Archive for the ‘P30 Thursday’ Category
Friday, March 19th, 2010
90,736 rounds
10 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 5 parts breakages
90,000 rounds! Another eventful week with the P30, though the gun didn't see as many range days or rounds as usual.
The pistol had five failures to extract this week, all of them due to ammo issues.
The first occurred during the Aim Fast, Hit ...
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Thursday, March 11th, 2010
89,136 rounds
10 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 5 parts breakages
As promised, this week allowed for lots of range time; I didn't waste the opportunity. And it's been a crazy week with the P30. A small piece of the frame sheared off, the gun still fired another 3,000+ rounds without a hiccup, and the ...
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Thursday, March 4th, 2010
85,043 rounds
10 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 4 parts breakages
Less than fifteen thousand rounds to go! The gun continues to perform without any trouble even though it's gone more than eight thousand rounds since it was last cleaned. The biggest news was the day John_Wayne777 spent shooting the pistol as reported here. Thanks ...
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Thursday, February 25th, 2010
81,145 rounds
10 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 4 parts breakages
This past Monday, the P30 broke through the 80,000 round mark. The last 3,753 rounds have been without cleaning or lubricating... not so much to torture the gun, but because I just haven't got around to cleaning or lubing it. You have to ...
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Saturday, February 20th, 2010
A regular P30 Thursday will be coming along next week, but after yesterday's trip to the range it seemed appropriate to give a little update. While the P30 was carried and even saw some dry fire over the unplanned 3-week holiday, yesterday was the first live fire since I returned ...
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Thursday, January 28th, 2010
77,003 rounds
10 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 4 parts breakages
That's right. We're back! The endurance test gun has returned from the SHOT Show and is ready to get back to work. And with just a couple of days at the range this week, the pistol shot over 2,000 rounds before I broke ...
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Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
Seriously, that's a lot of boxes.
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Thursday, December 24th, 2009
75,000 rounds
10 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 4 parts breakages
75,000 rounds down the barrel! Pictured above is Wayne Weber, President of HK-USA as he fires the big Seven Five Oh Oh Oh. He even wore a red hat to celebrate the holiday.
With the help of some water jugs (and a very understanding ...
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Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009
Full report on Thursday (the real Thursday). Train hard & stay safe! ToddG
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Saturday, December 19th, 2009
74,067 rounds
10 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 4 parts breakages
Such a busy week, we officially had to rename Saturday "Thursday Mk2." Over four thousand rounds went downrange since the last update, and as you can see we're just around the corner from the big Seven Five.
The trigger return spring broke after firing ...
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Thursday, December 10th, 2009
68,996 rounds
10 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 3 parts breakages
Yesterday while shooting, I had a stoppage with my P30 test gun. Upon inspection, it appeared that the slide had failed to cycle properly, preventing the spent cartridge from fully extracting and ejecting. Since it had been about 9,000 rounds since the last ...
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Thursday, December 3rd, 2009
65,250 rounds
9 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 3 parts breakages
More than 4,000 rounds this week! To be honest, I didn't even realize I'd been shooting that much.
Most of my range time this week has been devoted to playing around with my grip technique more. This led me to swap out the Large ...
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Friday, November 27th, 2009
61,246 rounds
9 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 3 parts breakages
Happy Thanksgiving! Exactly 2,500 rounds went through the P30 this week.
Recently, I was talking to firearms instructor David Blinder of Personal Defense Training about ways to help students achieve an optimal grip during the drawstroke. Around that same time, I had the opportunity to ...
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Thursday, November 19th, 2009
58,746 rounds
9 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 3 parts breakages
A lot of shooting but nothing particularly exciting to report this week. The pistol has gone close to 9,000 rounds without a cleaning since getting back from the HK "checkup" at 50k. I can feel it getting a little balky, so I'll break ...
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Friday, November 13th, 2009
55,686 rounds
9 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 3 parts breakages
Late again! But "P30 Friday Morning" just doesn't sound as snappy, does it?
I hit a major milestone with the pistol during Week 27, setting a personal best on the F.A.S.T. drill:
4.22 (clean): 1.44, .41 / 1.71 / .22, .21, 23
Needless to say, that ...
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Thursday, November 5th, 2009
53,482 rounds
9 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 3 parts breakages
The P30 is back. Heckler & Koch replaced all the springs in the gun and magazines, and also replaced the magazine followers. With the help of some fellow M4Carbine.net Northern Virginia Training Group members almost 3,500 rounds have been fired through the gun in ...
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Thursday, October 29th, 2009
50,002 rounds
9 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 3 parts breakages
Done! The magic number was reached while attending a Ken Hackathorn class in Marietta, OH. Ken even did the honors firing the 50,000th round:
The other students in the class, as well as some of the local shooters, all pitched in to put an ...
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Monday, October 26th, 2009
With help from all my fellow students, our instructor Ken Hackathorn, and even some of the local club shooters who just dropped by to say hello, the P30 digested over 2,000 rounds this weekend and hit the 50,000 round mark!
More details to follow on Thursday.
Train hard & stay safe! ToddG
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Friday, October 23rd, 2009
47,947 rounds
8 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 2 parts breakages
Well, by this time next week the P30 Endurance Test should be over!
This past week, the P30 traveled to Louisiana and survived a weekend on a muddy range without a hiccup. I was also able to get in a couple of practice sessions.
This ...
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Thursday, October 15th, 2009
45,765 rounds
8 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 2 parts breakages
With only three weeks to go, we're well on track to hit 50,000...
I spent some time this week running the F.A.S.T. with both my normal practice ammunition (American Eagle 115gr FMJ) and the load I carry (Federal 124gr +p HST). I shot them ...
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