Tussey Custom .45ACPs Are Beautiful 1911’s: Two Tussey Custom .45ACPs are beauties that flaunt the top pistolsmith’s craftmanship. These 1911’s are sound tactical weapons and they’re gorgeous! Anyone who even casually looked at the shelf of gun magazines at his local newsstand might notice that there are lots of custom 1911 pistols pictured there. There are fat […]
Tussey Para Ordnance P-14
Para Ordnance P-14 45 The gun was a train wreck.I was rooting around my safe and came across the Para Ordnance P-14*45 I used at the range just prior to retiring from the PD. I wanted something sub-stantial one way of saying .45 ACP in a 1911-style pistol, but I also wanted capacity. Para-Ordnance was […]
A Wolf In Sheep’s Clothing: A GI-issue 1911?
“You’re not actually going to shoot that, are you?” “Oh sure,” I answered, locking the slide open and applying a couple drops of oil as if to further prove my intentions. “But is looks mint,” he continued, “unfired even!” His eyes, which looked as if they might produce tears at any moment, were locked on […]
A League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Classic Colt 1911
This is the story of one man’s lifetime dream – come true. I finally learned the hard lessons of imperfect tries, and lifted the phone to make that first call. It took almost 40 years for me to gain the sense necessary, followed by one of the longest waits of my life -six months- until […]
Stealth .45 ACP – Terry Tussey’s Comp 1911
I don’t like compensators. To my traditionalist’s eye, they are funny-looking contraptions better suited to imaginary guns in Star Wars movies. Real men all enjoy a little recoil, so why why would you want to put some roonie-looking whatchamacallit on the end of your shooting iron to shield you from a little discomfort? Besides, these […]