The Colt Report #2: Troubleshooting
In the first article of the Colt Report I went through what mods had been done to each gun and how many rounds each had fired. I also noted that #440, the main ...
Category: 1911
Quick photo: Colt CCG 25 yard group
Gun: Colt 1911 CCG #440 Ammo: Black Hills 200 grain LSWC Range: 25 yards Grip: Standing, two hands unsupported (freestyle) Group Size: 2.763 inches
Pistol-Training 1911 endurance test update: Just the tip
Todd has an update in the endurance test of his 9mm 1911. The gun had an interesting parts breakage where the tip of the ejector (hence the post title) snapped ...
Bonus photo: Rock Island 9mm
Gun: Rock Island Armory 9mm 1911, Wilson Combat ETM, CR Speed belt, Blade-Tech holster, New York & Co. Jeans.
Photo of the day: tactical toe tap
Sometimes you just have to tap it.
The Colt Report
Now that the shooting season is finally underway, we’re going to start doing our regular installments of The Colt Report, detailing the shooting and maint...
Run it until the wheels fall off
When I took the Automatic Accuracy USPSA class, one of the instructor’s suggestions to me was that I needed to “run it until the wheels come offR...
Single Stack training stage
One of the things I’m doing wrong is how I set up for the first three targets. I could have set up in one position and taken the target through the port a...
Project Para, part 2: Fixing the sights
This was not a triumph. I attempted to use the Brownells sight pusher tool to remove the rear sight on the ParaUSA GI Expert…and failed. The rear sight is...
Project Para: Step 1
Through the upcoming weeks I’m going to be documenting the project of working on this Para GI Expert to bring it up. Each entry will have a photo, a descr...