Deep Purple
All builds start as a pile of unfinished oversized parts which need to be fitted together, and this one was not an exception. Except it actually started as a small piece of copper Damascus steel. Which was machined to a trigger blade, sanded, polished and fire blued. But the trigger has to be installed on […]
The One That Flew South
Even with this flyer at six o’clock I think it’s a shooter!
How I spent my Christmas
I was pretty busy at work lately, and naturally, several different projects were piling up in my garage shop, so on my first day off I was up at 6am and ready to make some chips! First was this bad boy. I’ve been working on it for the past couple of months and finally had […]
How to Clean Your Dragon
Like every gun, the Dragon needs a good cleaning every now and then. However, the disassembly and reassembly procedure is slightly different than your standard 1911. You will need some extra tools: First, MAKE SURE YOUR GUN IS UNLOADED AND THE MAGAZINE IS EMPTY! To disassemble your Dragon:
Y Ddraig Goch – The Welsh Dragon
A Dragon build in Welsh colors. Honestly, I’m not a huge fan of theme guns and bright color schemes, but this is what the customer wanted, so after completing the build I got some cerakote and sprayed the gun with this bright red color. After the paint has cured, I engraved my logo and a […]
A Dance With Dragons Part II
Here’s the part II of my dance with the Dragon. I built a second prototype and continued my testing. As you can see, there’s one important change in the design, it now has two gas ports instead of four – more on that later. My first test was with my standard 200gr Brazos bullet over […]
A Dance With Dragons Part I
Ever since I learned about the Ed Masaki Dragon gun, I was sort of obsessed with it. I was lucky enough to buy one, but some questions still remained unanswered – why is it not available anymore? Why no one else tries to make one? And can I be the one? After a years of […]
Twins for Bowling Pins
It was a long and tedious build. I hate to admit it but I’ve never fitted a compensator on a 1911 before. So while there wasn’t anything special about it, it still took a bit of time for preparations and studies. Other than that, these are, well, just a pair of 1911s that a friend […]
It’s Like Nelson, But For Adults
I like listening to opera music while working on my guns. My favorite opera composer is Giacomo Puccini, but today I chose a German opera Der Freischutz by Carl Maria von Weber. This opera has everything we love – guns, shooting, hunting, marksmanship competitions and even bullet casting! My choice of the music was based […]
Marvel Cut
A fellow club member asked me to tune up his gun. It was not cycling properly and hanging up on disconnector every now and then, and after a brief inspection we decided that a Marvel disconnector cut will help. For those of you who have never heard this term before, it’s the angle cut on […]