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Ed Brown A3 Tactical – Overview
Kraken drove in from Nebraska and brought one of his latest acquisitions: An Ed Brown A3 Tactical chambered in 300wm. This rifle uses Ed...
Springfield Armory 10-8 Function Test
This video is going to be filled with my biases and some tropes. It’s is inevitable. But they are based in reality and facts....
Military Surplus
OWS Imports Surplus Scrome J8 Scopes
Mongo brought to our attention that Old Western Scrounger (OWS) is selling surplus French Military Sniper optics. This has come as somewhat a shock...
Drill – Colt SP1 – VTAC 1-5
This vid is really more of a test than something standalone. We are picking out a place on the farm where we can easily...
Movie Prop Guns
When I saw the placard at the Cody Firearms Museum, I thought I would see a bunch of guns from such movies as, “Die...
Where Did CMP Get Krag Rifles From?
Where Did CMP Get Krag Rifles From?So with the news of CMP releasing 800 Krag Jorgensen rifles, the first question is where did they...
Shooting
Slow-Mo Gimbal Test – Anderson Dissipator
Slow-Mo Gimbal Test - Anderson Dissipator Testing out the new gimbal and slow-mo recording, with a now discontinued, Anderson Dissipator. Krakenwww.John1911.com“Shooting Guns & Having Fun”
Workbench
FN Hi-Power Inert Trainer
FN Hi-Power Inert TrainerJohn1911 staff are having a debate around here about a pistol. So if you have something to add, please speak up...
1911 Pistols
Relearning Malfunctions
Switching to a red-dot on my CCW gun has brought up an interesting development I hadn’t considered: Malfunction clearance drills. For going on 30 years...
Blaser Rifles
Zeroing 338LM Blaser Tactical 2
First confession: I very rarely ever shoot from an actual bench. Literally 99% of my rifle shooting is done prone or positional. Just about...
Hunting - Outdoors
Doc’s African Trophies
After some covid delays, Doc finally got his 2020 hunt on the books. In 2023. The mounts just landed in the US. Enjoy. -Editor Docwww.John1911.com“Shooting...
Riding The Ranch
One of my favorite past times is reconnaissance. I’m weird like that. I’m a natural patroller. So when we show up to hunt a...
Parker Brothers Shotgun
About a year ago, I happened to come across a old Parker Brothers Shotgun. It was dirty and had years of crud on it,...
Ohio Buck 2019
2019 Ohio Gun Season. 1 buck & 2 doe. Wild West 45-70 Co-Pilot Old video showing the Wild West Co-Pilot 45-70 used:Officer Mikewww.John1911.com“Shooting Guns & Having Fun”
Podcast
EP-392 – Mongo – From The Stoner 63 to HK M27 IAR
Episode 392 of the John1911 podcast is going to be a special one. Today we have the very first appearance of Mongo. A firearms...
EP-391 – The DonRoe Doctrine
Episode 391 of the John1911 Podcast is now live: The CMP surplus shotguns.
ICE Agent shoots to the face.
The Ghost Fleet is on...
EP-390 -I Was Rightfully Wrong
Episode 390 of the John1911 Podcast is now live: The boys are back!
The US schwaks Venezuela.
Maduro machinegun indictments?
Going after the Ghost...
EP-389 – The Christmas Episode
Episode 389 of the John1911 podcast: Going viral.
Gun projects update.
Thoughts on AIWB clips.
Police blotter. MarkyJohn1911.com"Shooting Guns & Having Fun"
EP-388: FRT’s are Crushing The Machine Gun Market
Episode 388 of the John1911 Podcast is now live: Hunting is in effect.
Would you buy a Swiss made P320?
I think we owe...
EP-387 : Live From The Cocktail Party
Episode 387 of the John1911 Podcast is now live: The Glock V is out.
The Glock 17L is in...almost.
3x's More Bulletproof.
High Mileage...
Commentary
My FRT Dilemma
My FRT DilemmaBeen talking about this on pod for a few weeks. One of our reference collection acquisitions, unbeknownst to me, showed up with...
Russia – Shipping Container Drone Attack
Surreptitiously putting weapons in shipping containers for remote activation isn’t a new idea. See attached post from our website some years ago. But having massive...
Industry news
New Production Steyr-Hahn Barrels
This recently popped up in our comment section and I thought it was deserving of it’s own post. There appears to be a company...
CORBON Urban Response Load
CORBON showed a new 9mm Luger +P 100-grain Urban Response load. With a velocity of 1,475 fps, the light bullet packs 480 ft.-lbs. of...
Purple Rain Mags
Those of you who know me are aware that I am tired of black guns, black mags, black holsters, black everything. The world has...
CMMG Banshee & DefCan
The new one in my armory. 45 ACP SBR with can. Just a loaner, but fun as hell! One of my has the...
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 — Rhinos in Namibia
This photo is minutes old. Scott Mayer is eyeing rhinos on the plains of Africa. He figured maybe our readers would like to do...
Privately Owned Mexican AR-10
I have held these photos for a while. My source in Mexico has a private gun collection. And most of what interests him are...
