Archive for the ‘P30 Thursday’ Category
Friday, March 26th, 2010
91,322 rounds
13 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 5 parts breakages
test ended at: 91,622 rounds
At 91,300 rounds, the P30 was running strong. Even after a chunk went missing from the frame, the gun had turned in well over five thousand rounds of accurate and reliable service. I carried it every day.
By 91,322 however, ...
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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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