Archive for the ‘Gear’ Category
Wednesday, June 12th, 2013
So Shelly sent me to Vuurwapen which led me to some truly odd ramblings at TTAG about a guy from MSW.
If you don't want to follow all the links, here is the Gunblogger's Digest version:
Tim Lau (ModernServiceWeapons.com) comments in a blog post that, "Those of us who’ve been around the 1911 platform ...
Posted in Gear | 17 Comments »
Sunday, June 9th, 2013
[youtube]http://youtu.be/B2_kHtCKEwQ[/youtube]
The only thing missing: they should have added 10mm at the end, and the robber should have simply spontaneously exploded.
Train hard & stay safe! ToddG
(hat tip to LHS on pistol-forum.com for the link)
Posted in Gear, Humor | 4 Comments »
Thursday, June 6th, 2013
The 90-series Beretta has an external trigger bar unlike most handguns. While I was at Beretta, one of the guys who worked for me -- one of our armorer school instructors -- had a student claim that a dime had lodged itself in between the trigger bar and the frame ...
Posted in Gear | 18 Comments »
Monday, June 3rd, 2013
One of the "test pilots" running a Gadget on his Glock during a class.
More exciting news coming Soon™!
Train hard & stay safe! ToddG
Posted in Gear | 12 Comments »
Wednesday, May 8th, 2013
It may be a fool's errand but for what it's worth, I submitted the following to IDPA via their rules comment section (accessible to any IDPA member who is logged in to IDPA.com). If enough of us ask for it, perhaps the rule will get some new consideration.
Train hard & ...
Posted in Competition, Gear | 14 Comments »
Tuesday, May 7th, 2013
In the metric system, "pico" is the prefix denoting one trillionth (0.000000000001, or 10 to the -12th power). It's ridiculously small.
Pico is also the name of Beretta's latest mouse gun. To introduce their new polymer pocket wonder Beretta produced a video which, as pointed out by ByronG on pistol-forum.com, demonstrates ...
Posted in Gear, Safety | 5 Comments »
Saturday, May 4th, 2013
Read all about it at View From The Porch.
As a reminder, Heckler & Koch remains the only handgun manufacturer that designs all of its barrels to withstand firing a a live round behind a squib. They even use a proprietary steel for their barrels... the company that produces the steel ...
Posted in Gear, Safety | 9 Comments »
Tuesday, April 30th, 2013
... or, Trying to Profit from the Sandy Hook Massacre Makes You a Giant Twit!
Yesterday, Computerworld published a story about Safe Gun Technology, a company that has (allegedly) developed a fingerprint authorization system for firearms. The company has only been able to produce one working prototype in ten years, but ...
Posted in Gear, Safety | 11 Comments »
Saturday, April 20th, 2013
Most of the remaining details have been decided for the Heirloom gun being built by Jason Burton.
Checkering will be 25lpi. While I was initially concerned about the coarseness of the checkering on the SACS/Warren gun it has proven to be very effective while remaining comfortable enough for long practice sessions. ...
Posted in Heirloom Project | 13 Comments »
Wednesday, April 17th, 2013
This is an actual product (the Gemini Defense Z-Flex Sight, courtesy of The Firearms Blog).
Submit your entries via the Comment section. You may make as many suggestions as you want. Entries must be received by 11:59pm Sunday 21-April-2013. Best one-liner wins a pistol-training.com baseball hat and my undying respect. (total prize ...
Posted in Gear, Humor | 142 Comments »
