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.
My Three 1911’s
The subject of 1911’s came up with the previous post about the Staccato P duty pistol. In particular, there was some confusion about it...
Staccato-P: A Pretty Interesting Service Pistol
Last week I had a chance to run into an old friend of mine at a training. He happened to be wearing his new...
Hostage Rescue at Ice Station Zebra
Doc and I were at the Uber-private, cool-kid, LEO-only range recently. It’s a range I have heard about for at least 15 years, but...
Croatian PHP MV9 Pistol
We’ve been looking for a PHP on an off for almost a year. They are available on the market, but too many sellers want...
POTD – ACOG & AimPoint CompM2
As we referenced in the podcast, an ACOG and CompM2 have come into the armory. More on these optics and why we picked them...
Pistol Pit Retaining Wall
Pistol Pit Retaining Wall
Well the day has finally come. It’s time to “start” the fix on the pistol pit. The one mistake I made...
Internal vs External Extractors on 1911s
While setting up the reset rope on our new falling plate rack, I address my personal feelings about the internal vs external 1911 debate.
I...
Have You Ever Lost Your Gun?
This photo was sent in by one of our executive team. This was not at our office. The gun pictured is not ours. And...
POTD – Timed Hostage Rescue Shot
Doc and I at the Cool-Kid-Range practicing a timed, multi-target, hostage rescue shot.
Sincerely,
Marky
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“Shooting Guns & Having Fun”
HK 20 Round Magazine Dry Practice
So in between live-fire exercises, I took a few minutes to familiarize myself with the 20 round, factory, HK, VP9 magazine. You’d think it...
The Old Man And The Fortee
One thing about Doc and handguns is he always shoots the same gun. The Smith & Wesson M&P in 40 S&W. I don’t know...
SCAR-20 155g Bullet Test
So Doc is finishing up his load testing with his new SCAR-20s. And the results with the 155g loads were eye opening.
I know FN...
POTD – Family Heirloom
This belongs to Freeze’s father. So that would be great grandpa Freeze. If I recall the story correctly? It was brought back by another...
Various Shooting Bags
About a year ago, I decided to up by shooting bag game. As such, I have been buying and playing with quite a few...
Background Checks on What?
How to solve America’s gun problem. Re-institute the nationwide, involuntary, community control, mental health system.
Bring back mental health adjudication in the courts. And build...
