Freezer Meat
Writer at John1911.com. Co-Host of the John1911 Podcast.
Freeze is our resident All-American hunter, shooter, gunsmith and military surplus collector. When he is not processing his own game or running the smoker, he focuses on Com-Bloc weapons and Black Powder Shooting.
Fascists vs Communists — American Made Mosin
Editor’s note: We recently had a reader inquire if we could authenticate a Spanish Civil War Mosin Nagant rifle. Also knowns as a “Mexicanski”....
Freeze Uses K31 on Opening Day
Editors note: Freeze is away on his annual trip to deer camp. During this time, he is functionally unreachable. But I did wake up...
First Deer of 2017
Looks like opening day 2017 for Kentucky was successful. My son in law went out and filled both his tags the first morning. He...
Thompson Center Hawken
I was walking by my bar the other day and I looked up and noticed a little rust near the Lock on a T/C...
Bren Gun Tripod
Its pretty amazing what I find laying about in my basement or garage. I was rummaging around and came across an old WW2 dated...
The Israeli K98k Mauser
Most everyone knows that the Israeli’s were given a hodgepodge of weaponry. They were flooded with thousands of left over K98 Mauser rifles after...
K31 – The Karabiner Model 1931
The Swiss made rifle commonly referred to as the K31 is a straight pulled action rifle that uses a 6 round detachable box magazine....
Freeze Replaces Scope on Hunting Shotgun
The scope I used on my Hunting shotgun finally went south on me. It was a great scope for many years of deer hunting;...
Mosin Nagant 91-30 Ex-Dragoon
Most people that are into the Mosin game know about the Mosin Nagant M91. Like most earlier milsurp rifles produced before WW1, they are...
M1909 Blank 30-06
Fun find of the day:
I found a stash of 30-06 blank ammo. I don’t really recall where I picked it up at; or why,...
M1905 Mk II Ross Rifle Refurb Complete
We picked up a Ross rifle for the armory. We needed something in British 303 and the Canadian Ross came our way. The rifle...
Freeze Struggles with Text Messages
As most of you know, we always have multiple irons in the fire. Here Freeze and I are discussing sourcing a SP1 lower for...
Curing Hammer Bite Circa 1985
Back in the mid 80’s I was a young, broke guy who wanted to get into shooting competition. I had a friend who introduced...
Vang Comp Safety on Mossberg 500
So, the other day I’m in the armory discussing business with Marky and, “checking out” my Russian sniper rifle. While I’m gathering up things,...
Parker Brothers Shotgun
About a year ago, I happened to come across a old Parker Brothers Shotgun. It was dirty and had years of crud on it,...
