Archive for October, 2008

Ruger LCP Recall

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

For the second time this year, Sturm, Ruger, & Co. is recalling a new pistol due to a potential to discharge if dropped with a loaded chamber. From the Ruger website: Ruger has recently received a small number of reports from the field indicating that LCP pistols can discharge when dropped onto ...

M&P Monday: Week Twenty-Seven

Monday, October 27th, 2008

54,880 rounds 2 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 2 parts breakages This past week was quite mundane: a few range sessions with nothing unusual to report. A little over 1,600 rounds were fired with no problems.  Hopefully, this week we'll put the finishing touches on the pistol-training.com limited edition S&W M&P9. More info on that will ...

Drill of the Week: Hackathorn 3-Second Standards

Sunday, October 26th, 2008

This week's drill comes from one of the most talented and famous firearms instructors in the world, Ken Hackathorn. While Ken has been responsible for the creation and proliferation of many different drills over the years, his 3-Second Standards is incredibly easy to set up and administer.  For this drill, you will need: Three ...

Teaching Children About Safety

Thursday, October 23rd, 2008

Call me culturally insensitive, but this just seems like a really weird wedding tradition. Like me, I'm sure you would have some reservations about putting a loaded pistol in the hands of a young child in the middle of a crowd. And that, my friend, is where you and I differ ...

All the Time …

Thursday, October 23rd, 2008

... in your life. That's how long you have to make the next shot. What does that mean? It means you can go as slowly as you want as long as you have all the time in the world. But when time is a factor, you cannot go slow anymore. For ...

IDPA Nationals

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

Earlier this month, the 11th Annual IDPA National Championship was held in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Congratulations to this year's IDPA Nationals Champions! Stock Service Pistol (and high overall): Dave Sevigny 184.36 seconds Glock 34 Enhanced Service Pistol: Bob Vogel 189.99 seconds Glock 34 Custom Defense Pistol: David Olhasso 210.15 seconds Smith & Wesson M&P45 Enhanced Service Revolver: Jerry Miculek 234.08 seconds Smith & Wesson ...

M&P Monday: Week 26

Monday, October 20th, 2008

53,227 rounds 2 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 2 parts breakages As we proudly announced last week, the M&P test continues! In fact, this week was quite a busy one. I attended the outstanding Concealed & Off-Duty Pistol Class put on by David Pennington in South Hill, Virginia. As you can see if you follow the ...

M&P9 Torture Test to Continue

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

As promised on Monday, there is exciting news to announce regarding the Smith & Wesson pistol-training.com M&P Torture Test. The test isn't over yet. pistol-training.com and Smith & Wesson have agreed to continue their partnership and the test through SHOT Show 2009, which begins on 15-January in Orlando, Florida. To get the test ...

M&P Monday: Week 25

Monday, October 13th, 2008

50,343 rounds 2 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 2 parts breakages Bullet #50,000 recovered from M&P Torture Test On Friday 10-October 2008, Smith & Wesson's Senior Vice President Leland Nichols fired round #50,000 at the Smith & Wesson Academy (pictured left). If Leland looks like he knows what he's doing behind a pistol, that's because he ...

Thanks to the Wednesday Nighters

Thursday, October 9th, 2008

With the help of fifteen friends and customers at the NRA Range, tonight we managed to put 1,329 rounds through the M&P test gun in about three hours. It's now hovering at 49,999 rounds and will be at Smith & Wesson later this week for # 50,000. So, a big thank ...