Hanke fires the Titleist pistol.

Besides the match trigger with little creep and no over travel, the trigger guard is squared on the Titlelist

The Titleist uses a bull match barrel, match bushing and full length guile rod. Also note the front cocking serrations.

The Titlelist snuggles into a high-ride thumb snap holster, which along with the belt and magazine pouch is from Tex Shoemaker & Sons

        Howard took me into the back shop, where I met Al Ang, the FAL technician. Al's set up reminded me very much of an armorers workbench in the service certain well-used specialty tools laid at hand, and everything geared for work on one or two models of guns only.
    Al worked like an armorer, too. He quickly and confidently shipped the sub-assemblies of the kit I provided into their most primary of parts. Each set of pins, screws, springs, and other small parts were checked and bagged.
    The barrel that came with the kit nearly swallowed the Erosion Gauge when we dropped it into the chamber, indicating a need for a new tube.
    As it turned out, this was really for the best, because I'm sure that's the reason for the finished rifle's excellent accuracy.
    The politically correct FAL still has a lot of its original sexy look, since the butt stock is reminiscent of the Russian Dragunov, giving it a real international flair. The stock flash hider has been replaced by a very efficient muzzle break from Smith Arms that has been permanently attached to the muzzle.
    The whole gun has been given an even coat of a black finish, and it looks ready to go. Entréprise Arms has done thousands of these rifles in the last few years, they know what needs to be done and how to do it. I'm glad I decided to have them do the re-assembly for me, as the FAL has drawn nothing but compliments from everyone who has shot it.
    The first session was a good old "shootin' safari" at a friend's ranch property. I loaded up a full 20 rounds of the Black Hills 168gr HP Match ammo with the moly-coat bullets in my gun show treasure magazine and lined up the battle sights on some melon-sized white rocks on the hillside some 200 yards distant.
    From the sitting position, my first shot and the following 18 shots were all hits, creating a satisfying puff of white rock dust with each round.. The rifle failed to feed the last (20th) round, and I have since restricted myself to loading only 18 cartridges, which works every time.
   Lots of folks tried the FAL that day, and everybody had high praise for its shootability and accuracy The most common comment being how easy it was to hit with the rifle.
    Next time out we tried it on paper and the Black Hills ammo printed a 10-shot effort from 100 yards that would fit in a 3-inch square. Not quite match performance, but the trigger and sights on the FAL are rudimentary fixtures, and some thing is lost there concerning accuracy.
    I have yet to try the gun with the mil spec ball ammo I had intended because the Black Hills moly-coat shoots so well and the rifle cleans up with just a few wet and dry patches, even after a lot of rounds. Guess I'll just have to keep a good supply of the Black Hills on hand, since that's also the stuff that my M1A1 and my heavy-barreled Ruger Model 77 MkII like.
    Next up is the Titlelist pistol. We were standing in the Pro Shop when Howard sent one of the warehouse men on a mission; "Go pull a Titleist out of stock for me, please." Quite a bit of bravado, considering I was taking the gun straight away for an evaluation. What if it didn't work? Or if it was inaccurate?
   Howard knew what he was doing. Even though you can't deny the obvious element of risk, he had faith in his product.
    It paid off for him too, because every time I created a single ragged hole in a target doing draw and fire drills from seven yards I remembered watching that warehouse man pulling the box containing the pistol I was shooting out of a stack of 50 of them on a shelf.
    The Titlelist performed just like a pistol with a $979 suggested price tag should - flawlessly. There was never a cough nor sputter, and the gun was more accurate than I can shoot, proving that the match barrel and bushing are properly installed and doing their job in tandem with good sights and a crisp trigger.
    I tested a Titlelist in the .45 ACP version, although they are also available in .40 S&W.
    The slide-to-frame fit is tight and smooth through the entire range of travel, the high-ride beavertail is perfectly fitted and combines with the triggerguard undercut to let the shooter get that control hand way up on the gun.
    The trigger was right on the 4.5 pound let-off as advertised, while the checkered mainspring housing and front cocking serrations on the slide give plenty of traction for handling the firearm.
    I liked the fully adjustable rear sight and front patridge blade, which are in the functional black on black-no dots here!
    Actually, I liked everything about the pistol, with the exception of the squared trigger guard, which of course is a matter of personal taste, and mine run to the traditional.
    Well, that's just a quick overview of Entréprise Arms and some of their products. The only thing I see I have left out is some mention of the Entréprise Arms sponsored shooters that make up Team Entréprise, and for this article it's enough just to mention that Entréprise Arms does in fact field a team. Their sponsorship of the team allows them to spread the word about their guns and torture-test them at the same time.
   For a more comprehensive look at all they offer, contact them at: 15861 Business Center Drive, Irwindale, CA 91706, 626/962-8712, fax 626/962-4692, and on the net you may use www.1911.com or www.entreprise.com.

The rear sights are plain black and adjustable, the mainspring housing is properly checkered