Category Archives: Thoughts

Lots to cover in the Second World War to Y2K era of the 1911’s. There were multiple manufacturers of the 1911 for the war effort, on the video we have two Colts, one from 1941, a rarity in itself being pre declaration of war and low production year, and one with a history of useContinue reading “1911’s The Later Years (1941-2000) World War 2, Nickel 1950, & The Y2K Mid Modern With Nelson Ford”

Today a quick Q&A on 1911 Buffers, 1911’s in 9mm, .22 snap caps and drywall anchors as alternatives, doing Ruger revolver trigger jobs, 1927 Argentine 1911’s and plenty more.

I have been through hundreds Colt double action revolvers but until cleaning this early model 1896 Colt New Police .32 I had never come across a leaf spring in the hammer and on the cylinder stop in the frame. We’ll take it apart and compare with the normal coil spring Colts with their safety system.