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Gen4 Glock 17 Endurance Test: Month 14

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 ...

Treading Water

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 ...

I’d Hit It

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% ...

Coin #07

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 ...

pistol-training.com Goes to Gunsite

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 ...

Because When You Think of Zombies…

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 ...

Never Forget.

Sunday, September 11th, 2011

Never Forgive. Train hard & stay safe. ToddG

Glock 17 gen4 Endurance Test: Week Three

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, ...

AFHF Hits New England

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, ...

365 Days of Training: Month One

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 ...