Archive for February, 2009
Saturday, February 28th, 2009
From Dan Burwell of Burwell Gunsmithing, who was present when the AD reported in The Safety Sin occurred:
I have known of the shooter for a couple years now, have met him a couple times, never shot with him before, but know he is a very active competitor as is his ...
Posted in Competition, Safety, Teaching | 3 Comments »
Thursday, February 26th, 2009
At a recent major pistol competition, an accident happened. One of the participants, while holstering his gun between strings of fire, got his trigger finger in the wrong place and shot himself in the leg.
Before you read any further, think about that. Think about what your reaction would be if ...
Posted in Competition, Safety, Teaching | 30 Comments »
Tuesday, February 24th, 2009
From S&W:
Smith & Wesson has identified a condition that may exist in certain PPK and PPK/S pistols which may permit a round to be discharged without the trigger being pulled. When the manual safety is disengaged, Smith & Wesson’s Product Engineering Group has determined that the possibility exists in certain ...
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Monday, February 23rd, 2009
Congrats to the winners of the 2009 Indoor Nationals hosted by Smith & Wesson.
ESP Champion: Robert Vogel Master 150.72 (32)
SSP Champion: Dave Sevigny Master 151.86 (36)
CDP Champion: David Olhasso Master 179.88 (57)
ESR Champion: Jerry Miculek Master 214.35 (47)
SSR Champion: Craig Buckland ...
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Wednesday, February 18th, 2009
When we reported back on 7-Feb that Dave Sevigny (Sevigny Performance & Glock) shattered the F.A.S.T. record, many of you asked for video to watch him do it.
Dave was all too happy to oblige. An in the process, he beat his previous record. We've asked Dave to stop shooting the drill ...
Posted in Competition, Range Reports | 9 Comments »
Monday, February 16th, 2009
WE HAD PREVIOUSLY MIS-REPORTED THE EXPECTED RELEASE DATE FOR THE P30 .40-CAL GUN. IT IS EXPECTED IN OCTOBER 2009, NOT SEPTEMBER 2009. THANK YOU GOES OUT TO HK-USA FOR CORRECTING OUR ERROR.
This afternoon, I had lunch with the new President of Heckler & Koch's U.S. operation, Mr. Wayne Weber. Of ...
Posted in Gear | 9 Comments »
Sunday, February 15th, 2009
In August 2008, Novatac sent pistol-training.com one of its 120P flashlights, which is part of the company’s EDC (Every Day Carry) line. True enough, the light has become my everyday carry light for the past six months. For the amount of power and flexibility you get, this light is incredibly ...
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Wednesday, February 11th, 2009
Reading a Beretta Forum post this morning, I was inspired to go through my records and calculate how many rounds, stoppages, and breakages I had during the five years I worked at and shot for SIG.
This data comes from twenty-four pistols I had in my sample kit. Some fired only ...
Posted in Gear, Range Reports | 12 Comments »
Monday, February 9th, 2009
There has been a lot of interest in the pistol-training.com F.A.S.T. drill lately, so with a little inspiration from MichaelD at mp-pistol.com and input from our friend SLG (of SIMP fame), we're proud to introduce the official F.A.S.T. target:
(click image to download; print on 8.5x14 Legal-size paper)
Train hard & stay ...
Posted in Learning | 11 Comments »
Saturday, February 7th, 2009
Many-time National & World Champion Dave Sevigny has set a new record on the F.A.S.T. test ... an astounding 3.75 seconds. The break down on the record setting run was:
Draw: 1.54 seconds
Split (3x5 card): 0.27 seconds
Reload: 1.41 seconds
Split (8" circle): 0.19 seconds
Split (8" circle): 0.17 seconds
Split (8" circle): 0.17 seconds
Dave has been the ...
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