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Greenworks Pro 18" Battery Chainsaw.

Greenworks 80v Chainsaw

Having a gun range isn’t all about shooting guns. There’s lots of admin and upkeep. Especially on a rifle range. Even more so on...

STI DVC-P 10-8 Function Test

“Officer Mike”, has let us borrow this STI 2011 pistol. This is a double stack 9mm with a huge muzzle break on it.  Frankly, not...
SIG M17 Red Dot Sight

Doc Buys a Red Dot

FAL Blooper Video

Video — Sub-Gun Slamfire

Custom 7.5 Barrel. Blaser R8. GRS Ragnarok. J. Sipp & Sons.

Custom 7.5×55 Barrel

Military Surplus

M47 Madsen - Thumb

M47 Madsen Market Analysis

This might be the first M47 Madsen I have ever seen for sale in person. Well…it wasn’t actually for sale. I tried to buy...
Remington-Beals Navy

Remington-Beals Navy

A quick look at some more estate guns. Remington-Beals Navy revolvers. Both percussion and factory, centerfire conversions.      Freeze www.John1911.com “Shooting Guns & Having Fun”

POTD — The Golden BB

Thought this was an interesting photo. What you are looking at is an anti-aircraft round that has passed through this plane’s prop while in...

Kimber Government CMP 22 Rifle

A few months back I picked up a Winchester 52 from an estate sale. Came with Redfield sights and a Unertl optic. It was...

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

Fine Tuning Zero

One thing I have always liked about nice 1911s is how consistently one can shoot itty-bitty groups of the desire or need arises.  I have...

Blaser Rifles

A Tale of Two Pig Guns

This recently came up among a group of young hunters I know so I figured I would post about it here. The younger guys...

Hunting

Indiana whitetail buck 2020

Doc Takes a Buck

This is the biggest whitetail Doc has ever shot. He went into 2020 with a goal: He bought one buck-tag and waited for the...

Boresighting CZ 452

It seems I have more .22 competition coming. After posting the pics of our friends Kimber CMP rifle, Freeze has decided to pull out...

Pork For The Smoker

Freeze is about to buy a smoker for the company. We wishes to use it on opening day for deer to feed all our...

My Wildcat Cartridge

A “wildcat” cartridge is one where a hobbyist shooter comes up with on his or her own unique cartridge usually by necking an existing...

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

Digging deep into the ammo stash during the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic.

POTD – Digging Deep

Digging deep into the ammo stash during the COVID-19 shutdown.      “Officer Mike” www.John1911.com “Shooting Guns & Having Fun”

Derya 12-Gauge AR-15

There’s a lot to be said for having a detachable magazine on a shotgun used in competition or personal defense--they’re faster to load and...

Robinson M96 Coming Back?

This was sent to us by a reader. A member of the Robinson M96 Facebook page posted a email from Robinson Arms stating that...

Video: HK VP40 Is Now Available

The HK VP40 is now out. As many of you know, we are huge fans of the VP9 (so far). I see the 40...

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

Smith & Wesson 351 22mag Revolver. J-Frame

S&W 351 Pickup

Yeah, the Smith & Wesson 351 that we ran across in a used gun counter. I bought it. How often do I get a...

EDC X9L Holes-in-Holes Drill

Some have asked if I shot the EDC X9L for the Holes-in-Holes drill. I did. Here is the best group. The goal is to...
Porsche 911 Ammo Pickup.

Porsche Ammo Pickup

Engraved Krinkov AK Khyber Pass Pakistan

Engraved Krinkov

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