Archive for the ‘Gear’ Category
Monday, October 6th, 2008
47,618 rounds
2 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 2 parts breakages
We're fast approaching the end of the M&P 50,000 Round Torture Test, and it looks like we'll actually finish a little ahead of schedule. Nothing particularly exciting to report about this week, except that the ammo fairy dropped over 2,500 rounds of Speer 124gr ...
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Thursday, October 2nd, 2008
To kick off Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Smith & Wesson has issued a press release about the new M&P9 JG. The JG gun is named for Julie Golob (better known as Julie Goloski), one of Smith's Champion Shooters and their Consumer Program Manager. Julie worked very hard for many months to bring ...
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Monday, September 29th, 2008
45,164 rounds
2 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 2 parts breakages
Week 23 will have to be remembered as The Week Stuff Broke. I guess putting more than 3,500 rounds in a week through a gun that's been shot as much (and maintained as little) as the M&P Torture Test gun can do that.
First, as you may have ...
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Monday, September 22nd, 2008
41,659 rounds
2 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 1 parts breakage
As promised, we had a special guest star fire round #40,000 through the test gun. Here is the picture:
Thanks very much to our good friend Julie Golob (nee Goloski) of Smith & Wesson. If you've been living under a rock and don't know ...
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Tuesday, September 16th, 2008
39,999 rounds
2 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 1 parts breakage
What a busy week! Sorry for the day late post. I was in Canada yesterday. 8)
The test gun went on its first international trip. pistol-training.com held an Aim Fast, Hit Fast class in Abbotsford, British Columbia. Thanks to RobE and some of the other ...
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Monday, September 8th, 2008
38,736 rounds
2 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 1 parts breakage
All good things, as they say ...
During Week 20, we had the first parts breakage on the test gun. At round 37,427 the trigger spring broke. The gun still fired, but the shooter had to push the trigger forward manually for each shot.
The gun had not ...
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Monday, September 1st, 2008
35,731 rounds
2 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 0 parts breakages
Schedules collided this week and not quite as much shooting was accomplished. Nonetheless, the gun continues to chug along and is now well over 35,000 rounds. Still not a single stoppage since the suspected maintenance error thirteen weeks and twenty-five thousand rounds ago.
With so ...
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Monday, August 25th, 2008
34,529 rounds
2 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 0 parts breakages
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Monday, August 25th, 2008
A few months ago, word came to us from multiple sources that SIG-Sauer was considering a recall of thousands of their P22x-series ("Classic Line") guns. A number of customers, in particular law enforcement agencies, were experiencing breakage of their takedown levers.
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Monday, August 18th, 2008
32,265 rounds
2 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 0 parts breakages
As promised, this week includes the fourth accuracy test which was performed at about the 31,000 round point. All results are based on the average of five 5-shot groups fired by hand using a Delta rest as support. Range is 25 yards.
Federal 124gr +p ...
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Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
wrong [rawng, rong]
-adjective
1. not in accordance with what is morally right or good.
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
Pictured at left is the latest in Ugly Gun Sunday award winner at Xavierthoughts. Seeing something like that makes me wonder if perhaps just a little gun control might be a good thing.
To any of our readers ...
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Monday, August 11th, 2008
31,049 rounds
2 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 0 parts breakages
Thirty thousand rounds has come and gone. And to commemorate the event, Smith & Wesson's own Ernest Langdon volunteered to drive out to the range just to get his picture taken firing that one shot.
The appendix Looper holster from Custom Carry Concepts is working ...
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Monday, August 4th, 2008
29,999 rounds
2 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 0 parts breakages
Shooting was halted during Week Fifteen because we have special plans in store for firing round #30,000 through the test gun. So at 29,999 we stopped.
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Saturday, August 2nd, 2008
by Bob Margolis
So you’re going to take a handgun course. Congratulations for taking the initiative to become better trained. You’re already ahead of 95% of your fellow shooters.
To get the most out of your training, you need to bring the proper gear to your session. Having the right gear with ...
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Monday, July 28th, 2008
28,450 rounds
2 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 0 parts breakages
Another "no news is good news" week has gone by in the M&P Torture Test. Over 2,200 rounds fired without any mishap.
Friday the gun was put through its paces for accuracy on the 50yd range, mostly to test the JohnO High Visibility Sight ...
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Thursday, July 24th, 2008
Many of our readers have been asking for detailed instructions on the "JohnO Sight" that has been pictured here lately. Well, the wait is over. John O. Stewart has written up a detailed step by step procedure that is easy for anyone to follow. I've personally been using this "sight" ...
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Monday, July 21st, 2008
26,197 rounds
2 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 0 parts breakages
This week we reached a number of major milestones in the M&P Torture Test.
At thirteen weeks, we’re halfway through the six-month test. We also hit the halfway point in the round count, firing #25,000 on Wednesday the 16th of July. It took eighty-six ...
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Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
We've received some requests from folks wanting to see what the Warren rear 1-dot sight looks like in daylight. Here it is pictured with the newly redone "JohnO" front sight treatment.
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Monday, July 14th, 2008
24,594 rounds
2 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 0 parts breakages
With 25,000 rounds right around the corner, things are fairing very well with the gun. More than a dozen different people have test fired it without any problems whatsoever.
Another change to the sights this week, and one which will no doubt receive a lot ...
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Monday, July 7th, 2008
22,421 rounds
2 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 0 parts breakages
After about 3,500 rounds, the Performance Center sear is still working great in conjunction with the Massachusetts trigger bar & trigger spring. From the original 6½ pound trigger pull, it's now smoothed out to an even 6 pounds.
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