The Arsenal of Democracy

Many of my gun peccadilloes are inspired by the authors of my youth-Col. Cooper, Cameron Hopkins, Ken Hackathorn, Pete Kokalis, Chuck Taylo...

This is a great gunshow find-an elderly gent had this sitting on his table at the last show.  At first glance it looks like a plain Colt ...

I have found a very minty Hoag "longslide", identical to the gun used in Thief-built on a 70 Series Colt Gold Cup. What a beauty.....

  The real deal..on GUNBROKER right now but NOT FOR LONG

       

       

Chronoed some Doubletap .38 super ammo today. 115grain XPB advertised at 1425 feet per second...NOT...best we could get was 1222 fps out a ...

A nice "Class A" from the 80's by the look of it.

Philip at http://www.innovativearms.com/ is well known in the area for great class 3 and suppressor stuff but he is also a very good genera...

Jim Boland is my favorite pistolsmith and I am always looking for Boland Guns to buy.  They were ahead of their time in every way.  I know o...

Here are a few pics of Hoag Longslides-Hoag's speciality was welding a slide extension onto a 5' slide for greater sight radius and ...

If you ever run across one of these Spanish beauties in a pawn shop, go for it. 8+1 capacity, Single action, very reliable browning style op...

Killer temperline Damascus fighter, ebony handle, damasuc guard with spacer WOW!!!!!!

Best semi-custom 1911 builder POLL. Wilson Combat 7 (33%) Les Baer 7 (33%) Ed Brown 3 (14%) Nighthawk 4 (19%) V...

From the best holster makers like Alessi, Sparks, Bulman, DelFatti, Garrity and others.

Here is a classic old singlestack comp gun built by Bruce Gray during the late '80's.  Some dingleberry "deburred" th...

Wanted-Unique custom 1911's by the best makers-old and new.