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…
Colt Combat Elite, what was old is new again
Colt Combat Elite, what was old is new again My first handgun was a Colt enhanced Combat Elite; I bought it at the Post Exchange on Camp Lejeune shortly after…
Colt Model 01918, an old warhorse is revisited
An Old Warhorse is Revived. The pistol itself is intended to be a reproduction of the 1918 Colt 1911. The 1911 finish began to change at the request of the…
Cars are unreliable or the 1911 is not
Cars are unreliable. That is a ridiculous statement, right? Of course it is, and the same goes for “1911s are unreliable”. As there are too many manufactures of automobiles to…
Colt M45A1 – Often it is tough to know you had it right until you get it not right.
Colt M45A1 CQB Marine Pistol I was an active duty Marine from 1992 to 1996, and at that time the standard issue sidearm was the Beretta M9 (92FS) chambered in…