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Guns of My Father

By Mike Detty December 7th, 1941 is a date that will always be remembered as one that tested our country’s mettle. In the three- and one-half years that followed Americans cemented their place in the world as a leader, liberator and compassionate ally. Beyond that, our country flexed its industrial might producing unimaginable amounts of war […]

Shooting Times | Classic is as class does

BY STEVE GASH The Model 1911 semiautomatic pistol has endured for more than a century, in the face of countless new handgun designs, new materials (i.e., polymers), and the development of new cartridges for it. But class is as class does, and shooters can still have a Model 1911 just about any way they want […]

Auto-Ordnance Tanker 1911: ‘Built Like a Tank’

“Built like a tank,” the phrase that inspires the latest creation in the ongoing remarkable collaboration between Auto-Ordnance and Outlaw Ordnance. Though probably first said to describe the fighting vehicles of the U.S. military, the ol’ Government Model has always lived up to such description. Now the custom Auto-Ordnance Tanker 1911 brings that sentiment home […]

New for 2023: Auto-Ordnance Cold Dead Hands 1911

Sometimes, you just gotta let anyone and everyone around you know exactly where you stand. When it comes to guns, and the all-important 2nd Amendment, no one ever said it better than the late, great Charlton Heston. “From my cold dead hands…” It became a rally cry for an entire industry, a way of life […]

Auto-Ordnance Commemorates President Trump in .45 ACP

Donald J. Trump, the 45th President of the United States, solidified his position as a pro-Second Amendment president in a single statement. “The Second Amendment to the Constitution is clear. The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed upon. Period.” For this reason, Kahr Arms and Auto-Ordnance have commemorated Trump in a series of themed […]