Archive for August, 2008
Sunday, August 31st, 2008
This week, we're going to work on combining some of the skills that have been the subject of recent DotW's. In particular, we're going to work on strong hand only (SHO) and weak hand only (WHO) shooting along with the reload.
Put up a large target (such as a paper plate ...
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Saturday, August 30th, 2008
We've updated the Drills section of the site with some of the drills which have been featured in our Drill of the Week program, including the first three Design a Drill of the Week Contest winners.
Acceleration
Pyramid
Switch Hitting
Tri-10
Triple Nickel
Triple Six
We hope you get a chance to try all of them.
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Monday, August 25th, 2008
34,529 rounds
2 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 0 parts breakages
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Monday, August 25th, 2008
A few months ago, word came to us from multiple sources that SIG-Sauer was considering a recall of thousands of their P22x-series ("Classic Line") guns. A number of customers, in particular law enforcement agencies, were experiencing breakage of their takedown levers.
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Sunday, August 24th, 2008
The August Design a Drill of the Week contest winner is "Gunslinger" for his drill Tri-10. Thanks for the great drill, "Gunslinger!" Expect your prize (a pistol-training.com hat) to arrive soon.
"Gunslinger's" explanation:
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Here’s another “efficiency in motion” drill that evaluates one’s ability to draw, fire quickly and accurately with a two handed grip, ...
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Thursday, August 21st, 2008
pistol-training.com is proud to announce that on 15-16 November, we will be teaching the Aim Fast, Hit Fast program at the Ben Avery Shooting Facility in Phoenix, Arizona. For more details, see the post in the classes section.
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Monday, August 18th, 2008
32,265 rounds
2 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 0 parts breakages
As promised, this week includes the fourth accuracy test which was performed at about the 31,000 round point. All results are based on the average of five 5-shot groups fired by hand using a Delta rest as support. Range is 25 yards.
Federal 124gr +p ...
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Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
wrong [rawng, rong]
-adjective
1. not in accordance with what is morally right or good.
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
Pictured at left is the latest in Ugly Gun Sunday award winner at Xavierthoughts. Seeing something like that makes me wonder if perhaps just a little gun control might be a good thing.
To any of our readers ...
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Monday, August 11th, 2008
31,049 rounds
2 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 0 parts breakages
Thirty thousand rounds has come and gone. And to commemorate the event, Smith & Wesson's own Ernest Langdon volunteered to drive out to the range just to get his picture taken firing that one shot.
The appendix Looper holster from Custom Carry Concepts is working ...
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Monday, August 11th, 2008
pistol-training.com held its first open enrollment class this weekend with the outstanding help of host Jay Cunningham and the great members of the Forest Grove Sportsmen's Association. You can read a review of the class at M4Carbine.net.
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Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
Cross-dominance, sometimes called "cross-eye dominance," affects approximately 10% of shooters. It is fairly common among left-handed shooters (whose right eye is dominant) but it also occurs in a small percentage of right-handed shooters (whose left eye is dominant).
There are a number of different tests to determine eye dominance. The easiest is ...
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Monday, August 4th, 2008
29,999 rounds
2 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 0 parts breakages
Shooting was halted during Week Fifteen because we have special plans in store for firing round #30,000 through the test gun. So at 29,999 we stopped.
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Sunday, August 3rd, 2008
This drill comes to us from a friend at a major federal law enforcement agency.
For the drill, you will need five FBI "Q" targets, such as the one pictured at left. The "Q" target (and countless variants) are available at many online target supplies such as The Target Shop. You ...
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Saturday, August 2nd, 2008
by Bob Margolis
So you’re going to take a handgun course. Congratulations for taking the initiative to become better trained. You’re already ahead of 95% of your fellow shooters.
To get the most out of your training, you need to bring the proper gear to your session. Having the right gear with ...
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