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Exercising The Truck Gun

Exercising The Truck GunPulled the SIG 551a1 out to do some basic drills and practice with it. Position shooting. Magazine reloads. And trigger works....

Empty Chamber Slide Drop – How It Happens

1911: Empty Chamber Slide Drop - How It HappensI have noticed a sudden uptick of interest in a video we made a few years...

14 Degree Snow Day

Armory Chat EP 07

Military Surplus

Video Short – SIG 551a1

Video Short - SIG 551a1A video short of shooting the SIG 551a1 rifle.     Sincerely, Markywww.John1911.com“Shooting Guns & Having Fun”

M17 Pistol & Camera Test

Doc and I were out at the range getting some things done. Nothing serious. Just for fun. Lite range maintenance.Pistol practice.Shooting his new US Army M17...

The MAC 1950 – First Shots

So Old Western Scrounger out of West Virginia imported some pretty rare pistols. French Army MAC 1950’s. These are single stack, 9mm pistols that...

En-Bloc Clip Loader

This popped up recently on the internet and I just have been fascinated. An En-Bloc clip loader for M1 Garand rifle clips. If I...

Shooting

Slow-Mo Gimbal Test – Anderson Dissipator 

Slow-Mo Gimbal Test - Anderson Dissipator Testing out the new gimbal and slow-mo recording, with a now discontinued, Anderson Dissipator.   Krakenwww.John1911.com“Shooting Guns & Having Fun” 

Workbench

FN Hi-Power Inert Trainer

FN Hi-Power Inert TrainerJohn1911 staff are having a debate around here about a pistol. So if you have something to add, please speak up...

1911 Pistols

Tisas Raider – Hammer Follow Fixed?

The Tisas Raider is back from SDS in Tennessee. It appears to be fixed. Shoots good. Now we will use it sometimes as a...
EDC X9L Detail Strip Complete
Tisas 1911 Recall Notice
Function Test: The Pencil Trick.

The Pencil Trick

1911 red Dot

SRO Battery Died

Blaser Rifles

Blaser R8 Weight

Question asked: How much does my rifle weigh with all the changes I made?Looks like over 14lbs. But understand a few things. The bipod...

Hunting - Outdoors

Fly Fishing 2019

Sometimes on business trips, I get a chance to do some interesting things. This is one of those times. I wasn’t in a position...

NEOPOD: A High Quality Plastic Bipod?

Yesterday, I took delivery of a new bipod being made by a company called Steinert Sensing Systems out of Norway. The name is Neopod...

Antler Tools

Here’s a simple DIY project for your inner buckskinner—cool looking and functional blackpowder tools made from the antlers of that little dinker you shot...

Big Urban Deer

Report came in from a well to-do neighborhood that this deer was laid up and injured. The caller suspected the deer, “had been shot”.Since...

Podcast

The John1911 Podcast

EP-393: The Best of SHOT Show – 2026

Episode 393 of the John1911 podcast. The best of SHOT 2026 SNT Defense is back! FN SCAR doubletalk. Zastava M84s Ride Out - Dragon...
The John1911 Podcast

EP-392 – Mongo – From The Stoner 63 to HK M27 IAR

Episode 392 of the John1911 podcast is going to be a special one. Today we have the very first appearance of Mongo. A firearms...
The John1911 Podcast

EP-391 – The DonRoe Doctrine

Episode 391 of the John1911 Podcast is now live: The CMP surplus shotguns. ICE Agent shoots to the face. The Ghost Fleet is on...
The John1911 Podcast

EP-390 -I Was Rightfully Wrong

Episode 390 of the John1911 Podcast is now live: The boys are back! The US schwaks Venezuela. Maduro machinegun indictments? Going after the Ghost...
The John1911 Podcast

EP-389 – The Christmas Episode

Episode 389 of the John1911 podcast: Going viral. Gun projects update. Thoughts on AIWB clips. Police blotter. MarkyJohn1911.com"Shooting Guns & Having Fun"
The John1911 Podcast

EP-388: FRT’s are Crushing The Machine Gun Market

Episode 388 of the John1911 Podcast is now live: Hunting is in effect. Would you buy a Swiss made P320? I think we owe...

Commentary

My FRT Dilemma

My FRT DilemmaBeen talking about this on pod for a few weeks. One of our reference collection acquisitions, unbeknownst to me, showed up with...

Russia – Shipping Container Drone Attack

Surreptitiously putting weapons in shipping containers for remote activation isn’t a new idea. See attached post from our website some years ago. But having massive...
Glock 43X COA Red Dot

Glock 43X/COA/POS

Budget 1911 shits the bed.

MEME – Budget 1911’s

Industry news

Nighthawk Custom Teams up with Korth Revolver

OK. I will be the first to admit I am not quite sure what we are looking at here. Is Nighthawk licensing the manufacture...

LRB Arms M25 Rear Lug Receiver

LRB Arms had what it calls “the ultimate M14 receiver choice for long range accuracy.” It’s called the M25 and it has a rear...

Sig P210a Target vs 210 Standard

Like many MILSURP collectors, I have been in the hunt for the  reissue of the Sig Sauer P210. Supposedly they will shoot just as good...

A Nighthawk USGI 1911

Nighthawk USGI 1911. Ok. Actually not really. But when you look at it, you can certainly see the resemblance. Technically this is named the,...

Interesting Stories Around The Web

The New Chevy Commercial is Lit! 

This video was born out of a funny conversation Chris and I were having one day soon after this protestor story hit the national...

Not The Typical EDC Knives

Two of my most treasured gun-show finds.  It just so happens that I found them both on the same day at the same gun-show.In...

POTD

Old School Carry

I needed a new carry holster for my Model 19.  I do not like kydex for revolvers and a lot of the old school...

S&W 625 JM

Back in the day when I was running 45ACP for work. It made a lot of sense to buy 45ACP caliber guns in general....
POTD - FN 5.7 Pistol

POTD – FN 5.7 Pistol

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