Innovation is a beautiful thing.  We love it, but as you can see from our site, most of our work is performed on things that some might call outdated.  We still appreciate the tried and true.  So we thought we might show you a special Colt 1911.  This 1911 is fully engraved.  After the engraving work was completed it was Nickel Plated and adorned with genuine Ivory grips.  Holster is an old faithful made by our friends at Wild...

I’ve been working on a Sig 1911 latley, and I guess that it has reminded me how much I appreciate this platform. The Sig has the series 80’s components that Colt made famous. These little parts make up a stronger safety system. The endless debate is how necessary are they? Many purists say they are unnecessary and make the trigger job more complicated. I am very impressed with the Sig. The fit and finish is high quality like you...

Dawson Precision is perhaps best known for their 1911 style race guns.  They build beautiful guns on the STI 2011 frames for competitive shooting in IPSC .  While known for those 1911’s they also make accessories for a lot of other guns including the Glock.  This picture is of the DP Ice Magwell on a Glock 17L.  As you can see it would certainly aid as a funnel for faster reloads.  The magwell comes with a replaceable plastic insert that...

I was looking through the Glock Annual magazine the other day, and I was suddenly stuck by the thought that for the first time Glock seems to be playing a little catch up to some of the other brands that are on the market. For years they have been the leader in all things polymer. If your gun was black, it was a Glock. Now the Smith and Wesson M&P, Springfield XD and others are competing heavily for your polymer dollars. The Generation 4...

One of the things that comes up from time to time is the usefulness of lanyards for pistols.  Some of the 1911’s offered today by custom makers are offering the lanyard loop again on the mainspring housing.  This leads us to ask, “Is this practical or simply tacticool?” This is a tricky one, because there is no hard and fast rule to help you decide.  If you want a lanyard loop on your gun, so you can say you have one, it is...

The 1911 disconnector serves a very important role in the firing cycle of your 1911 trigger system, namely not allowing the gun to go full auto.  You will often see posts that will recommend modifying the disconnector in a trigger job. While there are certain things that an experienced gunsmith may do the disconnector, if you are home-hobby guy stay away.  Let me give you an example. Several years ago I took in a 1911 from a bullseye shooter...