John1911 TV / Videos
Video Short – Surefire Stiletto Test
Video Short - Surefire Stiletto TestSo this Surefire Stiletto has a max lumen rating of 1500 and one of it’s selling features is the...
Video Short – The NFA is Cooked
We live in interesting times. This is an AR “pistol” not an SBR. And it has a Hoffman (or Hoffman Style) Super Safety FRT...
Military Surplus
Brass Carcano Clips
Brass en-bloc clips came in for the 1891 Carcano rifle. The ad said original brass clips. These are obviously NIB re-pops. But…the MILSURP guys...
Shrapnel Damaged 1911 from Battle of The Bulge
Some very interesting photographs have been circulating around the internet today. They purport to show a US Government issued Colt M1911 that was recovered...
Colt Camp Perry Model
Something showed up at a local gun store that I had never seen before. A Colt Camp Perry Model. It’s chambered in 22LR. And...
Scrome J8F1 Scopes Complete
Received word this AM from Scrome in France. The production run of J8F1 scopes is now complete. Over the next few weeks, they will...
Shooting
DOE Clone – First Shots
DOE Clone - First ShotsThis is a first shots video and a camera test. Specifically a target camera. Things go well. Now all I...
Workbench
Video Short – DOE Red Dot Options
Video Short - DOE Red Dot OptionsHave one of these Harrington & Richardson DOE pistols. 9mm. Looking into putting a red dot on it....
1911 Pistols
1911 Supplies Box
A few months ago a staff member ran across a reconditioned WWII explosives crate. These were being blown out for just a couple of...
Blaser Rifles
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 - Off-Road
50k Miles on The Porsche
50k Miles on The PorscheRolled 50,000 miles on the Porsche this week. Truth be told, if it hadn’t been for the Grenadier, I would...
INEOS Quartermaster Negatives
INEOS Quartermaster NegativesWhile Crown was upgrading some stuff on my Grenadier, they were kind enough to let me borrow a Quartermaster for a few...
Bullseye Range Target Backer
Bullseye Range Target BackerI know I have kinda been MIA the last few weeks. Unfortunately the backlog of projects has finally caught up with...
Grenadier – Baja Designs S2 Scene Lights
Grenadier - Baja Designs S2 Scene LightsAnother upgrade for the “range truck”. 270 degree lighting. In this case side lights added from Baja Designs. Now...
Podcast
EP-406: DOE SMG – You’ll Shoot Your Finger Off, Kid
Episode 406 of the John1911 Podcast: Getting smoked on a T48.
Timney Trigger failures.
Dude-44 shot down twice.
Ruger flees south.
The Cadillac Gage...
EP-405: Range & Armory Updates
Episode 405 of the John1911 Podcast is now live: Bullseye Range Functioning.
Saddleback Leather Company
H&R DOE Gun.
Getting Skunked on a T48.
Valmet...
EP-404: I Thought Dugan Was Dead
Episode 404 of the John1911 Podcast is now live:Mongo goes thermal.
Bullseye range operational.
De Lisle carbine loss.
I thought Dugan Ashley was...
EP-403: K9 Quesadilla
Episode 403 of the John1911 Podcast is now live: Kraken's fire.
SIG sued over AR-15 injury.
Trumps slaps NATO around.
The US Navy runs...
EP-402: Japanese Military Weapons Coming to the US?
Episode 402 or the John1911 podcast is now live:Japanese Military Weapons Coming to the US?Mongo goes on a buying spree - HK533k
Why...
EP-401: Nuke It From Orbit
Episode 401 of the John1911 Podcast is now live:Trump plays chess.
NATO is screwed.
Will the US nuke Iranian uranium?
1903 USMC Sniper...
Commentary
Commentary – Cops Who Can’t Fight
Commentary - Cops Who Can’t FightThis is going to be an unpopular opinion since most will see it through the lens of their own...
The UK – What Special Relationship?
The UK - What Special Relationship?Folks who listen to the podcast know that I’m very upset at the United Kingdom for their behavior regarding...
Industry news
Kimber 2016
Some years at SHOT, Kimber shows some real head turners such as when it got into the pepper spray business with its PepperBlaster and...
CZ’s Sub-Compact CZ75 RAMI — By Scott Mayer
The CZ 2075 RAMI--CZ’s sub-compact version of its venerable CZ75 pistol--combines small size with up to 14 rounds of capacity depending on the chambering....
HMG Sturmgewehr: STG-N
The original Sturmgewehr, or StG 44, was a selective-fire weapon deployed by Germany during WWII. It is generally considered the first true modern “assault”...
CZ Scorpion and Bren
Marky specifically wanted me to check out CZ’s 805 Bren, so here’s my understanding--YMMV. It’s a convertible pistol/carbine, but you can only convert a...
Interesting Stories Around The Web
Disposing of a MacBook Air
Disposing of a MacBook AirSo what to do with an old company computer after it has lived out it usefulness, been wiped numerous times,...
Paper Maps – Road Atlas Books
Paper Maps - Road Atlas BooksSo an interesting story popped up in Moscow Russia last week and it really piqued my interest. For reasons...
POTD
POTD — Opening Day Gun Season
Made it a point to hunt Freeze’s property this year. Was hoping to break in the Wild West Co-Pilot with some meat. But alas,...
Gun Store Road Trip
Doc and I stopped in at Vandalia Tactical outside of Dayton, Ohio. They had some interesting guns I hadn’t seen in person before. Specifically...
