M1911 Locked breech/Short Recoil basic function
M1911 Locked breech/Short Recoil basic function Caliber .45 Auto firing a 230 grain bullet at 830 fps: Bang! Assuming a condition of zero headspace, both bullet and slide start to…
M1911 Locked breech/Short Recoil basic function Caliber .45 Auto firing a 230 grain bullet at 830 fps: Bang! Assuming a condition of zero headspace, both bullet and slide start to…
Colt Media Day 2016. Again this year several members of the media gathered at Gunsite to look upon and test drive what is new from Colt to be introduced in…
1911 School. Subject: Cocked and locked and ready to rock…the way that JMB intended! Right? Well, no. Not really. John Browning didn’t have a free hand with the 1911 and…
The slide stop actually performs five functions if we don’t count the takedown feature. If all it’s meant to do is act as a slide stop, then why go to…
In my opinion, the reintroduced Colt Delta Elite some years ago was good to go as it was, except for that ugly rowel style Commander hammer and wrap around rubber…
So, why does the Commander’s spring run a little heavier? It’s simple physics. A moving object is subject to outside forces fighting to decelerate it and bring it to a…
Loading the 1911 without magazine Loading a 1911 with the slide open, dropping a round in the chamber and allowing the slide to slam shut? Extractor problems? There was a…
Hybrid vs Wadcutter 1911 magazine BY now, most have read of the difference the “Hybrid” magazine has made in the feed reliability in the 1911, in spite of some damage…
Full Length Guide Rod and the 1911 A question came up about full length guide rods’ function is preventing spring “kink” or flexion. This old fluroscope photograph of a 1911…
This is not so much a review but I spent the day with Jade shooting some large handguns. Now Jade is a US Marine but as demonstrated next time someone…