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.
HK P9S Police Surplus
Centerfire Systems was blowing out some foreign police surplus pistols. The HK P9S.
Don’t know much about these, but the price was too good to...
Rolex Takes a Dive
OK. Why am I writing about watches?
The reality is guns, cars and watches tend to be very “guy heavy” interests. And some years ago,...
EDC X9L First Shots
One needs to crawl before they walk. At least us mere mortals. So here I am literally shooting the X9L for the first time…on...
Wilson X9L Arrives
As we stated on the last podcast, we have a Wilson Combat X9L in The Armory. Here are photos as it arrived at the...
SHS 61: S&W 25-14
On this episode of the Second Hand Showcase we are looking at a N-framed, Smith & Wesson revolver. Chambered in 45ACP. These were a...
POTD – Bush-Hog Killer
It’s time to start cutting the John1911 range. Which means bush-hog FOD walks. Look what I found today:
Old barbed wire fence.
Yowza! And here’s the...
Rock Island First Shots
Freeze picked up a used RIA 1911 just as the COVID-19 thing was beginning to take hold. Being deemed an essential worker, he has...
Red Dots on a Plate Rack
Still playing with Officer Mike’s STI DVC-P 2011. As previously stated, this is the first time I have ever put any appreciable time behind...
Storm Damage
I have spent most of the last two weeks cutting up trees that have blocked trails on the backside of our range. It’s a...
Suppressed 7.5×55
Where has the R8 been you ask? The answer is: I was having multiple barrels threaded for suppressors.
Having never shot a non-factory threaded barrel,...
Tuning Ed Brown Extractor
I kinda knew the Ed Brown was going to flame-out on the 10-8 performance function test. Because I have been shooting it for a...
3 Second Par Time
Blowing the dust off the VP9 and playing with a 3 second par time. And the video tells the tale: I need to work...
More Mexican Guns
Here is another example of the underground Mexican gun scene. I don’t know if this rifle is owned by good hearted civilians or Narcos.
My...
HK VP9 17rd Magazines
HK is now shipping 17 round mags direct to customers. They seem just as well made as the 15rd models. Other than the round...
HP Ammo Expansion Display
I took these pics some years ago at a PD training facility. What you are looking at is a display of various HP bullets...
