The Abode of McThag

Braved the cold to show off the "Touched by JMB" collection. L->R Colt 1908 Pocket Hammerless (.380 ACP) Colt 1908 Vest Pocket...

The tempo of things finally slowed down so that Harvey and I could hit the range. She knocked the rust off and I tried something new with t...

I forgot John Moses Browning's birthday. Again. It's more post-worthy if I remembered. My .380 Pocket Hammerless is just about my fa...

.357 SIG is about as identical to .38 Super, ballistically, as you can get. The gigantic difference is the pistol. My .38 Super 1911 Gov...

I bid $500 on a brand new Colt Python 2020. I was high bidder for several hours! Which is hours longer than I expected to be. I expected tha...

There's a penny start auction for a Colt M1894 on GunBroker. It's going to go for a price that well exceeds my max bid, but it...

Did some tinkering with the New Service. First I replaced the grody plastic, checkered stocks with a nice set of repop smooth wood. ...

Colt. Double Action. Gate Loaded. .45 Colt. M1902. Teaser More complete.

While at the local pawn shop ogling an all original 1944 Remington-Rand M1911A1; Willard laid eyes on an old leather holster. "What...

The camera on my Motox is insufficient. Canon SX20IS: Before pic. After pic.

With the fresh carving on the inside, I felt it prudent to put some nourishment on the wood. I think I even mentioned it was a bit dry...

The stocks for the Challenger arrived today. You can see from the half-moon cut-out on the passenger side that these grips are really...

There's a company in Carol Stream, Illinois, who claims to make stocks for the Colt Challenger. I made a couple of inquiries about the...

In the way back days when Colt still made Anacondas I bought a brand new in box 4" barreled .45 Colt version. Being the tinkering kin...

Willard is the proud owner of a genuine M1911.  Note that there's no A1 there. If you look on the slide you see: And: No S...

One of the things I enjoy about hitting the range is sharing. A fellow regular shared his .500 S&W today.  While not my cup of tea, it...

Not a Woodsman. 2 lb. 1.8 oz. of JMB Goodness.  It appears to be a 1954 made gun. As compared to the gun that supplanted it....

Blued, wood stocks, .44 Magnum, 4", Smith and Wesson; 3 lb. loaded. Stainless, rubber stock, .45 Colt, 4", Colt; 3.3 lb. loaded....

That is NOT  an M1911. Model 1902 Military in .38 ACP. There's a property master story that goes with this gun, I am certain.  Wi...

The pretty one was made in, going by the serial number and making a couple of specious assumptions about production rates, 1925. That make...