Archive for the ‘Gear’ Category
Wednesday, April 4th, 2012
I have received no fewer than six text messages this morning from Glock. All were up in arms over my casual attitude toward gun cleaning.
So, as a public service message, please note:
Dirty guns are worse then clean guns. Clean guns last longer and shoot more reliably.
Do I think you need ...
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Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012
60,207 rounds
12 stoppages
(+1 w/non-LCI extractor)
0 malfunctions
1 parts breakages
As mentioned previously, pistol-training.com is moving to a monthly format for the Glock 17 endurance test updates.
As you can see from the numbers above, shooting has been a lower priority over the past couple of months while I focused on other projects ...
Posted in Gear, Gen4 Friday | 29 Comments »
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012
Seriously... we need to buy this guy a beer.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kub2EBPkITw&feature=relmfu[/youtube]
Train hard & stay safe! ToddG
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Monday, April 2nd, 2012
This is not the update I intended to file, and it's just a short note as I've not yet had an opportunity to take the gun apart and examine exactly what is going wrong.
Yesterday morning during an Aim Fast, Hit Fast class my Glock stopped working. After firing a single round ...
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Sunday, April 1st, 2012
AFP Georgia -- It was announced today that Sears Holding Company, the umbrella corporation that owns such household name brands as Sears, K-Mart, Diehard, and Craftsman, has purchased Austrian handgun manufacturer GLOCK Inc for an undisclosed sum believed to be as much as $1 billion U.S.
The holding company, best known ...
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Monday, March 12th, 2012
My good friend Jay Cunningham (Low Speed High Drag LLC) teaches a 1-day class called "Murphy Strikes!" that deals with various worst case scenarios, from weak hand only malfunction clearances to weird shooting positions to handling unusual and unfamiliar firearms.
Last week, while teaching a class for a large West Coast ...
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Tuesday, March 6th, 2012
Former Glock Inc CEO found guilty of racketeering
Train hard & stay safe! ToddG
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Tuesday, February 28th, 2012
How did society survive before YouTube?
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0H9ljBraVw&feature=player_embedded#![/youtube]
(h/t to cmoore on pistol-forum.com)
Train hard & stay safe! ToddG
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Friday, February 17th, 2012
I'd hoped to get a comprehensive update on the test gun this week, but between SHOT Show and various projects that stemmed from it as well as the beginning of the teaching season -- I'm teaching in NY this weekend -- I've had little time to shoot and less time ...
Posted in Gear, Gen4 Friday | 7 Comments »
Thursday, February 9th, 2012
Talking with Ken Hackathorn yesterday, we were both lamenting the steady decline of professional integrity in the firearms industry. Gone it seems are the days when you could trust a deal on a handshake or expect companies to stand behind their products. Perhaps it's the economy or perhaps it's just ...
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