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10 Hours in the range

10 Hours On The Range

This was a long day. The first half we hosted some shooters who were putting in their time.  What happens when they are done and...

The Truth About Valmet Magazines

Here’s the deal with 223/5.56 caliber Valmet Magazines. You have two options: factory originals. Which are good to go and function just like standard...
practice til you break it rock jam

Rock Jams Gun

Minigun Shoot

Military Surplus

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...
Government Donkey

MILSURP Donkey Update

Crackerjack preening for the crowd. But don’t get it twisted, he’s still an asshole.      Freeze www.John1911.com “Shooting Guns & Having Fun”
Privately owned Mexican G3. Mexican Gun Collector. Mexican gun collection.

Mexican G3

This is a followup on the previous article about the privately owned Valmet in Mexico. Like most collectors, this person has a category that...
FRF2 Magazine

FRF2 Rusty Magazines

As I have shown on video, the two magazines that came with our FRF2 sniper rifle had some light rust issues. Obviously the goal...

Shooting

Ed Brown A3 Tactical Rifle. 300WM. 704 Action.

Ed Brown A3 Tactical – First Shots

Kraken and I took his new Ed Brown rifle out to get a rough zero. The gun shoots pretty well. Especially with crappy hunting...

Workbench

Trijicon SRO Battery

Trijicon SRO Battery Tool

OK…so let’s get the first thing out of the way: yes, I need to clean my gun.  Now that we have dispensed with the pleasantries,...

1911 Pistols

White Wilson Grips

Some of you have noticed the white Wilson grips on the eXperior 1911. And even a few have asked how did we got those? The...
1911 Wilson Experior - Dot Torture Test.

Dot Torture Drill

EDC X9L Trigger Pull Weight
The King, The Heir & The Spare

The King, Heir, Spare: 2020

Remington Rand M1911

Blaser Rifles

Primer So Your Student has a primer

Primer – So Your Student Has a Blaser

Shot this last week as a last minute request by an instructor friend of mine. Some students of his are getting ready for a...
Custom 7.5 Barrel. Blaser R8. GRS Ragnarok. J. Sipp & Sons.

Custom 7.5×55 Barrel

Shooting from the truck

589 Yards From The Truck

GRS Chassis Adjustment

Adjusting GRS Stocks

Blaser Tactical 2

Bore-Sighting a Blaser

Hunting

Hunting Accident Aftermath: Rebuilding a Mossberg Shotgun

So we received some bad news this week. One state that Freeze hunts has not legalized centerfire rifle hunting for 2015. We were pretty...
Poacher Patrol 2020.

Poacher Patrol 2020

In the last week of gun season, I make it a habit to patrol the property for trespassers and poachers. You would think opening...
Doc and his Waterbuck.

Waterbuck

Hunting his done.  Took this great waterbuck this morning.  All the same people in the photo as yesterday.   What a great trip!   Doc www.John1911.com “Shooting Guns & Having Fun”
Turkey Eggs Spotted

Turkey Eggs Spotted

Some birds are better at hiding their eggs than others. —Marky #john1911 #shhh #donttell #gunrange #birdeggs #iwillprotectyou      

Podcast

The John1911 Podcast

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...
The John1911 Podcast

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. ...
The John1911 Podcast

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...
The John1911 Podcast

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...
The John1911 Podcast

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...
The John1911 Podcast

EP-329: The Double Douche From Road House

Episode 329 of the John1911 podcast is now live:   SHOT Show 2024. Shooitng an Ed Brown Rifle. S&W 32H&R J-Frame. New FNC rifles coming...

Commentary

Shooters Global - SG Global Timer.

Not Buying The New SG Shot Timer

Those of us who run the original SG Shot timer are aware of it’s one weakness: The beep speaker isn’t as loud as it...
Legal Analysis - Garland V Cargill SCOTUS Hearing.

Going Down In Flames – Bump Stock Case

Attached is the audio for the oral arguments before the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) in the Garland v Cargill case. Aka The Bump Stock...
Winning vs Being Right.

Winning vs Being Right

S&W 351c Snubby

Used S&W 351C Gets Me Thinking

Industry news

Springfield 1911A1

We had someone ask us what is the best model of 1911 for under $1000?  Frankly, I wouldn’t know. That’s hard to pull off. I...

The Italian 1911

The fundamental side effect of getting back into the 1911 game is the realization that just about any cocked & locked handgun will require...

Springfield Goes 2011(tm)

Springfield Goes 2011(tm) So it leaked a few days ago. Springfield Armory has come out with a double stack 1911. What they brand as the...

Conversation – GEN 5 Glock 17

It's not too common that Freeze and I are in the same place at the same time. My fault. So I took this opportunity to...

Interesting Stories Around The Web

Chevy Like a Rock Commercial - Parody

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.

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...
US Weapons in Afghanistan

The Guns We Left Behind

POTD

POTD — HK VP9 Glamour Shot

I had a chance to cross paths with a professional photographer the other day. He had the typical giant camera with an even bigger...

My Three 1911’s

The subject of 1911’s came up with the previous post about the Staccato P duty pistol. In particular, there was some confusion about it...
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