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The long-awaited demo, brought to you by our own Hunter Lee Elliot. First, a little background on the pistol. The slide and frame are castings from Essex Arms...the supplier of castings for Thompson Auto Ordnance, and...to my understanding...formerly for Dan Wesson. The set was a gift to me...

Detail stripping a 1911 without tools has been mentioned a few times, and the other day, Hunter Lee Elliot made the 90-mile trip from the state capitol with his most excellent video camera to record the event. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEh78IRqIw8

In light of the recent dustup on the recoil operated/blowback thread that was closed due to becoming derailed, I'd like to open a new discussion and hope that it'll stay on track and remain civil this time. There were still points to be made and things to be learned. It was suggested that a...

Specifically...Commander springs as designed and installed in Colt Commanders and Combat Commanders. For some reason, I seem to draw a lot of flak over my 30-year practice of cutting Government Model springs to length...even though it works perfectly. Much ado over nothing. Really. It's been...

There's been a rash of discussions on recoil springs lately. The prevailing question seems to be: "What is the best/correct spring rate for ammunition X in 1911-pattern gun Y" and the concerns are with frame damage. It rarely comes up in a discussion on any other platform. The generally...

Maybe not. I took an unplanned, spur of the moment trip to the range today to shoot my single-actions and decided to run a few 90% top-end .357 loads through my 3-inch Model 13...the one that's been my more or less constant companion for the last 6 months. The ammunition was my own 160-grain...

It's my sad duty to announce that Stephen Camp...THR Moderator Emeritus...Browning High Power authority and historian...author, friend, and collegue...has passed away from a massive stroke. Words fail me.

Two short stories. Back in the summer of two thousand-ought-seven, I offered room and board to Wild Bill Caldwell...noted knife maker, pistolsmith, and mad scientist from down Louisana way while he was here to take an engraving course at Montgomery Community College.. We'd had a few...

A friend brought Remington's entry into the 1911 market by here so I could get the inside story. The pistol is equipped with the Colt Series 80 fire control system. The MIM parts are as follows: Slide stop. Mainspring Housing. Sear. Plunger tube likely but unproven because I didn't...

Things overheard in a gunshop are the topic of a few threads here...and having spent time behind the counter on a very busy gun shop...I've heard my share of...things. The other day, I walked into an argument in progress, and couldn't help but overhear the comments. It was pretty obvious...

That is part of the cursedness of the shotgun messenger...the loneliness of it. He is like a sheepdog. Feared by the flock and hated by the wolves. On the stagecoach, he is the necessary evil. Passengers and driver alike regard him with aversion, without him and his pestilential (strong) box...

Ok wheelgunners. Help me out. I'm gettin' a little bored with 1911s. :eek: I know. Sounds strange, but I take spells. Revolvers were always my first love anyway...and lately, I've had a jones for a single-action. I like the new model Vaquero a lot. Well...A little bit more than a...

This may not come as news for some...but it may be for others. For those of us who have a 9mm Star BM...steel frame...or BKM...alloy frame...and you're having trouble finding fresh recoil springs. It's come to my attention that the recoil springs for Smith & Wesson M39/M59 series 9mm pistols...

Duplicate of an thread that I posted earlier on 1911.org and thought it would be of interest to all concerned. Apologies to all for my erratic participation the last few days. Too many irons in the fire and not enough time and energy to cope. First...I need to make everybody aware of a...

Well...I guess I'll have to apologize for that one. And yes. I know about peanut allergies. I have it myself. I just don't eat'em.

Control subject: 5-shot RG .38 Special revolver with 2.1 inch barrel. (Rifled length) Test subject. 5-Shot RG .38 Special revolver with 5/8ths inch of forcing cone only. All rifling in the cone was honed to provide .001 inch land/groove depth in order to prevent bullet tumbling across...

Woke up early...0400 as usual...to a little rhetoric on the idiot tube that kinda threw me into a snit...so I thought I'd post my views. Run it up the ol' flagpole and see if anyone salutes. The topic of the blather was carrying guns...and of course, there was something said about "Strict...

Since the talk often turns to the best lube for the job...I may have been selected to test the answer to that question in the form of a small batch of an as yet unmarketed lubricant that arrived in a freebie package from Dave Berryhill of Berryhill Custom Guns. Now...everybody kinda knows...

Double, Double! Toil and Trouble! I aquired a well-worn Norinco a few months back for a 100 bucks. The owner warned me that there was an issue. (Ain't there always an issue when buyin' pigs in pokes?) Every so often, the hammer wouldn't fall when the finger was applied to the bang-switch...

I've had occasion to mention the frame blank spacer used when removing the Colt Series 80 levers...and the flanging that sometimes develops around the holes...and that it can interfere with sear reset. Yesterday, I had occasion to see what can happen firsthand on one of mine. I recently...