In this section, you can find tests of products. These products are either owned by me or send to me by various manufacturers. Please forgive me, if the tests are not as thorough as you (or I) would like. I have never proclaim to be a gun expert, simply a gun lover. These tests reflect my personnal opinion about the item under review. They might not be very objective some times, but I am doing my best to do the most honnest reviews I can. Keep in mind, I am only human.

There are some cases, when the product was not tested by me, but by someone else. In these cases, the source of the report is given credit and clearly shown.

If any of the pictures in the following pages do not show, it means that either that this product is no longer produced by its manufacturer (so the picture is no longer in their site), or that the manufacturer's site has vanished from the Net. Sorry for any inconvenience.

In June 2006, M1911.ORG has been recognized as a "publication", by several M-1911 pistol manufacturers. This means that M1911.ORG will receive new pistols for test and evaluation, just like the printed publications do. Other companies in the industry also send us their products for test and reviewing as well. As a result, a new site has been created, our E-zine Site, in which the Reviews of these products will be posted. For your convenience, here is a link to our E-zine site.

Firearms reviews Nighthawk Custom Vickers Tactical Review Guncrafter Industries Model 2 Review Nighthawk Custom 10-8 Review Para Ordnance Slim Hawg Review Colt M1911 WW1 Reproduction Colt M1911A1 WW2 Reproduction Colt New Series 80 Government 1911 Colt Series 70 Government 1911 Para Ordnance PXT SSP Some fully-automatic weapons tried out courtesy of Ike Springfield Armory's "GI .45 Mil-Spec" Grips reviews WOODGRIPS.COM personalized, checkered grips Action Supplies Grips GunGrips.Net Black Perlite Grips Esmeralda Cocobolo Smooth Grips WoodGrips AlumaGrips Matt Davidson G-10 Grips Saf-T-Lok Pistol Locking Grip Sidney Ryan scrimshaw grips Yellowstone Checkering Snake grips Holsters reviews Milt Sparks Holster, model 55BN Cen-Dex Kydex Holsters The Busted Knuckles Holster SmartCarry Holster The Original Clipdraw Horseshoe Leather Holsters Höppner & Schumann Holsters M/D Enterprises Holsters Wilson Combat Holsters - Model Lo-Profiletm Wilson Combat Holsters - Model Covert Companiontm Northwest Security Products Fanny Pack Holster Other products reviews KG Site Kote Surefire X200 Weapon Light Waller & Son Original Range Bag Gun Butter Caspian Arms Pocketsmith Slip 2000 Thumb Buddy Integrated Systems Management Inc. gun springs NCG gas-delayed blow-back conversion by Don Nygord Bore Sweeper Slip 2000 Gun cleaner and lube Fire Dragon Dual Action Buffer Spring System

Airsoft Project Our forums site has started a project, in August 2005, through which we wanted to evaluate, the possibility of using Airsoft pistols, as an alternative for real pistol practice and training. For this reason, we collected several Airsoft pistols, and put them through their paces. If you do not know what Airsoft is, we have included some newbie material as well, for your reading pleasure. All links below will open in a new browser window. What is Airsoft? Principles of Operation Airsoft Terminology Airsoft Gases The following Airsoft pistols have been tested by the M1911.ORG Team, and the reports can be found below. All Airsoft Pistol Reports Individual Reports Hi Capa 5.1 by Wei-Etech Colt Lightweight Commander by Western Arms Para Ordnance P14-45 by Western Arms Para Ordnance Full-Metal P14-45by KJW Wilson Combat FBI Trial Pistol by Western Arms Glock 19 by KWA Smith & Wesson Model 19 2.5" by Tanaka SVI Infinity Expert 5" by Western Arms (customized) Wilson Combat Professional by Western Arms (customized) 1911 BS by KSC MEU(SOC) Early Model by Western Arms (customized) Wilson Combat SDS by Western Arms Sig Sauer P226 Rail by Tokyo Marui MEU(SOC) Late Model by Western Arms Kimber MARSOC by Western Arms Glock 23F by KWA Smith & Wesson Model 13 .357 Magnum 3" by Tanaka Colt M1911A1 (circa 1943 USGI) by Tokyo Marui If you want to find out more about the usage of Airsoft guns in training and practicing, you may visit our AirSoft Guns Practice and Training Forums section. If you want to participate in our discussions, on this (and of course, other 1911-related) topics, please visit our Forums Site and register. Registration is free, of course, and there is a wealth of information on the 1911 pistols there.