Throwback Thursday: Shooting the Colt 1911 CCG at Gunsite
One of my favorite guns at one of my favorite places. Few things beat shooting a nice 1911 on a beautiful Arizona day!
Tag: 1911
Springfield 1911 9mm Range Officer update
Dropped another 260 rounds through the Springfield Armory 9mm Range Officer, which brings the running total to 510 rounds. Current malfunctions are three failur...
Single stack 9mm pistols for concealed carry
Three different approaches to single stack 9mm pistols for concealed carry in this photo. From top left we have the Glock 43, set up with Sevigny night sights i...
10-8 Performance Function Test: Springfield Armory Range Officer 9mm 1911
Last night at Badlands Gun Range I ran the Springfield Armory Range Officer through the 10-8 Performance Function Test. The gun had a total of 3 failures to com...
Wilson Combat CQB 9mm
You may have noticed that the site has been on a bit of a 1911 kick lately. Caleb has decided to test out a couple of 9mm 1911 pistols. He even invented a ratin...
1911 Torture Test: Springfield Armory Range Officer 9mm
You asked, and I listened. The next gun in the 1911 Torture Test/Review series will be the Springfield Armory Range Officer in 9mm. Right off the bat, there are...
Springfield Armory® Introduces Laser Equipped 1911 Loaded Model
Loaded Parkerized Ready For Self-defense With Crimson Trace® Lasergrips® GENESEO, IL, January 11, 2015 – Springfield Armory® is pleased to announce a new member...
Taurus PT1911 Torture Test Part 5: 500 round challenge
Here we are at the planned end of the Taurus PT1911 Torture Test. I always wanted to close it out with something interesting like this, where I run the gun thro...
Taurus PT1911 update
The PT1911 now stands at 1500 rounds exactly. With the exception of the 10-8 Performance Function Test, it has run just fine. In fact, if you remove the malfunc...
Smith & Wesson M&P9 – 10-8 Performance Function Test
After getting some feedback from viewers/readers on the PT1911 going through the 10-8 Function Test, I wanted to show how a modern service pistol performs on th...