Now before the HK fan-boy’s get butt-hurt and start dropping in photos, pictures and links of various departments and agencies that have issued the HK P7, read this to the end. I have a real life, personal story I can share about that. The Good Now…what is there to like about the HK P7 (and all variants of the squeeze-cocker …
SHS 16: Sporterized Mauser BYF(43)
On this episode of the Second Hand Showcase, we are looking at something that, while today is not popular, was very common from the 1940’s up until the late 1980’s: taking a very common military surplus rifle and using it as a donor rifle to sporterize. These days, “Sporterize” is a loaded term. So perhaps we should replace it with …
Armory Chat 41: AK-74 mags, IFAK, T91 Parts, Gen. Garnett’s Sword.
Viewer mail: TAPCO AK-74 mags. First aid kit for new range. More parts for the T91 project. General Garnett’s Sword. Marky Www.john1911.com “Shooting Guns & Having Fun”
SHS 15: 1822 St. Etienne Pistol
On this episode of the Second Hand Showcase, we have something that is almost 200 years old. And by my estimates, probably still safe to fire. This pistol was manufactured at the St. Etienne (MAS) arsenal in 1822 as a flint-lock action. In 1854 it was converted to percussion cap. Is 68 caliber. Has a custom flat-faced trigger (I couldn’t …
Trump is Trying to Flip DPRK
This is a movie Trump showed Kim at their summit. A couple of points the average reader may not readily see. It was well known that Kim’s father was a huge movie buff and loved Hollywood. So much so, he tried to emulate it in DPRK. They even used some American defectors in these Kabuki (Japanese reference I know) style …
Indian AF Did Not Detect PLAAF J-20
In April 2018 the Indian Air Force held its largest exercise ever, flying 11,000 sorties of all kinds over 11-days. The exercise generated some excitement when the IAF said it had detected a Chinese J-20 stealth fighter over Tibet at long range. The affair is discussed at length by Stephen Bryen who has impressive academic credentials and government experience. The …
EP99 – Youtube kills Brownells, P365 Issues, New FBI Drop Test
On this episode of the John1911 Podcast: Issues with the SIG P365. FBI Agent Backflip Drop Test. Dick Skins in video games. Youtube kills Brownell’s Channel. US Army M4/M16 Selector Issue. Slimy Gunbroker Sellers. Jay Leno finally gets a Ferritt. Bill Maher is a selfish bastard. Marky & Freeze www.John1911.com “Shooting Guns & Having Fun”
Trying to Beat the Rain – Russian Sniper
So…how do you spend time waiting for a bulldozer to show up for backstop work? Well for me, it’s getting stuff off my to do list. In this case I am zeroing a Russian Sniper and need to confirm with a group. Then…the rain started coming in. And as a general rule, we don’t like to swamp WWII reference collection …
SHS 14: STI Trojan 9mm
On this episode of the 1911 I found something that I don’t normally see. A used race-gun that isn’t shot half-to-death. It’s a single stack 1911 in 9mm, made by STI out of Texas. It seems very, very well made and hand assembled. Particularly the slide to frame fit. It’s so smooth, I liken it to gliding on greased whale …
NRA – National Firearms Museum
A good friend of ours visited the NRA museum and took some pictures. He didn’t intend for these to be published so some are a little janky. But…even those are pretty interesting if you try to actually pick out various guns. —Editor
Range Building – Shipping Containers
So…the new range needs some storage and what better excuse to buy your own shipping container! So…we have been shopping. I have learned a few things: Most containers are 8’6”. A High Cube or HC is 9’6”. Which is handy. The tops of shipping containers are not very sturdy. So I anticipate building a platform on top of one. Most …
Ep98 – WY Griz Hunts, Roseanne vs Olberman, Russian Router Malware
On this Episode of the John1911 Podcast: 1. Wyoming allows grizzly hunts 2. Susan Rice’s son is a Trumper. 3. Roseanne vs Olbermann 4. Father of Texas shooter says his son is the victim. 5. FBI Spying on Trump. 6. The best ER rectal “excuses”. 7. Reset your routers to defeat Russian malware. 8. Bobcat Hunts in our future? …
SHS 13: Colt Official Police
What we have here is a somewhat large revolver chambered in 38SPL. I do not know the date of manufacture for this handgun, but Wikipedia states it was produced from 1908-1969. So at minimum it is almost 50 years old. Since it doesn’t seem to have a turn-ring on the finish, I decided to not even dry-fire the action. So …
Rifle Range Maintenance
Well…the wettest Spring (2018) I have seen in over a decade has passed and now it’s time to play catch-up on range maintenance. Everybody is way behind: tenet farmer can’t bale hay if it’s wet. Dozer guy can’t push up new backstops if it’s slop. Dump trucks can’t deliver gravel since we don’t have gravel roads in yet. And the …
Rant – Protecting Your Interests in Media
Something happened this week that brought back lots of memories from the 1990’s. In particular some of the tricks and tactics news organizations and large media outlets use to fluff stories towards whatever end they wish to achieve. In short, don’t sit around waiting to be discovered or “put on” by some famous brand or group. If a news outlet …