Adventures with the 45 Automatic Ruger LC Carbine o1/28/2024 – The Ruger LC Carbine has a great deal of potential, some sanctioned by Ruger, some not so much. The bolt-over-barrel blow back system is quite adaptable to ammunition, and that 16.25″ barrel is just waiting for something more than fast…...
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The Ruger LC Carbine Goes 45 Auto Part I
01/22/2024 – Ruger’s addition of a 45 Automatic LC Carbine extends the platform’s application flexibility and utility. The 45 Auto cartridge is a proven stopper. Additionally, the LC Carbine partners well with 45 Auto handguns, 45 Auto ammunition is widely available and the 45 Auto is a natural for suppressed…...
John Browning's Non Magnum Opus
10/22/2023 – Well, we moved Real Guns, in its entirety, to a new service with new dedicated servers. One big 267 gigabyte tarball that went from an Intel/CentOS 7 platform to more storage and processing power AMD/ AlmaLinux 9 platform… all shiny and new. CenOS 7 ended its development life…...
The 45 Automatic +P Trail Gun
I will leave the roles of Alaskan homesteader and subsistence hunting to others who actually live those realities. Rural living, at least in my area, is certainly not the same. Anytime a person lives within an hour round trip to a Hannaford, they are not in a survival setting. For…...
Smith & Wesson's Performance CenterĀ® SW1911 PRO SERIESĀ®
06/12/2022 – Chuck’s story. This is Chuck, a 2005 Ford Escape. It originated in California, made the move to Maine, then provided admirable service ever since, even through the worst, sub zero, snow storms. There was that one incident, involving a large boulder in the middle of a field, when…...
M&PĀ®45 SHIELD M2.0ā¢
10/24/2021 I’m easily distracted. My plan was to gather my notes and write this evening, but I played the movie Monster Island in the background, got to the point where they found that the giant starfish had magma for blood and could not, would not, look away. Later, the movie…...
They Don't Still Make Them, But You Can Still Buy Them
06/20/2021 – The original Colt 1911 National Match MK I was produced from 1932 through 1942, before production was suspended in the early years of World War II. A 38 Super version was added in 1935, which continued throughout the production run. This version of the National Match was a…...
Remington's 1911 R1 Enhanced Threaded Barrel
06/21/2020 Manufacturer Remington Model 1911 R1 Enhanced TB Origin Huntsville, AL Type Action Single Action Autoloader Frame & Slide Carbon Steel Finish Black Oxide Grips Dark Laminate Caliber 45 ACP Magazine Capacity 8 Barrel Length 5.50ā (0.578-28 Threads) Twist 1:16ā³ LH Weight ā Empty 40.0 oz Overall Length 9.75ā³ Overall…...
Smith & Wesson's Performance CenterĀ® Model SW1911
01/25/2020 – I was having one of those days at work that had me sitting behind a keyboard, singing my rendition of Frankie Lane’s song “Lucky Old Sun”. Then I felt guilty, because I have not done the kind of work that warrants that song for a long, long time…....
45 Automatic +P
Warning: Bullet selections are specific, and loads are not valid with substitutions of different bullets of the same weight. Variations in bullet length will alter net case capacity,Ā pressure and velocity. Primer selection is specific and primer types are not interchangeable. These are maximum loads in my firearms and may…...