Feed the beast
So you’ve settled on a 1911 from our look at Entry-Level 1911s yesterday. We’ll say for the sake of giggles that you picked the one I would have pi...
Category: 1911
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Entry level 1911s
So you want to buy a 1911 to start competition shooting, but you don’t know which one to get. Assuming for the moment that you’ve got less than $10...
Freedom Gun Works
One of the things I like to do here is highlight shops and companies that are dedicated to supporting the shooting sports. One shop, in the fine state of Georg...
Illuminating
I haven’t had much opportunity to shoot in low light conditions lately, however I just recently had the chance at a local IDPA club. They shoot at an ind...
Feed your children well
It’s apparently 1911 day today. Ladies and gents, don’t buy crappy magazines for competition or personal defense guns. I could write another 700 o...
Shoot more, shoot better
I’m a firm believer that competition shooting will help you improve your skills in the event you ever need to use a firearm to protect your life. As a ge...
1911 Carry Options
Richard Mann has a great article at Shooting Illustrated Online about options for carrying the 1911 pattern pistol.
Quote of the day
No sword, no matter how perfect, is much use if it just hangs over the mantelpiece looking pretty. Shoot your defensive firearms, people. Take them to the rang...
Gun Nuts Radio featuring BJ Norris of Team S&W
Check out last night’s episode of Gun Nuts Radio, we were joined by my buddy BJ Norris of Team S&W to talk about his performance at the USSA Pro-Am, a...