By Joe Berk Back in the 1970s I was a falling plate competitor. That competition involved knocking over a set…
If I had a dime for every article and Internet post comparing the 9mm to the .45 ACP cartridge (and…
By Joe Berk When most folks think of the .45 ACP cartridge, they think of the 1911 and other semi-auto…
I had a chance to fire the new SIG M18 9mm handgun, which was recently added to the California Department…
By Joe Berk As mentioned in recent blogs on my 9mm Springfield Armory 1911, I took the gun to TJ's…
By Joe Berk One of the best things that's happened to me is the MacManus Award, which I received in…
Not too long ago, I posted the Model 60 handjob blog, which was a story about fitting a new hand…
We've featured TJ's Custom Gunworks a few times here on the ExNotes blog. I'll take credit for influencing another good…
"I'll be Bach," of course, is the written Austrian-accent impersonation of the Governator (i.e., Arnold) in what has to be…
The last time I had the Compact 1911 on the range, I shot worse than usual. At 25 yards (with…