19th century American firearms.
Paul Liebenberg Colt
From Pistol_purview Colt modular 1911 made by Mr. Paul Liebenberg. This engineering masterpiece was designed specifically for professional matches like Bianchi Cup and Steel Challenge. The modular design allowed competitors to shoot the same pistol in a number of different match formats. You could use the .45 ACP top end for bowling pin matches, theContinue reading “Paul Liebenberg Colt”
The Colt 7.62X39 Carbine (R6830) Test & Review
In 1993 Col introduced a new caliber into its AR15 line up. The gun was marketed as a hunters carbine chambered in 7.62×39 a round more or less identical to the .30-30 WCF. The R6830 was a 16 inch barreled carbine . The barrel is not really what we think of as “lightweight ” theseContinue reading “The Colt 7.62X39 Carbine (R6830) Test & Review”
Scattered Shots 