My first experience with Dan Wesson was when I reviewed the ECO a few years ago, you can find my review here, Dan Wesson ECO. Since then I have completed reviews on the Bruin and PM-C and now the Discretion. I have come to understand that Dan Wesson makes a fine handgun, and when the new Discretion arrived for…
It was thirteen months ago when I published the Coonan Classic .357 Magnum review, and you can read that by following this link. It was at the 2016 NRA show where I learned Coonan was building a pistol in .45 Automatic. Here I was able to look over the prototype and talk to my friends…
I get a lot of folks inquiring about the ballistic tests I have done so I thought it would be easy to link them all in one post. For each test Clear Ballistics gel was used. Specific details are contained in the reviews. Velocity and performance were compared over several rounds fired, from about 25…
Revolvers chambered in auto loading cartridges is really nothing new, but the vast majority use moon clips to hold the rounds in place since auto loaded cartridges are not rimmed. The Pitbull uses tabs machined into the star ejector to catch the extractor groove. Now the cartridge still headspaces off the case mouth but the…
Inland 1911 .45 Auto, plain Jane slab sides. You can’t swing a keyboard commando by his 511 pants without hitting a manufacture that is building a “1911”. Some may see this as a market saturation, but can you really have too much of a good thing? The fact that the 1911 is so popular makes…
Updated Would you believe there was a time when the .45 Auto was not a standard cartridge? Yea, me neither but it is true. The US Cavalry had been issued double action Colt revolvers chambered in .38 Long Colt in the late 1800s and early 1900s. The .38 Caliber round was less effective against enemies…
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 caught at the instant of firing shows that it can’t happen with the original guide rod…with only 5 or 6 unsupported coils. The spring’s…
Ballistic test .45 Auto pistol vs carbine. A few years ago I published the differences in 9mm Luger ammunition performance when fired from a pistol and carbine. You can read that article by following this link. Now I have finished the Hi-Point carbine in .45 Auto review and the new Ruger ARX defensive ammunition I thought…
I was sent this by a friend and was assured it was correct. I did contact the FBI and the ATF in attempt to verify. The ATF was unaware of such a test and the few folks I spoke to at the FBI had not heard of the test but I was told, if such…
Hang onto your boots, There is no such cartridge as the .45 ACP Calm down and take a breath, I am not messing with you I promise. I expect this article will stir up a bunch of controversy but that is not my intention. I hear so many people refer to the .45 Automatic or…
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