Full Length Guide Rod and the 1911
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…
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…
Lowering the hammer on a 1911 and the press check. It is not hard as long as you know the correct method. Be sure your pistol is unloaded before you…
It seems that the debate/argument/flame war re the 1911 vs the Glock shows up almost every day…with the Glock fans insisting that their toy is the far superior design. But,…
How to detail strip a 1911 Hunter and I decided to do a slower detail strip tutorial after complaints of the no-tool strip demo being a little too fast to…
This question pops up from time to time, and the explanations are as varied as both types of guns. For a long time, I stuck to the technical aspects, but…
Lessening recoil with Reduced Radius Firing Pin Stop for 1911 A few years back, I addressed a problem that a guy on on a gun forum was having with an…
Just recently, a flurry of sudden interest has emerged due to my sending a test magazine to a member in hopes of addressing his recurrent 3-Point Jam/Failure to go to…
1911 Observations: Then and Now There are two basic problems with the 1911 pistol. One is that it’s been around for so long, a lot has been lost in the…
1911Headspace Over the years, I’ve had more than a few heated discussions over headspace in the 1911 and other autopistols that headspace on the case mouth…but since this is a…
The MIM in 1911 Bugaboo The first pistol that I noticed containing MIM parts was an early 1991A1 Colt. I saw it again in another Colt bought just a matter…