Marky
Writer for john1911.com. Co-Host of the John1911 Podcast. Video content provider for John1911-TV.
Areas of focus: Defense and National Security, Modern Light Weapons, Small Arms, Weapons Training.
Blaser Tactical 2 — Single Loading
With the ever decreasing supply of Blaser Tactical 2 magazines, I get asked variations of the same question: Can I use X mag to...
ZB-26 Update
The ZB-26 project is almost complete. We just need a small tweak to the recoil system.
Sincerely,
Marky
www.John1911.com
“Shooting Guns & Having Fun”
Accuracy International – AX-ELR
A few things going on here. This team has a new 50 BMG caliber rifle. The Accuracy International AX-ELR. Up until this point, they...
POTD – Marking Mags
POTD - Marking Mags
I haven’t been publishing videos with it, but we are still shooting the SIG 551A1 rifle. Getting tired of only have...
Akila 10rd R8 Chassis
Akila 10rd R8 Chassis
The announcement by Blaser of their new 10rd magazine system for the R8 rifle hit the segment like an earthquake. At...
Night Vision Shoot
We had a friend come by our range for some projects. But while he was there, he brought his work gear and demoed some...
How To Read Night Sights
If someone never told you, how would you know? And when it comes to night sights, many people don’t seem to know this: Night...
SIG Bows Out of SHOT 2022
Having worked SHOT myself, I feel there are multiple issues at play here. Some of it can be read between the lines of the...
GRS Bipod Review
So I have been running the GRS bipod for a few months, and so far, I am extremely happy with it.
It’s big enough...
POTD —EDC X9L – X300
POTD. Yup. I still used the EDC X9L every day. Rain or shine. Runs like a top. It’s my primary training AND carry gun....
Don’t Convert Training Guns
We had some commentators asking if the Glock red training guns can be converted to fire? The short answer is yes. The shorter answer...
1891 Carcano Bayonet
Do you like Bayonets? I like bayonets. And what I mean by that in firearms terms is, a bayonet makes a gun whole. If...
Peltor Upgrades
We had a SWAT team on our range recently. They were function testing, zeroing and qualifying the sniper section on a 50BMG rifle. 100-300...
POTD – 50BMG Magazine
POTD - 50BMG Magazine
At some point I am going to have to talk about the 50 we had on site. Probably not for a...
Blaser Releases 10rd Mag
Started to see grumblings about this last night and today it dropped. Blaser has released a 10 round, detached, magazine design for their R8...
