thebruce

Where Did The 1911 Come From?

And once the 1911 pattern started there was a multitude of little differences – different checkering on the mag release and hammer spur – differences in hammer shape – and these didn’t happen all at once – Colt didn’t just change something one day then everything from there on was a different “style” – theyContinue reading “Where Did The 1911 Come From?”

Kick the Week Off Right – Randoms!

Have Fun! – Run the Gun! – and remember – Fish Heads are Cheap!!

Whatever Get’s You Through the Night – ART BELL – GHOST TO GHOST

No video – just black screen – start it up and turn the lights off and – Enjoy!! Have Fun! – Run the Gun! – and remember – Fish Heads are Cheap!!

Some Uberti Birds Head Gooodness . . .

After watching and posting HRFunk’s single action video – I dug out my 1873 “Snubby” and zoomed up to the range – now comes bath time . . . A 3 1/2 inch barrel counts as a snubby in my book LOL! . . . Just pull it up and let fly 6 rounds –Continue reading “Some Uberti Birds Head Gooodness . . .”

This being Sunday and all – For Those Who Have Strayed – Gun Jesus Apocrypha: The Gospel of Browning

Amen . . . Thank You Baby Jesus . . . I’m toting my M1991A1 this week and it has the Sacred Number in the magazine – 7 . . . And in God’s chosen caliber as handed down to St. Browning – .45ACP . . . LMAO !! Have Fun! – Run the Gun!Continue reading “This being Sunday and all – For Those Who Have Strayed – Gun Jesus Apocrypha: The Gospel of Browning”

Single Action Self Defense – All Y’all Don’t Laugh . . .

I get in the right mood I carry a 3 1/2 inch Birds Head right side and a 5 1/2 inch Bisley left side cross draw – both chambered in .45 Colt – 255 Grain round nose flat point – think paving brick at 800 feet per second – Ouch!! Anyway here’s HRFunk with aContinue reading “Single Action Self Defense – All Y’all Don’t Laugh . . .”

Two Neat Finds

These were “tool box” finds – folks found them in the bottom of an old tool box and I inherited them – to say they were in “rough” condition would be VERY charitable – the shape they are in at this point is after about 3 weeks of lifting rust of of them – WD40Continue reading “Two Neat Finds”

Open Lines – Coast to Coast AM with Art Bell –

You folks gotta promise you won’t listen to this until Midnight – LOL! – Enjoy . . . Have Fun! – Run the Gun! – and remember – Fish Heads are Cheap!!

Are Pistol Sights Actually Useful For Self-Defense?

From Chris Baker at Lucky Gunner – If you take nothing else away from this realize that repetition of the drills is essential – PRACTICE – PRACTICE – PRACTICE !! Then go PRACTICE again – Stay in PRACTICE !! The only way to develop muscle memory is to PRACTICE ! – You are getting awfulContinue reading “Are Pistol Sights Actually Useful For Self-Defense?”