Archive for May, 2009
Saturday, May 30th, 2009
5,514 rounds
0 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 0 parts breakages
Sorry for the tardy "Thursday" report. The HK P30 LEM and I traveled from Georgia to Maryland to Wisconsin and back to Maryland during Week Four and today is the first chance to post an update.
Week Four began with one last practice session in ...
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Monday, May 25th, 2009
To all of the U.S. servicemen and women, past and present, who have dedicated their lives, risked their lives, and given their lives for this country, we thank you.
To all of the wives, husbands, children, parents, and friends who have watched their loved ones ship out for the next tour ...
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Saturday, May 23rd, 2009
The 2009 NRA Bianchi Cup results are in:
High Overall/High Open: Bruce Piatt (1920-181)
High Metallic Sights: Rob Leatham (1909-145)
High Lady: Julie Golob (1907-138)
High Production: Dave Sevigny (1806-101)
You can find all of the results at the Green Valley Rifle & Pistol Club website, and the final official results should be posted on ...
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Friday, May 22nd, 2009
Congratulations to Todd Kennedy for being the latest shooter to earn a pistol-training.com F.A.S.T. Challenge Coin. Todd shot the drill clean twice, scoring 4.60 and then an outstanding 4.16 seconds.
Special Agent Kennedy is the Firearms Training Manager for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, & Explosives National Academy in Glynco, ...
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Thursday, May 21st, 2009
4,700 rounds
0 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 0 parts breakages
Another busy albeit low round count week. Gun is still running like a champ under every possible environmental condition.
Friday and Saturday I taught an Aim Fast, Hit Fast class in Glasgow, Montana for a number of federal, state, and local law enforcement officers. We had ...
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Thursday, May 21st, 2009
A Wall of Fame has been established for students who have earned an Advanced or better rating during an official pistol-training.com class. Currently, there are eleven outstanding students listed on the wall, including three from our most recent class in Montana. (those MT cops can shoot!)
Congratulations to everyone who has earned a place on ...
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Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
pistol-training.com is bringing its popular Aim Fast, Hit Fast program to Culpeper, Virginia. The two day class will be held on Saturday 15-August and Sunday 16-August. For details, see the class announcement page.
We expect this class to fill (maximum of 16 students) very quickly. Hope to see you there.
Train hard & stay ...
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Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
Call me an elitist, but I sincerely believe that people without formal training shouldn't be teaching others how to use firearms. Sadly, pistol-training.com's friend Xavier (of the incredibly popular Xavier Thoughts blog) relays yet another tragic story showing what happens when well-intentioned but inadequately trained people try to demonstrate proper gun handling.
"Benally ...
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Monday, May 18th, 2009
We still have a few slots left for our Tuesday night Practice Session at the NRA Range which is tomorrow, 19-May. For more details, go to practice.pistol-training.com. We look forward to seeing pistol-training.com regulars at the class!
Train hard & stay safe! ToddG
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Thursday, May 14th, 2009
4,073 rounds
0 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 0 parts breakages
The P30 was pretty busy during the second week of testing, though the round count (not even 1,000 rounds since last week) might not look so.
The week started in Stroudsburg, PA for an Aim Fast, Hit Fast class. Great students and unexpected excellent weather ...
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Thursday, May 7th, 2009
pistol-training.com is excited to announce that we will be teaching Aim Fast, Hit Fast in Smithfield, North Carolina near Raleigh. The class will be the weekend of 26-27 September 2009. The host facility is the Johnston Community College LE Range.
See the announcement in the Classes section for complete details. Hope to ...
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Thursday, May 7th, 2009
3,148 rounds
0 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 0 parts breakages
Last Saturday, we announced that pistol-training.com was teaming up with Heckler & Koch to perform a 50,000 Round Endurance Test of the HK P30 LEM. With one week of testing behind us, the pistol has reached 3,148 rounds.
Perhaps even more impressive is the fact that ...
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Monday, May 4th, 2009
Congratulations to Rob Leatham for taking top honors at this year's Single Stack Nationals. Not exactly a surprise, though ... as Rob's won the past fourteen years, as well.
Final standings were:
Rob Leatham (Springfield Armory), 1197.4090
Micheal Voight (Team STI), 1178.2523
Taran Butler, 1161.7933
Todd Jarrett (Para USA), 1151.1429
BJ Norris (Team S&W), 1112.6781
The top five ...
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Saturday, May 2nd, 2009
pistol-training.com is extremely proud to announce our 2009 50,000 round endurance test:
The Heckler & Koch P30
What happens when you take the reliable & established HK P2000 platform and infuse it with lessons learned from developing a next-generation military pistol like the HK45?
You get the P30, combining state of the art ...
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