Tag: Ed Brown 1911
All Steel 9mm Handguns
So it seems the latest trend at the last few SHOT Shows is to take traditionally polymer framed guns and make them in all...
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...
Why I Don’t Like Bobtailed 1911s
This isn’t a decision I came to lightly. Or very quickly. It took me a few years and lots of shooting experience with a...
Armory Chat EP25 – Ivory Grips
My story about how I ended up with Ivory grips on a carry gun. How they worked out for a carry gun. And what...
Video — Don’t Flush Cut Your Pistol Barrel
Should you flush cut or recess cut the barrel on your pistol? From a practical standpoint, I am against this option completely.
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POTD — 1911 Front Cocking Serrations
This image is a photoshop joke. Obviously. But it does a good job of illustrating the front cocking serration debate in the 1911 community....
5 Is Enough Until It’s Not
There is an interesting assault case that came out of Pennsylvania recently. A group of 5 college football players waited in ambush and beat...
Video: My 1911 Triggers Skills Have Lapsed
I was proving a point about not needing a huge facility to get quality training. Which I did with another video. But what I...
Video — Holes in Holes Drill
Video — Holes in Holes Drill
Recently I heard from a reader who was lamenting that he didn’t have all the fancy facilities “we have”...
POTD – Cleaning The Executive Elite
Like many of you, my first love was the 1911. And while I have since related the 1911 to second line work, I do...