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I was fishing in a canyon on the Talkeetna River in Alaska one summer when I heard something making a “HUSHHH” sound. I looked up to see a pair of A-10’s from Eielson AFB cruising overhead. Fortunately there were no marauding brown bears I could see nearby so I was not in need of their services 😜

I’ve carried a 1970’s Colt Commander .45 ACP. I upgraded the sights and added a small beaver tail grip safety. Black Teflon finish that has held up well. Five years ago I supplemented it with a Ruger SR 1911 .45 special edition with a nitride finish and Trijicon 3 dot night sights. Now they...

I knew this was going to be a great thread! Think about it. Back in the days when the .45 was developed there was no ballistics gel, no computer programs. There was practical experience and observed results. There are many YouTube commandos who are trying to make names for themselves and...

Actually, when it’s dark and there’s a brown bear running across the lawn at you snapping its jaws and woofing the first thing I wanted was that 12 bore pump gun loaded with Brenneke slugs on that shelf above the garage man door. When I went through the door the bruin lost sight of me and...

I spent 26 years working as a PA at Prudhoe Bay. Spent a lot of time taking Medevacs from PB to Anchorage and Fairbanks. I sat down and figured out that I flew over Mt. McKinley about 3000 times and saw it in most of its moods. Almost cratered in a Lear 25 taking a guy with a flail chest into...

I had a friend who was a Navy Corpsman assigned to a USMC formation. One day they went through a bowl-shaped valley and climbed the far end and called for Spooky. Air support arrived at dusk and opened up on the jungle below. My friend related that the firing continued for several hours. The...

The author failed to mention that the Sabre is one of the prettiest airplanes ever produced. The Mustang was the best looking prop plane ever.

Pardon me Dr. Dabbs. I started reading this review without checking to see the name of the author. I was halfway through it and thinking how this guy writes as sweet and syrupy as Will Dabbs so I checked and by golly it IS Will Dabbs. I always enjoy your articles sir and am jealous of all of...

I recently retired from 46 years of medical practice in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest. I regularly carried as did many of my colleagues. I think that most of America has no problem with this. Stay away from blue states and cities and most of us still believe in freedom and the sanctity of...

I'd bet that your grandpa told you things you will never forget!

My FIL and his wife lived in Columbus, NM when I visited them in 1997. General Pershing's HQ are now "Pancho Villa State Park". Go figure. His Mexico Expeditionary Force was the first time that the US Army had used motorized vehicles in combat operations. There is a brick structure at the...

Agree 100%. I've been shooting handguns for over 40 years. My experience is that the 1911 is the easiest of all to shoot WELL. With a good trigger and good sights big .451" holes appear at the aiming point as long as the shooter does what is supposed to be done. Mr. Browning made a handgun...

Get a 10mm. A full size M1911 is larger than it needs to be to fire the .380 Magnum (aka 9mm Luger).

Years ago a friend brought his then new Glock M21 in .45ACP to my house to plink alongside my Colt Gold Cup. The Glock trigger felt like mush. Every time I drew and presented the Glock my thumb wiped off the non-existent thumb safety. The Glock held almost double the rounds of the Gold Cup...