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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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Tuesday, August 17th, 2010
My name is Tom Jones. I've been a gun owner for about 20 years, but until recently I wasn't really a shooter. In the Fall of 2007 I decided to get a concealed handgun license. As part of the training required for my permit I began to appreciate the distinct ...
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Sunday, August 15th, 2010
Major tip of the hat to TCinVA (the artist formerly known as John_Wayne777) for an awesome run on the F.A.S.T. drill during a training event yesterday. Welcome to the Wall of Fame, dude! TC, who has contributed many tips and evaluations here at pistol-training.com, tipped the scales at a clean 5.87 on ...
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Tuesday, July 27th, 2010
20,625 rounds
0 stoppages
0 malfunctions
0 parts breakages
Well, the 20,000 round point is nothing but a memory.
Yes, it took a little longer than previous tests (12 weeks for the P30 and just 10 for the M&P). But the plan was always to go a little slower with the .45, ...
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