Thoughts – Page 8 – Scattered Shots

Ted Yost — Full House Custom 9mm Colt Commander — Square Guard

Really handsome and well appointed 9mm Commander by Ted Yost.

The Bridges at Toko-Ri

The Bridges at Toko-Ri is a 1954 film about a fighter/bomber pilot, played by William Holden, in the Korean War. Holden is a Naval reserve officer called back into service and he isn’t too happy about it. While other active reserves are still back in the US, Holden was called back unfairly in his opinion,Continue reading “The Bridges at Toko-Ri”

S&W Trigger Pivot Pin; How To Remove The Trigger When It’s Stuck

Wanted to share this quick video on how to remove the trigger on your S&W revolver and keep your pivot pin safe.

Wilson Combat AccuComp LE — Classic 80’s Comp-Gun – Custom Colt 1911

Wilson Combat’s AccuComp ruled the 80s, this one is in lovely condition.

Jimmy Wells Custom Colt Commander — Carry Comp 45 ACP

Jimmy Wells from Georgia built this rockin Carry Comp with an assist from Chuck Rogers.

Burst Selector: An Idea Whose Time has Come and Gone

By Kevin O’Brien A couple of years ago, the Army gave the lousy three-round-burst selector switch that was used on the M16A2 and successors, and the original M4, two in the chest and one in the head. There are still firearms with the bad trigger mechanism kicking around the services, but this decision was theContinue reading “Burst Selector: An Idea Whose Time has Come and Gone”

Farewell To The King

Way back in 1989 one of John Milius’ least known but best movies came out and quickly vanished. Farewell To he King is one of my favorite films. It is a shame that it has more or less dropped off the face of the earth. The last home video release was in 2008 on DVD.Continue reading “Farewell To The King”

Ed Brown Custom Compensated 1911

1911_purview Long before he had a custom shop pumping out dozens of Kobra bobtails, Missouri native Ed Brown was himself a custom gun maker…and a damn good one. In November 1988 I had just graduated from high school and two sequential serial numbered Colt Maxi Comps adorned the cover of American Handgunner magazine. Thirty yearsContinue reading “Ed Brown Custom Compensated 1911”

Jim Garthwaite Comped 1911

1911_purview I post a lot of esoteric “one off” guns, made by men who were simply footnotes in history. They are mostly stupid, but the historian in me likes them. But, there are a handful of 1911s in my safe that were made legends of craft. Here’s the latter. Compensated Colt 70 series chambered inContinue reading “Jim Garthwaite Comped 1911”

Those Who Forget the Past, AR-15 Edition

By Kevin O’Brien A couple of days ago we followed a link from The Gun Feed to the Michigan-based gun blog 248 Shooters.com. (We’re guessing 248 is an MI area code? The way the Workshop Eating Plane® will have “603” in its N Number?). Anyway, the article was a short and to the point gear review of anContinue reading “Those Who Forget the Past, AR-15 Edition”