{"id":12204,"date":"2011-11-14T14:14:25","date_gmt":"2011-11-14T20:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/?p=12204"},"modified":"2011-11-14T14:14:37","modified_gmt":"2011-11-14T20:14:37","slug":"surprising-new-1911s-in-the-jan-feb-issue-of-american-handgunner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/surprising-new-1911s-in-the-jan-feb-issue-of-american-handgunner\/12204\/","title":{"rendered":"Surprising New 1911s In The Jan.\/Feb. Issue Of American Handgunner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-12205\" title=\"AH-Jan-Feb-Cover-low-res\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/AH-Jan-Feb-Cover-low-res-218x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/AH-Jan-Feb-Cover-low-res-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/AH-Jan-Feb-Cover-low-res.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/>San Diego, Calif. \u2014 The January\/February issue of <em>American Handgunner<\/em> looks at new SIG SAUERs, the Academy of Excellence winners, last-minute Christmas gifts and more.<\/p>\n<p>In John Taffin\u2019s \u201cSIG SAUER\u2019s Stunning Scorpions,\u201d he writes about two of SIG SAUER\u2019s new handguns \u2014 the 1911R Scorpion and the P229R Elite. The standard Scorpion comes loaded with what are normally custom features.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe gun itself is quite easy to operate, performs flawlessly and shoots more accurately than .40s are supposed to, at least by their reputation,\u201d says Taffin of the P229R Elite.<\/p>\n<p>The Remington 1911 R1 might look like a retro throwback, but gone are the rattling and sharp edges of older 1911 pistols, replaced by a well-fitted slide and handsome grips, which when combined with accuracy, make this 1911 great for a cowboy shooter getting into Wild Bunch shooting.<\/p>\n<p>The January\/February issue also showcases the 2011 Shooting Industry Academy of Excellence product award winners. This gear was voted the best of the year by those in the industry.<\/p>\n<p>For those who haven\u2019t gotten all their Christmas shopping done yet, John Connor\u2019s \u201c<em>American Handgunner<\/em> Christmas Guide: It\u2019s Not Too Late to be a Super Santa!\u201d will come as a relief. He reveals his Christmas picks for this year that will make shopping easier.<\/p>\n<p>Readers have a chance to win an AR-24 9mm Tactical Custom full-size pistol as the Jan.\/Feb. Gun of the Month. Also included in the package are GS-3PL pistol gloves from GripSwell, the world\u2019s first fireproof gun case from Fire.pod, <em>Building World Class Pistol Skills<\/em> DVD from Panteao Productions and the PDT knife from Escala Industries.<\/p>\n<p>Continue to follow Mike \u201cDuke\u201d Venturino\u2019s 12-part series on the Genesis of the Colt Single Action with \u201cPart 11: Colt Single Action Leather,\u201d available exclusively on the <em>American Handgunner<\/em> website at <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanhandgunner.com\/\">www.americanhandgunner.com<\/a><\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><em>American Handgunner<\/em>\u2019s all-digital edition is reaching more readers than ever. It includes a number of bonus features, including expanded content, hotlinks and search options. To sign up for a free digital subscription, visit <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanhandgunner.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.americanhandgunner.com<\/a><\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on <em>American Handgunner<\/em> and to read the January\/February issue, visit <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanhandgunner.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.americanhandgunner.com<\/a><\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>San Diego, Calif. \u2014 The January\/February issue of American Handgunner looks at new SIG SAUERs, the Academy of Excellence winners, last-minute Christmas gifts and more. In John Taffin\u2019s \u201cSIG SAUER\u2019s Stunning Scorpions,\u201d he writes about two of SIG SAUER\u2019s new handguns \u2014 the 1911R Scorpion and the P229R Elite. The standard Scorpion comes loaded with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":12205,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[2120],"class_list":["post-12204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-books","tag-american-handgunner"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12204\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}