BarrelBlok, safety is no accident.
Perfect practice makes perfect, and a training regimen should vary to include live and dry fire. Above all else is safety, so when you are not at the live fire…
Rock Island Armory TAC Standard FS.
Rock Island Armory TAC Standard FS in .45 Automatic arrived about three and a half months ago for review. We put about 350 various rounds downrange with no pistol failures…
Dan Wesson Specialist, the 1911 evolved.
The Dan Wesson Specialist, a culmination of mission-specific features applied to the tried and true 1911 platform. For some reason, Dan Wesson discontinued the Specialist in 2019 but thankfully reintroduced…
Colt Combat Elite no assembly required.
The title may sound a bit strange, but if you understand that nothing really needs to be done to the new Colt Combat Elite, to make it ready for the…
1911 School, Feeding Part 3 of 3.
The next critical dimension is the cartridge OAL itself. Too short or too long and you’ll have problems. The issues that so many people ascribed to the 1911’s failure to…
1911 School, Feeding Part 2 of 3.
The 1911 style pistol with internal extractor, as originally designed. The extractor’s role in feeding is often misunderstood and underestimated. Most important is the deflection. That is, the amount of…
Dan Wesson Discretion, where have you been all my life?
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…
Inland 1911 .45 Auto, plain Jane slab sides
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…
Ballistic test of the .45 Auto,because they do not make a .46
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…
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…