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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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Sunday, June 29th, 2008
20,971 rounds
2 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 0 parts breakages
It was a very busy week in the M&P Torture Test. Before shooting began, an armorer performed the 20,000 round service interval. We also installed the new Performance Center sear, replacing the gunsmithed one. The result was a 6½ pound trigger pull which dropped ...
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Monday, June 23rd, 2008
18,857 rounds
2 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 0 parts breakages
It was a 2,230 round week for the M&P9 Torture Test. Boringly, there is nothing to report in terms of function. The gun still hasn't missed a beat. However, we did make one little change to the gun and then took it out to ...
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Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
16,627 rounds
2 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 0 parts breakages
Yes, we're a day late ... sorry about that, folks! Just over 2,500 rounds this past week with no real news to report. The recoil spring/guide was replaced per Smith's recommendation. The gun is coming up on 20,000 pretty fast. It will get ...
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Monday, June 9th, 2008
14,123 rounds
2 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 0 parts breakages
Another week, a little over twenty-four hundred rounds, and no problems of any kind.
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Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
It seems we left out an important piece of information this past Monday regarding the M&P Torture Test. Right past the 10,000 round mark, we repeated the accuracy test:
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Monday, June 2nd, 2008
11,695 rounds
2 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 0 parts breakages
This past week we hit the first stoppages during the M&P Torture Test.
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Monday, May 26th, 2008
10,057 rounds
0 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 0 parts breakages
In only thirty-two days, we reached ten thousand rounds in the M&P Torture Test. As you can see, there have still been no problems with the pistol.
The recoil spring was changed at just a little past the recommended 7,500 mark. The gun was running fine, but we'll be following ...
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Monday, May 19th, 2008
7,411 rounds
0 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 0 parts breakages
A very fun, educational, and successful week at Rogers Shooting School proved no challenge for the M&P. Over two thousand three hundred and fifty rounds without any stoppages ... or any preventative maintenance during the week, either!
As mentioned previously, three of our five ...
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Monday, May 12th, 2008
5,058 rounds
0 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 0 parts breakages
As the M&P Test continues (50,000 rounds in six months), it took eighteen days to reach 5,000. S&W sent a higher front sight to compensate for my "drive the dot" sight picture compared to the more traditional use of the top edge of the ...
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Monday, May 5th, 2008
3,269 rounds
0 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 0 parts breakages
As our M&P Test continues towards the goal of 50,000 rounds in six months, there's very little to report. The gun is chugging along without any stoppages or malfunctions of any kind so far.
Shooting this past Wednesday, I scored a personal best ...
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