Scott & Walt’s Gun Tales

Today’s Thursday Day at the Range was, shall we say, both interesting and a bit humbling. After posting the “Five Best” 1911 targets below, this week’s targets weren’t nearly so ------>

  This week’s Thursday Day at the Range includes a reshoot of the .30 Luger Ruger P89. If you recall from the earlier Thursday Day at the Range report, Ruger ------>

Today’s Thursday Day at the Range is brought to you courtesy of two Thursday Days at the Range ago, a shoot saved for a day when I could not make ------>

This week’s Thursday Day at the Range is a back-to-the-.45-SR1911 Day. Ruger’s SR1911 Series is a refreshingly direct rendition of the classic M1911. You’ll find no extraneous ornamentation – at ------>

In My Back Yard: Tulle Fusil de Grenadier BY SCOTT DUFF One of the most interesting firearms I have had the opportunity to own is a Tulle Fusil de Grenadier. As ------>

My Favorite Garands – Part 1 of 2 If you have followed my writings, you know that I advocate a theme to collecting.  As an example, my theme for collecting ------>

My Favorite M1911A1 Pistol By Scott Duff This post is my third about my favorite World War II U.S arms.  The first was, of course, about the M1 Garand rifle.  ------>

We Wish They Could Talk – And Sometimes They Do – Part 2 By Scott Duff Records of some serial numbered older US weapons from the Civil War through the ------>

A 4th of July Tribute Part 2 John MacIlduff My great, great, great, great, great Grandfather, John MacIlduff, fought in the American Revolution.  Not in well-known battles fought along the ------>

A 4th of July Tribute Part 1 Each year on the 4th of July, I take some time away from cookouts, fireworks, and my family to spend a few moments ------>

My Favorite M1 Carbines – Part 2 of 2 By Scott Duff This Blog post is on my Inland M1A1 carbine. The M1A1 carbine was a modification to the M1 ------>

My Favorite M1 Carbines – Part 1 of 2 By Scott Duff This post is my second about my favorite World War II US arms.  The following paragraph is repeated ------>

We Wish They Could Talk – And Sometimes They Do – Part 1 By Scott Duff Over the many decades I have been a collector and dealer of US martial ------>

More Super .38 Shenanigans: The Pachmayr-Tussey-Patton Pistol   Colt Super .38   Some years ago, whilst researching “The M1911 Complete Owner’s Guide,” I came across a Pachmayr custom M1911 in ------>

You can go home again In June of 1976 I bought my first handgun from Esman’s in Pitcairn, PA.  It was a new S&W Model 10 (.38 Special) with blued ------>

10/22 Deja Vu   You’ll have to read the text to find out what this is… Here’s a question for you: what is this that is pictured above?  Take your ------>

Why did we build two pistols for “The M1911 Complete Assembly Guide”?   WJK M1911, the second pistol from “The M1911 Complete Assembly Guide” In “Retro” mode When we began ------>

My Path to Becoming an M1 Garand Collector, Researcher and Author, Part 4 By Scott Duff For most of the 1980s I was employed at the Pittsburgh based headquarters of ------>

My Path to Becoming an M1 Garand Collector, Researcher and Author, Part 3 By Scott Duff In addition to participating in IPSC competition, I began to shoot in Service Rifle ------>

The Story behind “The M1911 Complete Assembly Guide” LVP 011, the cover pistol on “The M1911 Complete Assembly Guide”   When one decides to write a book, the path may ------>