Tag: John1911
Fiber-Optic Front Sight Replacement
Happy New Year from the John1911 Armory. It’s Friday AM and I am knocking this off the to-do list. Replacing the FO insert on...
End of Year Update: 2020
We don’t do these very often as I think it’s kind of wasteful and narcissistic. But 2020 has been an eventful year and I...
SHS-69: Colt 1861 Musket
On this episode of the Second Hand Showcase we are featuring a firearm I never would have believed existed. A full on reproduction 1861...
SHS-66: Rock River Arms LAR-9
What we have here is a carbine format I was super hot on about 25 years ago. The 9mm AR-15 carbine. Back in the...
How Much Ammo In Your Vehicle?
I posted this picture on social media a little while ago and was legitimately surprised (Which doesn’t happen often) by most of the reactions.
What...
RDS / Scope Battery Change
Last year I started to put the change date on optic batteries. The Aimpoint shown here hasn’t died, but it is dim. So that...
Poacher Patrol 2020
In the last week of gun season, I make it a habit to patrol the property for trespassers and poachers. You would think opening...
Fiberoptic Sight – What Happens If?
Long story short: What happens if your fiberoptic front sight falls out?
Nothing.
Long story long:
The sight is still useable as I have tried to show...
Shim’ing a Rifle Scope
This is basically a POTD. Can’t do into it too much. But we have been dealing with a scope base problem for most of...
Dropping Guns
It’s been a while since I actually dropped a gun. Or been dropped / fallen / fistfight in a stairwell. It happens. This instance...
MSM Banned on Social
Look. I get it. What is happening on social media to provide a gift-in-kind to the Biden campaign is disgusting and dangerous. But I’m...
SHS-62: Browning 1922
It’s been a while since we have done a Second Hand Showcase video. Mainly because Shooters Supply has been limited to the number of...
eXperior 1911 AIWB Diagnostics
Playing with a single stack 1911. Wanted to see how it goes drawing, shooting and reloading in my EDC format.
The eXperior seems very nice....
Empty Chamber Slide Drop – How It Happens
1911: Empty Chamber Slide Drop - How It Happens
I have noticed a sudden uptick of interest in a video we made a few years...
