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Bringing Back the X9L

Video Short – Bringing Back The EDC X9L

Video Short - Bringing Back The EDC X9L After a short hiatus, I am bringing back my main squeeze. The Wilson EDC X9L. According to...

SACS 1911 in 40S&W

So let me do some explaining here. I have been on the hunt for some odd-caliber single stack 1911s for a while. 40, 38...

Military Surplus

The ZB-26 Parts Kit at FFL

The ZB-26 kit has arrived at LMG Firearms for the re-build project.          Matt www.John1911.com “Shooting Guns & Having Fun”
Frag Grenade disassembled.

A Look Inside a Modern Fragmentation Grenade

I saw these photos recently and thought many of our US based readers would find them interesting. Original grenades from around the world wars...

Rifles Found in Belfast Orange Hall After 100 Years

The authorities in the UK have uncovered a cache of illegal German Mauser Steyr-Mannlicher rifles. It seems there was a huge cache of 25,000...

HK G3 – PTR 91 – HK 91 Magazines are Cheap

I practice what I preach. I lived through the Clinton AWB and was caught completely flat-footed. Like many of my peers. I swore that...

Shooting

Stevens No 35 Target - First Shots

Stevens No 35 Target – First Shots

First of all, we need to start with this pistol is very old. So without a little more research, I am not certain I...

Workbench

Stevens No 35 Target

Why a Stevens No 35 Target

Why a Stevens No 35 Target So…why would be purchase an old-timey, single shot, 22 rimfire, target pistol? Two reasons primarily: We don’t have anything...

1911 Pistols

X-Frame Mag-Well Considerations

So…after 8000 rounds through the EDC X9L, it’s time to look closely at the mag-well and address a few questions & concerns some people...
Split Screen Test - Kimber Rapide.
Debugging a Holster. JP Custom Kydex AIWB Holster. EDC X9L.

Debugging a Holster

Larry Vickers’ 1911 Guide with a 1914 year produced 1911.

Vickers’ 1911 Guide

I Shoot 9mm 1911’s. Anakin Skywalker Meme.

MEME – I Shoot 9mm

Blaser Rifles

Good Day. Bad Day. Same Day.

Good Day, Bad Day, Same Day

So a few days ago, Freeze and I were discussing something he has been forced to wrap his head around: Bad video.  When you shoot...

Hunting - Outdoors

Deer Season. Opening Weekend. 2021.

The Gauntlet Has Been Thrown

Editor’s note: On opening weekend it appears the youngest amongst us have not only succeeded, but likely set the bar for the rest. Congratulations....
Texas Pig Hunting with SIG Cross.

SIG Cross – OINK OINK!

Most of you know Doc has been in Arizona all winter. Well he is slowly driving his way back to Cincinnati. But while on...
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...

Packing For Safari

By the time you read this, I will have returned from a 10-day plains game safari in Namibia and I thought you might be...

Podcast

The John1911 Podcast

EP-355: Garand Thumb & Matt Gaetz Did What?!?

Episode 355 of the John1911 Podcast is now live:   Garand Thumb did what? Matt Gaetz did what? Is Trump an H&K guy? We have...
The John1911 Podcast

EP-354: How Trump REALLY Ends The Ukraine War

Episode 354 of the John1911 Podcast is live.   Trump goes all in against the Deep State. Why Tulsi Gabbard as DNI is trolling Hillary...
The John1911 Podcast

EP-353: Is “SIG Foot” the new “Glock Leg”?

Episode 353 of the John1911 Podcast is now live:   We back. The Amish are back. SIG's P320 slow walk to oblovion. Wadcutter guns. Trump...
The John1911 Podcast

EP-352: Danny Is a Bot

Episode 352 of the John1911 Podcast is now live:   The boys are back. Longshoreman union boss is an ass. Self-driving car big downside. $100k...
The John1911 Podcast

EP-351: Larry Vickers is Back…Maybe

Episode 351 of the John1911 Podcast is now live:   Getting hammered with the rain. Red Glock nonsense. Larry Vickers makes a comeback? A SIG...
The John1911 Podcast

EP-350: Text Message Shalom, I Hate Female UFC, Russia Will Detonate a Nuke

Episode 350 of the John1911 Podcast is now live:   Construction delays. Too many unfired guns. Ed Brown passes away. Painted dogs. Will Russia break...

Commentary

Red Glock 22P

Red Glocks – The Value of Classroom Demonstrators

Red Glocks - The Value of Classroom Demonstrators This video is going to cause quite a bit of heartburn in the comments section because everyone...
Stolen Glock Recovered

Stolen Glock Recovered

I Shoot 9mm 1911’s. Anakin Skywalker Meme.

MEME – I Shoot 9mm

Industry news

Sling Slip Fix

Recently I’ve become a fan of a sling type called the “Peabody.” It was designed by Gunsite instructor Il Ling New and named after...

Best Pawnshop in a While

I travel quite a bit. Not as much as I used to, but it comes in spurts. I suppose everyone who travels is different....

Adjustable Ruger MKIII 22/45 Trigger

Tandemkross had a $35 “Victory” trigger upgrade for Ruger’s MKIII 22/45 pistol. It’s 100% adjustable for pretravel and overtravel and the lightweight skeletonized design...

Buyer Beware: The Worst Deal at Camp Perry 2015

As our regular readers know, we hit the National Matches up at Camp Perry every year. If you have never been, put it on...

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 — Beretta 92 – M9

A customer sent us a funny image inspired by a t-shirt design we sell. A Beretta 92F with a blank firing adopter stuck in...
Browning Hi-Power Mk I*. MK 1*

Browning Hi-Power in Pakistan

Make: Browning  Model: Hi-Power. Variant: MK I* Caliber: 9mm (9x19) Location: Khyber Pass, Pakistan     Umar www.John1911.com “Shooting Guns & Having Fun”
Ed Brown 1911 Old Work Gun.

POTD: My Retired 1911

POTD - Ransom Rest Inserts

Ransom Rest Inserts

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