Archive for June, 2008
Sunday, June 29th, 2008
20,971 rounds
2 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 0 parts breakages
It was a very busy week in the M&P Torture Test. Before shooting began, an armorer performed the 20,000 round service interval. We also installed the new Performance Center sear, replacing the gunsmithed one. The result was a 6½ pound trigger pull which dropped ...
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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
In what will no doubt be a much-debated decision, the Supreme Court of the United States today upheld the Second Amendment as an individual right based on self-defense. You can read the whole decision here.
This is a win for our side, folks, make no mistake about it. Let me be ...
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Monday, June 23rd, 2008
18,857 rounds
2 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 0 parts breakages
It was a 2,230 round week for the M&P9 Torture Test. Boringly, there is nothing to report in terms of function. The gun still hasn't missed a beat. However, we did make one little change to the gun and then took it out to ...
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Sunday, June 22nd, 2008
Apparently, last week's drill was not a successful one for most of you, since no one reported their results. Everyone here at pistol-training.com is very sad.
So as promised, this week we will stick with the accuracy drills. All you will need is a stack of 3x5 cards.
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Friday, June 20th, 2008
Targets like the one pictured to the left, taken years ago from the now-defunct sportshooter.com website, are very popular among shooters. A few years ago I taught a class for a federal agency and they had a huge poster-size version up on the wall of their classroom. Supposedly, the target can diagnose ...
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Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
16,627 rounds
2 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 0 parts breakages
Yes, we're a day late ... sorry about that, folks! Just over 2,500 rounds this past week with no real news to report. The recoil spring/guide was replaced per Smith's recommendation. The gun is coming up on 20,000 pretty fast. It will get ...
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Sunday, June 15th, 2008
Thanks again to Bryan Williams, first winner in our Design a Drill of the Week contest, for bringing us Triple Six last week. We've been getting some outstanding drills and we'll be unveiling one a month.
One thing that Triple Six showed us is that quite a few folks were really ...
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Friday, June 13th, 2008
pistol-training.com will be holding its first open-to-the-public class in Pittsburgh, 9-10 August, called Aim Fast, Hit Fast. Click here for details on what will be taught, location, price, and contact information.
Class is strictly limited to sixteen students. We hope to see you there.
Train hard & stay safe! ToddG
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Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
We've all seen some wild stuff at the range. The photo, left, was taken in 2006 at Ken Hackathorn's 60th Birthday "Party" match, of a local shooter who, yes, uses spent cartridge cases for hearing protection.
Tonight at the range, there were two incidents that are really just too crazy to ...
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Monday, June 9th, 2008
14,123 rounds
2 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 0 parts breakages
Another week, a little over twenty-four hundred rounds, and no problems of any kind.
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Sunday, June 8th, 2008
This week's drill comes from Bryan Williams, the first winner in our Design a Drill of the Week Contest. Thanks to Bryan for the great write-up. We hope you enjoy your new pistol-training.com hat!
For this drill, you will need three IPSC targets (or similar) and a shot timer.
Bryan explains the ...
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Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
It seems we left out an important piece of information this past Monday regarding the M&P Torture Test. Right past the 10,000 round mark, we repeated the accuracy test:
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Monday, June 2nd, 2008
11,695 rounds
2 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 0 parts breakages
This past week we hit the first stoppages during the M&P Torture Test.
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Sunday, June 1st, 2008
Last week's drill was about delivering precise hits strong and weak hand only under stress. Now it's time to turn up the speed by a notch or two.
Set up two large targets (an 8" paper plate is ideal) about two feet apart. Range is 3 yards. Put your shot timer on ...
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