Archive for March, 2009
Sunday, March 29th, 2009
Tim Slemp has authored an extensive review of the Rohrbaugh R9S Stealth for us here at pistol-training.com. This is one of the smallest 9x19mm pistols ever produced, as you can see in the picture (L). Take a few minutes to check out Tim's detailed discussion about the gun's features, reliability, and performance ...
Posted in Gear, Range Reports | 9 Comments »
Saturday, March 28th, 2009
A question we're asked quite often is, what is the right age to begin teaching children about firearms? Our friend Xavier (from Xavier Thoughts) just wrote an outstanding piece about how, when, and why to teach your children to handle firearms. Here is one part of that article:
There are those ...
Posted in Teaching | 5 Comments »
Friday, March 20th, 2009
So is SIG, apparently.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SIG SAUER® Commercial Pistols Now Shipping with Single Magazine
EXETER, NH – SIG SAUER, the leading manufacturer of military, law enforcement, government agency, and commercial firearms, has announced effective March 20, 2009, that all commercial pistols with a standard configuration of two magazines will now ship ...
Posted in Gear | 11 Comments »
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009
Doctor Gary Roberts (DocGKR), class organizer/host 45R, and other students have posted their thoughts on this past weekend's class in Sacramento.
You can see the review at M4Carbine.net.
Thanks for a great class, everyone! Looks like we may be back later in the year for round two. See you then!
Train hard & ...
Posted in Range Reports, Teaching | 2 Comments »
Thursday, March 12th, 2009
It's finally here! The official, in-the-flesh (in-the-steel?) pistol-training.com M&P9!
Well, almost but not quite. Due to potential trademark issues with another company that produces a line of guns with a "PT" prefix, a slightly different engraving will be used on the production guns. Also, the watch is not included. 8)
You can ...
Posted in Gear | 15 Comments »
Monday, March 2nd, 2009
Last month, we checked the accuracy of the M&P9 "endurance test" gun after the pistol was returned from S&W's SHOT Show Booth. The result was about one inch greater group size than before the slide developed the crack which ended our test.
As promised -- though a bit belated -- we ...
Posted in Gear, M&P Monday | 10 Comments »
Sunday, March 1st, 2009
Louder Than Words was formed years ago by a group of America's finest gunsmiths and artisans. The group collaborates on projects, creating gun, knife, and accessory packages which are then sold to raise money for various charities and other worthy entities. LTW gives 100% of the proceeds from all sales ...
Posted in Administrative, Gear | 1 Comment »
