1911 as a hobby gun
Tam talks about how the modern incarnation of the 1911 is largely a “hobby gun”, i.e. not a serious firearm for self-defense because many of the mod...
Category: 1911
Colt 1911 XSE Rail Gun Accuracy Test
Could this be the next Marine Corps fighting .45? I’ve had my Colt XSE Rail gun for a while now, but hadn’t really put it through it’s paces i...
Sig .22LR 1911
We had the good fortune of getting shown around the Sig booth by one of their PR guys, which was a lot of fun. Sig had some really neat guns at SHOT, so weR...
ParaUSA 14.45 Tactical
ParaUSA has two cool new announcements for 2011 – the first of which is that they’ve brought Travis Tomasie on board as their new shooter. In one of...
1911 links
At the Cheaper than Dirt blog, I look at 1911 magazines. And over at the GunUp Discussion section, we look at the Citadel 1911.
Wilson Combat Contemporary Classic
Nice 1911 from Wilson.
Tam casts "summon fanboy"
There really isn’t much difference between the big name 1911 makers these days except apparently that Kimber has a really good marketing department. IR...
The Accidental Master
Whoops. If you’ve been following the Quest for Master Class at Downrange.TV, you know that we’ve been on hiatus during the election. I’m act...
Protecting America for 100 years
With no plastic parts. You know, maybe the venerable Sir Mix-a-Lot was on to something when he said “silicon parts are made for toys”. Yes, I’...