Stove Pipes and Double Feeds: Is it your grip? As a Range Safety Officer, and Firearms Instructor, I see a lot of malfunctions that shooters believe are gun related. However, many times it is due to an improper grip that is easy and free to correct. So, before you go out and spend money…
1911 Recoil Spring Information Back in the day, there was only one spring for the 5-inch 1911 pistol…and it wasn’t identified by “pounds.” Neither was it the now-accepted standard 16 pound spring. Sometime in the last 30 years, 16 pounds came to be standard, and everybody accepted that figure…because it was close enough for gub’mint…
Bitterroot Tool and Machine, Alpha Loading Systems. Bitterroot Tool and Machine began operation in 1999 in Bitterroot Valley, western Montana. They incorporate precision tooling and a skilled workforce to deliver quality, reliability and efficiency in the machine and tool industry. Excelling at specialty tool and die manufacture, with innovative approaches. BTM was certified ISO 9001:2008…
M-16 cut away, inside America’s favorite rifle I have been exchanging emails with Mark from Arizona Response Systems, LLC about the cut away of the M-2 Browning Machine Gun I featured a few months ago. You can see that article by following this link. After a few emails back and forth he sent me some photos…
Desert Eagle 1911G June 9, 2010 PEARL RIVER, NY – Kahr Arms, the well-known American based producer of high quality compact pistols has announced its recent purchase of Minnesota-based firearms manufacturer, Magnum Research, maker of the Desert Eagle pistol. Kahr Arms takes pride in its ability to offer customers a selection of unique niche-type firearms,…
Defender Ammunition, shooting you straight. We have been using a lot of Defender Ammunition in many of our reviews and I had enough data in 9mm Luger, .40 S&W, .45 Auto, .223 Remington and 300 Blackout that I figured it would be a good idea to showcase the test ammunition in it’s own review. Using…
I often get asked to help people who are having issues with their semi-autos not going into proper slide lock. Most are ready to send the gun to the smith or buy new mags, and sometimes it is an issue with the gun or magazine. However, often times we find that the shooter is pressing…
1911 7 round magazine vs 8 round It seems to me that given the dimensions of a standard 1911 full size magazine, and the .45 Auto cartridge, John Browning could have made the magazines 8 rounds instead of seven. Is that correct? If that’s so, what would your guess be as to the reason he…
1911 Troubleshooting: Feed Failures Fully 95% of all feed-related failures are can be traced straight back to the magazine. The remaining few causes are due to the extractor and/or the ammunition, with only about 1% attributable to the gun. We’re assuming that the gun hasn’t been “tuned” by Dremel Dan and his ugly, stupid first…
Firing the 1911 without a recoil spring, nothing broke The long-awaited demo, brought to you by our own Hunter Lee Elliott. First, a little background on the pistol. The slide and frame are castings from Essex Arms…the supplier of castings for Thompson Auto Ordnance, and…to my understanding…formerly for Dan Wesson. The set was a gift…
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