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Monday, April 30th, 2012
64,592 rounds
16 stoppages
(+1 w/non-LCI extractor)
0 malfunctions
2 parts breakages
Another month has gone by, and the gun is now just shy of 65,000 rounds. It traveled quite a bit this month as I taught classes in Georgia, Texas, Virginia, and New Mexico.
The G17 suffered its second parts failure this month. During ...
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Friday, March 16th, 2012
Every year, I see a lot of shooters on the range. Many of them I see on a regular basis whether it’s in classes, at NRA Headquarters where I usually practice, or elsewhere. Some of them put real effort into what they’re doing and over time see demonstrable improvement. I’ve ...
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Wednesday, March 14th, 2012
Last week, I was teaching at a sheriff’s department for three days. When class ended each day, many of us stuck around and made use of the range to get in additional practice and work on more skills. One drill involved a timed walk back drill to hit a 40% ...
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Friday, November 4th, 2011
Congratulations to pistol-forum.com staffer JV for earning F.A.S.T. coin #07 today. Unlike the typical situation of a student knowing the F.A.S.T. is coming during a class, I literally walked up to JV out of the blue on the range and said, "Time to shoot the F.A.S.T." With no time for any ...
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Tuesday, October 11th, 2011
Well, not really. But a F.A.S.T. Wall of Fame shooter is at Gunsite this week participating in the historic "Glock 250" version of the famous Gunsite 250 pistol program. Glock 250 is a special class celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Glock pistol. I'd actually wanted to sign up for this ...
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Thursday, September 29th, 2011
... you think pistol-training.com.
Many thank-yous to author J.L. Bourne of the wildly popular Zombie Armageddon series for a nice shout out during a recent interview with Military.com. For those who are unfamiliar, J.L. is well known for the incredibly realistic details his books use in terms of firearms and tactics.
J.L is ...
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Sunday, September 11th, 2011
Never Forgive.
Train hard & stay safe. ToddG
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Friday, April 8th, 2011
5,424 rounds
5 stoppages
(+1 w/non-LCI extractor)
0 malfunctions
0 parts breakages
A mere 377 rounds through the gun this past week, but what an important 377 it was. The G17/4 finally passed the 2,000 Round Challenge after three aborted starts. With absolutely no cleaning or lubrication since the latest extractor was installed, ...
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Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011
For the first time, pistol-training.com is holding an Aim Fast, Hit Fast class in New England. Hosted at the Hartford Gun Club, the class will be held 21-22 May. For more information, check out the announcement page.
I will practice speaking with minimal use of "r" sounds between now and then, ...
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Thursday, September 30th, 2010
The 365 Days of Training project has been going strong for a month, and I'm making some decent progress. I started with a cold three run F.A.S.T. average of 10.60 seconds, and in the last month I had a best three run average of 7.61 seconds. Additionally, I've had 5 sub-seven ...
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