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What’s the secret to making the finest custom 1911’s in the world? There are two of them, really. First, we start with the very
Mike “Duke” Venturino SHOOTINGIRON TM Photos: Yvonne Venturino THUMB BUSTIN’ MUSINGS FROM THE DUKE any times I’ve been asked by
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John Taffin HANDLOADING SAGE ADVICE FROM THE HANDLOADING GURUS I n the middle years of the 20th century big bore sixgunners (tho
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TAFFINTESTS John Taffin This trio of Taffin’s grandsons like to help Grandpa and he is doing his part to introduce the young one
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A Swenson Tribute Gun Which is which? Roy’s original Swenson is at top while John’s “Tribute” Swenson rests under it. The herita
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Both Colt 1911s tested have flat mainspring housings and long triggers, however notice the difference in sights, hammers, grip s
Colt 1911 .45s with leather by Bob Mernickle. John feels this classic styling of Bob’s holsters goes well with the classic “real
easily impressed, I must say I am definitely impressed. My first handling of these guns revealed them to be very well put togeth
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Quest For PerFection W hen the Glock 17 pistol first came out in the early 1980s, it had a smooth, sleek grip configuration. It
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Unless your hand is stronger than mine, you’ll feel the Gen 3’s grip-frame move slightly within your grasp. With Gen 4, the RTF,
In shooting, there was just no movement of the pistol within the grasp at all. Recoil moved the gun and hand together, without t
the ultimate 1911 accoutrement The US Government developed the M1 .30 Carbine to replace both the .45 caliber Thompson submachin
Duke’s M1 Thompson is “select fire” meaning by the flip of a switch it can be fired either full-auto or semi-auto. The Thompson
What’s this? No German helmet, no Hawaiian shirt but the same silly grin. The M1 and M1A1 Thompsons of World War II could not ta
This simple bent piece of steel was all the rear sight given to the M1 version of the Thompson submachine gun. 1928, 1928A1, M1
R eloaders tend to be thrifty and conservative. We find something that works and stick with it. For example, W-W 452AA is a shot
A few of the die sets on the loading bench I share with a friend. Mostly RCBS in this photo, but also Bonanza, Dillon, Hornady,
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The slash-cut slide on the Gaboon sets its appearance apart from all other 1911s. The Gaboon’s internal recoil spring plug and i
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AYOOB FILES Continued from page 34 The hand emerges from the bag empty, and the man begins to sprint toward his car. Terry yells
Made with Pride in the U.S.A. What’s in a name? History. John Taliaferro Thompson founded the Auto-Ordnance Corporation® in 1916
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the criminal justice side of the house, the matter was effectively over. But the civil side of the matter was yet to come. One t
A LASER THIS SMALL IS HUGE. called two of his own: Albert Rodriguez, a top Texas instructor, and me. His strategy was to bracket
shooting, and that helped to spike any implication he had acted as a vigilante. We can see why Graham first hesitated to call po
uLtImAtE 1911 Continued from page 65 Troops didn’t like the weight and bulk of the drum magazines and generally just threw them
tAFFIN tEStS Continued from page 36 Whispers ® .302 ® .338 .375 .416 Whispers are developments of SSK Industries, which operate
GLOCK 22 RtF Continued from page 61 law enforcement agency in the nation to adopt the G22 RTF. This is the county surrounding Pe