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.
Ithaca Shotgun Acquisition
If you know me, you know I love old police shotguns. Now after some years of waiting for the right deal, we have acquired...
POTD – Swedish M41b Testing
Up in the Coyote Door, doing some shooting with the Swedish M41b Sniper Rifle. Trying to figure out some things with this gun. More...
Why I Hate 2×4 Target Stands
With the opening of the Coyote Door shooting position, I have decided to install some 100-200-300 (maybe 400) yard targets for easy, round number...
Video Short – Ithaca Model 37 Shotgun
Finally got around to adding to the police shotgun pile: Ithaca Model 37. Still trying to figure this gun out, but we are very...
Barn Decor
Time to start getting the living quarters organized. With all the construction still going on, I have been tardy in addressing this. The plan is...
Coyote Door – First Shots
What is the Coyote Door? It’s a covered, heated, elevated hunting hide built into the second floor range barn. It looks over The Pit...
Crazy Weather at The Range
The weather has been downright nuts (also kinda cool) around here. In a 36 hour period, we went through the following:
First it got foggy...
Video Short – Scrome J8 Scope Mounted
Had some time tonight at the John1911 range to dig into the workbench backlog. So we pulled out the Scrome J8 scope and finally...
Swiss K31 Ten Round Magazines
While on other business, I ran across the manufacture of some pretty interesting magazines. 10 round aftermarket mags for the Swiss K31 rifle. Made...
Detail Strip EDC X9 – Chapter 2
About 4 years ago we made a X9 detail strip video. I have been wanting to make a new version that just focused on...
Video Short – Ed Brown Rifle Threading
On our workbench to do list is having Kraken’s Ed Brown rifle threaded. What’s interesting is this gun has a bull-barrel. What is that...
Video Short: Blaser Barrel Threads
Blaser Barrel ThreadsTaking a custom barrel into one of our outside vendors to diagnose, correct, and if need be, chop and re-cut some barrel...
POTD – Project 1 – In Ice
As proof that I am carrying the Project 1 gun full time, here we are caught in an unexpected (at least by me) ice...
More Trees Down – Ice Coming
While testing out the new heater on the general, started driving down through some of our secondary trails. And what do I discover on...
Project 1 – Ambi-Safety Comes Loose
The ambi-safety on the Project 1 started coming loose. Not from shooting it, but carrying it. After about a month or so, I noticed...
