2020 A New Decade! A Blank Canvas Part 2
We are already a couple of months in to 2020 but right now is truly the beginning of the year in the gun industry; and it certainly is...
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Brandan Bunker
Oct 31, 20195 min read
Testing Parts
Three years ago a vendor called me and said "Brandan, I have started making slides and I would love for you to try them out and provide...
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Brandan Bunker
Aug 30, 20191 min read
Books Officially Closed on Commissioned Builds.
Well the time has come to officially close the books on commissioned 1911 builds. I currently have builds going into next year which will...
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Brandan Bunker
Jul 19, 20192 min read
What is Total Vertical Tolerance Stack?
Here is an illustration of total aggregate vertical tolerance stack on a 1911. These numbers are very important when you want to achieve...
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Brandan Bunker
Jul 19, 20192 min read
Extractor Engagement 45vs9mm
Why are there different ways to fit an extractor? I recently fell in to a debate regarding extractor case engagement so I wanted to share...
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Brandan Bunker
Apr 15, 20193 min read
2019: Last year of Commissioned Builds
Everyone has a five year plan in business; for me, in April of 2014, the month that I officially left the corporate world, my plan was to...
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Brandan Bunker
Oct 10, 20183 min read
1911 Break-In period
This is a great topic and I will cut straight to my opinion, yes and no. The reason for so many companies claiming a need for a break-in...
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Brandan Bunker
Sep 25, 20182 min read
The Great MIM Debate
Who are we kidding... is there really a debate here? MIM, metal injection molded parts have allowed production firearms manufacturers to...
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Brandan Bunker
Sep 4, 20183 min read
The last generation of true machinists?
This is an interesting topic, one with a varying degree of answers depending on who you ask or how you even define what it is to be a...
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Brandan Bunker
Aug 30, 20186 min read
Key Points to Evolving the Custom 1911 Business with a focus on TIME.
In my first blog I discussed change in the industry and some key areas where change may influence business evolution. I would like to...
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Brandan Bunker
Aug 24, 20181 min read
Blog Topic Requests
Please respond here with blog topics that you would like me to cover in the future.
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Brandan Bunker
Aug 23, 20184 min read
The Next Generation of Custom 1911 (The end of a Cottage Industry)
The custom 1911 industry has been a small cottage industry since its inception. Being from Florida, I have had the pleasure of handling...
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