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Giraffe Bone: Working Man’s Ivory
Ivory is as popular as ever, but the prices and restrictions are becoming larger and larger hurtles. There is a cheaper alternative however. —Editor
Freeze
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Video — FAL Gas Setting Marked For 55g Wolf Ammo
When you are dealing with many different firearms, a good policy is to double document the settings for those guns. One, if the opportunity...
Military Surplus
POTD – Rockets and Mausers
POTD: We have been in the process of building some new racks in the armory so things have been quite the mess lately. But...
RSC-1917 Semi-Automatic Rifle
Saw a French Model 1917 Semiautomatic Rifle / RSC-1917 in the rack at Cody. Took some up close pics for reference. The RCS is...
BREN Display Gun Back in Armory
As we previously reported from our 07 FFL, the BREN gun display we have is probably not the best candidate for reactivation. You can...
Mexican Valmet
Usually when you see pictures of guns in Mexico, it’s from news report or a NGO discussing the drug war. All of which is...
Shooting
Tisas 1911 Accuracy Testing
Assessments:
After shooting the Tisas 1911a1, I was left with an impression that the sights are tracking left. Not low left. Just left. It shows...
Workbench
What is it – Weird Optics From The Past
(Picture: 1 Left side view of unmounted Ring Sights)
Picture 1 above is of two rather unique LC-7-40-M16 optical sights from the 1980s era. These...
1911 Pistols
Refreshing X9L Magazines
You want to know a secret tell about people who shoot handguns a lot? They show up at the range with a whole pile...
Blaser Rifles
POTD – SCAR-20 / Blaser Tactical 2
Doc and I spent some time at the cool kid range playing with our precision rigs. It’s hard to imagine by the looks, but...
Hunting
Antelope Rigs
Pronghorn antelope aren’t so hard to kill as they are to get close to. They not only have super vision, but also like wide...
Wild West Co-Pilot on Range
So…it’s time to introduce big-bore to the new facility. As in 45-70.
Our regulars have seen the Wild West Guns Alaskan Co-Pilot before. Not a...
Mountain Mike Skull Master Mounting Kit
This past deer season Marky and I were hunting a friend’s private farm in Indiana. While we were both lucky enough to fill our...
Coyote Down
Gotta keep them predators away from your chickens and goats during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Officer Mike is still at it. —Editor
Officer Mike
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Podcast
EP-335: Legs Tall & Alcohol
Episode 335 of the John1911 podcast is now live:
The sky is falling.
University of Nebraska DUI drama.
Pete Rose exucsed by MLB?
The...
EP-334 – Mr. Mirrored Ceiling
Episode 334 of the John1911 podcast:
Chicago sues Glock over auto switches.
Another Bill Clinton death for the books.
Mitch McConnell Sister-in-law death.
Nobody...
EP-333: Barns & Bump Stocks
Episode 333 of the John1911 podcast is now live.
Barn build updates.
Baby goats.
Kraken baits me on Pete Rose.
Thinking about AR-9 pistols.
...
EP-332: Acorns & Anti-Ship Missiles
Episode 332 of the John1911 podcast is now live:
-Those are some strange looking dogs.
-Gun Guys vs Fan Bois.
-Freddy Kruger Valentine.
-Political...
EP-331: The Crystal Methodist
Episode 331 of the John1911 podcast is now live.
Coyote door installed.
Apple Newsletter issue - briefly.
Lancer mags fail?
Is the 32 caliber...
EP-330: WWE Dookie Diaries
Episode 330 of the John1911 Podcast is now live:
SHOT show guns we like.
Great steak dinner.
The beginning of the end for 2011...
Commentary
Is This Even Rifle Shooting Anymore?
Commentary time. We have seen this kind of stuff for years. And if I was an accomplished 1 mile or 2 mile shooter, I...
Zeiss LRP S3 Impresses
I realize this scope has been out for a while and all the “gun media” has moved on to new SKUs. But with that...
Industry news
Dear F. Class Competitors
When F/TR Competitors sit around and wonder why their numbers are not growing at the rates of other shooting sports, look in the mirror....
Ruger’s Line Up – 2016 SHOT Show
Ruger’s big deal at SHOT was, of course, its new American pistol available in either 9x19mm or .45 ACP. This is a continuation of...
Harris Publications Closes: The Future of Firearms Media
While I was away last week, it was announced that Harris Publications closed it’s doors. On one level, I can’t say I was surprised....
Bill Weaver Scope Display
What we have here is a collection of scope and scope designs attributed to Bill Weaver and his Weaver Scope Company that so many...
Interesting Stories Around The Web
The New Chevy Commercial is Lit!
This video was born out of a funny conversation Chris and I were having one day soon after this protestor story hit the national...
Not The Typical EDC Knives
Two of my most treasured gun-show finds. It just so happens that I found them both on the same day at the same gun-show.
In...
POTD
POTD – Avidity Arms PD10
In the midst of all this range construction, do we really have time to futz with a new gun? A T&E gun even? When...
Labeling Your Brass For a Match
I saw this photo on the internet and it got me thinking. A lot of folks don’t realize that there are generally two types...
