Category Archives: Thoughts

Pistol_purview This is one of the hardest guns to find in the wild—80 series comp/pin gun made by the most innovative pistolsmiths in the business…Mr. Ned Christiansen (Michiguns). The gun was hard to find because Ned only makes a couple per year, his books are closed, his list is long, and nobody who owns oneContinue reading “Michiguns “pin gun””

pistol_purview Fred Kart National Match bullseye gun in 45 ACP. Mr. Kart, a member of the APG, is an industry legend and has been making the finest match grade barrels for over 37 years. At one time he making 22 caliber conversion kits for government model 1911s. I’ve never seen a Kart build in theContinue reading “Fred Kart National Match Colt”

pistol_purview Colt rail gun built by Dave Severns. Dave, who began gun-smithing in the late 1970s, was a hard-hat diver and engineer by training. A self-taught pistolsmith, he was known for producing a series of internet “shootout articles” in the early 2000’s, where he evaluated and tested high performance 1911s made by other custom shopsContinue reading “Dave Severns Custom Colt Railgun”

pistol_purview My buddy stole this Swenson online and asked me to “help” it a little. After ultrasonic we scrubbed the dead skin and oil out of the 40 year old hard chrome, took out a few micro scratches with Scotch Brite, took off the new Hogues and replaced them with period correct D45 skip lineContinue reading “Restored Swenson 1911”

Pistol_purview This 38 super (not .45 as denoted on the slide) was crafted by pistolsmith Ben Jones out of Ruskin FL. Jones was a highly decorated Korean War Army Ranger, who also served with the French Foreign Legion in Vietnam in the early 1950’s. In addition to being a professional soldier and a consummate patriot,Continue reading “Ben Jones Custom Super .38”