So I’m finally getting a chance to get back to Rafe again and the building of his 1911. Let’s all remember that he is in college and also works, so there are a lot of ‘gaps’ in our time together and thus, his progress. Collectively, he’s spent about 9 hours fitting the slide to the [...]
A while back I started a series called “The 1911 National Match” which was a guide to how to match-grade a 1911 pistol. There were some great comments about it and some pretty good ‘success’ stories – if we want to call them that. However, being the picky SOB that I am, I have decided [...]
The question of barrels has been asked of me a few times, so I figured I’d babble a bit about it. These days barrels sold as ‘match grade’ can get a bit tricky…some are more ‘match grade’ than others, while some aren’t even close. Unfortunately, I wish I could say ‘brand X’ sucks and ‘brand [...]
There are many differences between an ‘out of the box’ 1911 and a National Match (NM)1911 – most competition shooters will tell you that. A lot of work goes into creating an NM, but the secrets of the trade tend to be closely guarded…which, I believe, is complete hogwash. Out of the box, a 1911 [...]