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I've owned a bunch of custom 1911s, still have several and they're all great guns, but they had all been built for someone else. Something I had never done was commission a custom 1911 build for myself. Last year I decided it was time. I had this full size ORM 1991A1 .38 Super that I'd picked up...

I've volunteered to be a panelist at a "Gun Control Forum" at the local state university tomorrow evening. The perspective I'm offering is that of a 2A advocate, LEO, and medical professional (respiratory therapist). The other panelists are the county Sheriff, the local school superintendent, a...

OK, it's not real Royal Blue since Colt didn't do it, but it is a very nice high polish blue in the spirit of the infamous Colt finish. Anyway, my Clark Meltdown 1991A1 Compact was suffering from a very worn finish and I was hemming and hawing on what to do with it when I bought a nice set of...

It started life as a Bud's Gun Shop *Exclusive* called the "Bounty Hunter" and was sent to Mag-na-port where it got their 4-Port "Dual Trapezoidal" porting, an incredible action job (as good as any I've felt), 11deg target muzzle crown, chamfered forcing cone, and the grip reduced to K-frame...

I've been looking for a long time for one of these but they're rare as hen's teeth. I have only seen one other for sale (long gone) and pics of maybe 4 or 5 others. Thanks to a heads up from a forum member I hooked up with a dealer out west that had this one. The story is that a few of these...

Check out my newly customized Detonics CombatMaster! I bought my "Georgia generation" Detonics CombatMaster .45 last fall, it was used but ANIB. It was a great little gun as it was - accurate, reliable, very well fitted and finished, but not exactly what I wanted. I have a number of 1911s and...

Just rec'd my NIB AMT Automag V .50AE the other day. I haven't been able to shoot it yet but I wanted to show it off. It's in the original case with all of the paperwork, etc, number 409 of an intended run of 3000 though I've read only around 2000 were actually built in 1993-94. Soon as the...

I just picked this up. It's a very early (made in Arcadia) AMT Hardballer Longslide. The gun is unfired and still coated in grease except where I wiped off the slide for the pics. It's in the original box with the paperwork and one mag that is stamped "AMT HARDBALLER" on it's base. I thought it...

I carry a SW1911 9mm Pro Series on and off duty, I also have a Springfield Loaded .45 and a Colt 1991-A1 .38 Super. Like everyone else I'm concerned about the cost of practice and thought it would be great to have a 1911 in .22lr. I figured I could use the same holsters and gear, everything...

I've got a RIA 1911 GI in .38 Super that I picked up last summer. Love the gun, love the cartridge, but I've had a terrible time finding a holster that balanced well for me. Well, I found mention of a holster maker in VT, Andy Langlois, and I took advantage of his christmas sale. I got this...

Went to the Bangor gun show today, walked in about 0930 and found this 646 at the second table. The shop selling it is not known for good deals but the gun had a "show special" price of $425 on it. I had never seen or heard of a 646 before, hell, I didn't even know S&W made a dedicated .40S&W...

We finally got some decent weather and I was able to get out today and chronograph a bunch of loads out of my rechambered 360J. For comparison I also used a S&W 637, a Taurus 905 (the Instant Backup model with a short, 9mm length cylinder), a Beretta 8000D Cougar, and a Rock Island Armory .38...

There's been lots of discussion and speculation over the accuracy (or loss of) you get shooting .355" rounds through a .357" barrel. I've posted here before about my S&W 360J that I had rechambered to 9x23. I carry it as a BUG, on aand off duty, loaded with the same 9mm ammo as my duty weapon. I...

I picked this up a couple of weeks ago from a guy who's Dad collected all kinds of guns. Brand spankin' new, in the box with all of the paperwork and a spare mag, $350. I was able to find 5 50rd boxes of .38 Super silvertips gathering dust on a back shelf at a local gun shop for $25 a box and...

Finally got out to shoot my AR-15 since I finished the mods. It was a decent day, though spring is having a rough time getting started around here, so I thought I'd take a few pics and show it off. It is a Bushmaster Carbon 15 (C15M4), I use it as my patrol rifle and fun/varmint gun. I've...

We've got squeaky stairs, no matter how hard you try to walk softly they squeak, they even squeak when my dogs go up and down. So, about 330 this morning I hear the squeaking and it wakes me up. Someone is coming up the stairs, slowly. I reached down and checked the dogs, who are both in their...

Picking one up tomorrow, NIB. Just wondering if anybody has any experience with them in .38 Super, I'm looking for the usual experiences, opinions, etc. I had an OMC .380 Backup waaaayyy back when but it was a completely different animal. Any help would be appreciated!

The gun shop by my house got robbed late last summer. The dip*****s that did it broke through the glass door, smashed the glass counter top and grabbed a bunch of handguns. They threw them into a pillow case and ran. Because they're stupid (like most criminals) they were caught in short order...

Here's my scaled down "precision/sniper" rifle. I started putting it together after looking at Remington 700 SPS Tactical and deciding that I didn't have the space (or money) to really do a .308 justice as far as set up, range, and shooting time/volume. This MKII was standing next to the...

My family's thanks go out to all that have served this great nation. I don't consider myself much of a veteran because the world was pretty quiet while I was in but we have served for 4 generations and I'm very proud of that. Clarence Hugo "Pete" Huber (My Grandfather) - 193? to ?, US Army...