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Buffalo Bill Museum – My Greatest Regret

It’s been quite some time since I took this video. Near the entrance of the firearms museum were a couple of “shoot-em-up” games.  At the...

Armory Chat Ep02

Episode 02 of the Armory Chat series. It's something we are playing with. Getting some user questions and going live to answer them. Right...
First Shots Harvester 30 Suppressor Silencerco

Man Plays With Cans

HK P9S Police Surplus.

HK P9S Police Surplus

Military Surplus

1858 Remington Gunsmith Conversion.

1858 Gunsmith Conversion

When revolvers transitioned from percussion to center-fire,  this was handled two ways: factory conversions and local gunsmith conversions.  Here are some examples of local gunsmith conversions...
Remington 1875

Remington Model 1875 Single Action 

Also known as the “Improved Model Army Revolver” & the “Frontier Army”.   The 1875 Remington Improved Model Army was Remington's first cartridge handgun designated...
Shooting, "Not a Red 9"

Shooting, “Not a Red 9”

Somewhat of a tongue-in-cheek title. Freeze and I get the Red 9 out. This was the first time loading it with stripper clips on...

Scoped Enfield

When I see images like this, it inevitably begets the question: What is your definition of sporterized? Is it a weapon that has been modified...

Shooting

Ed Brown A3 Tactical Rifle. 300WM. 704 Action.

Ed Brown A3 Tactical – First Shots

Kraken and I took his new Ed Brown rifle out to get a rough zero. The gun shoots pretty well. Especially with crappy hunting...

Workbench

Ed Brown A3 Tactical

Ed Brown A3 Tactical – Overview

Kraken drove in from Nebraska and brought one of his latest acquisitions: An Ed Brown A3 Tactical chambered in 300wm. This  rifle uses Ed...
Range Barn Construction update 3.

Barn Construction Pics 3

Glock 17 Factory Cutaway

Glock Factory Cutaway

Pinning The 1911 Grip Safety

Pinning The 1911 Grip Safety?

FrankenGun AR-15

A Frankengun Build?

1911 Pistols

SACS 1911 in 40S&W

So let me do some explaining here. I have been on the hunt for some odd-caliber single stack 1911s for a while. 40, 38...

Blaser Rifles

Brazilian Army Blaser Tac2

Brazilian Army Sniper – Blaser Tac2’s

Brazilian Army Sniper - Blaser Tac2’s Saw some cool pics of Brazilian Army snipers using their Blaser Tactical 2’s in a multinational service competition. Being...

Hunting

Ohio Buck 2019 Gun Season

Ohio Buck 2019

2019 Ohio Gun Season.  1 buck & 2 doe.  Wild West 45-70 Co-Pilot  Old video showing the Wild West Co-Pilot 45-70 used: Officer Mike www.John1911.com “Shooting Guns & Having Fun”

Chainsaw Party 2018

Well…the 2018 Chainsaw party has come and gone. I don’t know I am getting older or if the logs are getting heavier, I suspect...

Remington LTR Light Mount

A guy I was hunting with this past spring showed up with a neat and cost effective may to mount a light to his...
Coyote Door - Hunting

Coyote Door – First Look

Thought some of you would find this interesting. Here are the first pics of the “Coyote Door”. An indoor, environmentally controlled, shooting position that...

Podcast

The John1911 Podcast

EP-333: Barns & Bump Stocks

Episode 333 of the John1911 podcast is now live.   Barn build updates. Baby goats. Kraken baits me on Pete Rose. Thinking about AR-9 pistols. ...
The John1911 Podcast

EP-332: Acorns & Anti-Ship Missiles

Episode 332 of the John1911 podcast is now live:   -Those are some strange looking dogs. -Gun Guys vs Fan Bois. -Freddy Kruger Valentine. -Political...
The John1911 Podcast

EP-331: The Crystal Methodist

Episode 331 of the John1911 podcast is now live.   Coyote door installed. Apple Newsletter issue - briefly. Lancer mags fail? Is the 32 caliber...
The John1911 Podcast

EP-330: WWE Dookie Diaries

Episode 330 of the John1911 Podcast is now live:   SHOT show guns we like. Great steak dinner. The beginning of the end for 2011...
The John1911 Podcast

EP-329: The Double Douche From Road House

Episode 329 of the John1911 podcast is now live:   SHOT Show 2024. Shooitng an Ed Brown Rifle. S&W 32H&R J-Frame. New FNC rifles coming...
The John1911 Podcast

EP-328: The Chocolate Monk

Episode 328 of the John1911 Podcast is now live:   Missing listener questions. Negative 15 outside. Ed Brown Rifles Smith & Wesson Side De-cocker. Will...

Commentary

Shooters Global - SG Global Timer.

Not Buying The New SG Shot Timer

Those of us who run the original SG Shot timer are aware of it’s one weakness: The beep speaker isn’t as loud as it...
Legal Analysis - Garland V Cargill SCOTUS Hearing.

Going Down In Flames – Bump Stock Case

Attached is the audio for the oral arguments before the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) in the Garland v Cargill case. Aka The Bump Stock...
Winning vs Being Right.

Winning vs Being Right

S&W 351c Snubby

Used S&W 351C Gets Me Thinking

Industry news

Trijicon SNIPE-IR Clip-On

Trijicon SNIPE-IR Clip-On Thermal

While at the 2023 NRA show, I walked the floor with some SWAT Snipers. As I have mentioned before.  One thing they were looking for...

Buffalo Bill Museum Air Gun Display

As a young child my most prized possession was my BB Gun. Mine is a Red Ryder lever action made by the Daisy Corporation....
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Score Cheap Ammo for Black Friday

The shopping frenzy starts at 7 p.m. Thursday! The crew at Cheapammo.com has a bunch of bulk ammo deals they are clearing out. In some cases,...

Rayner’s Range

So earlier in 2018, a couple of us went up to Rayner’s to check out the facilities. Some members of a local SWAT team...

Interesting Stories Around The Web

Chevy Like a Rock Commercial - Parody

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.

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...
US Weapons in Afghanistan

The Guns We Left Behind

POTD

Wilson eXperior – Holes-in-Holes Drill

Got dayum! This gun shoots. Holes-in-Holes drill. 3 yards. 5 shots. Standing 2-handed. 115g mixed case head remanufactured ammo. This Wilson eXperior, single stack,...
The Coyote Wars

The Coyote Wars

Mike shares with us one of his recent Coyote culls. He doesn’t allow most pics to be published. But trust me, he is slaying...
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