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Art’s 1911 Art

You probably remember good buddy Arthur Benjamins' guest post on the Smith and Wesson Model 29.  Arthur is an artist…

4 years ago

A Tale of Two More .45s

A couple of weeks ago I tested three .45 ACP loads in a Model 625 Smith and Wesson and my…

4 years ago

RIA Compact 1911 Update

I've done a few blogs on the 1911 handgun and, in particular, on a Rock Island Armory Compact I bought…

5 years ago

Reloading Part IV: Wrapping It Up

This post wraps up our tutorial on reloading .45 ACP ammunition, although from time to time we'll be posting favored…

5 years ago

Another Tale of Two .45s…

We've done "A Tale of Two Guns" pieces before here on the ExNotes blog, and we've specifically done a "Tale…

6 years ago

Gun stuff is da bomb!

Or so sayeth Joe Gresh, soothsayer, philosopher, and observer of the human condition extraordinaire. Say what you wish, every time…

6 years ago

A tale of four 1911s…

My good buddy Paul, whom you've already read about on the ExNotes blog, is a retired aerospace engineer who has…

6 years ago

A tale of two .45s…

This is an interesting story about the development of the .45 ACP 1911 and a sister military sidearm, the 1917…

6 years ago

The 1911

I’m a huge fan of the 1911, going all the way back to 1973. That’s when I graduated college and…

6 years ago