Recent content by falrifles

So I guess my advice is to take it to a good gunsmith familiar with 1911's and have him make that thumb safety more firm and positive in operation. My go to favorite personal 1911 is the stainless Kimber Custom TLE II. My avatar is my actual personal gun. Its one of the Hurst Texas PD trade-ins...

Mine is the standard 5 inch 1911R1. My safety is firm in application and release. The issue I had was with failure to feed from the magazine right out of the box. It was a used gun. It looked brand new. Made in Arkansas. Took it too a good local gunsmith, who discovered that someone had...

It is important what weapon you may be packing that day, as Galloway stated. I was a Swat operator from 1994-98. Department firearms instructor for a period of time prior to my service on HRT. Having said that, If I'm packing my Kel Tec P32 or S&W 642, I won't be engaging a subject with an AR15...

I remember buying Remington Thunderbolt and Winchester Wildcat bricks of 500 for $5.00. I believe it was from K-Mart. 50 years ago. Great prices for a 17-18 year old kid with a hungry Marlin 39D and time to kill, while growing up in Iowa.

Happy to be here. I bought my first 1911 in 1976. It was a Colt Government model 5" full nickle finish. Bought new as an off duty gun at my first police job in Belton Mo., just outside of KCMO in Cass county. From Lee's Gun Shop. I'll never forget the negative reaction of my then lieutenant...