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The Kraken

The Kraken
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Kraken is a Navy veteran who worked in Weapons Division in the 80s. He has a background in civilian law enforcement and corrections. His interests include hunting, fishing, pistol and long range precision shooting, bbq, racing, and current events.

New – Old Stock Grips – Pachmayr

This a Smith and Wesson 469 I acquired awhile back.  Back in the day, Pachmayr grips were quite the upgrade for a duty pistol. These...

The Ed Brown Gets It’s Eyes

Sometimes a simple project turns into quite the conundrum.  This was the case with mounting the new Zeiss LRP S3 to the EB A3...

Pawn Shop Find

Pawn shop find of the year although it is still early.  Smith and Wesson 5906 likely produced around 1990, give or take a few...

Controlled Round Feed vs Push Feed

Controlled Round Feed vs Push FeedPick up any gun magazine from about 1970 through 2000 and there will be a mention of controlled round...

Snow Plow Owl

We received 4 inches of snow so it is time to fire up the 40 horses and knock it down. While doing so, I...

A Problem Looking For A Solution

A Problem Looking For A Solution - Zeiss LRP S3Or the question could be, “A solution looking for a problem”.  Either way, it sometimes...

Zeiss LRP S3

Taking this opportunity to welcome a new contributor to the John1911 website: KrakenOne thing he does is precision rifle shooting. So it will be...
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