Archive for July, 2009
Thursday, July 30th, 2009
22,077 rounds
7 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 1 parts breakages
Busy week! It started with last Friday, the final day of class at U.S. Training Center's Tactical Pistol I class. Most of the morning was spent shooting IDPA-style scenarios like the one pictured at left (that's our primary instructor Jason Falla shooting, with ...
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Wednesday, July 29th, 2009
You want to be prepared for war, prepared for a mugging, or prepared for your next IDPA match ... and that is why you practice so much. Right?
Wrong. You practice because you enjoy shooting and you enjoy the results of the practice. Practice, for most people, is fun. But therein ...
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Thursday, July 23rd, 2009
19,445 rounds
7 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 1 parts breakages
Four days into the U.S. Training Center Tac Pistol I class and already almost 2,400 rounds downrange. As you can see, we'll pass the 20,000 round mark tomorrow.
This week the P30 suffered its first parts breakage. The trigger return spring broke this afternoon ...
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Friday, July 17th, 2009
Today, I had the opportunity to spend a few hours with Mr. Wayne Weber, President of HK-USA. We spent most of our time on the range, but managed to find a few minutes to discuss the future of HK's pistol lineup.
P30 LEM: Perhaps thanks in some small part to the ...
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Thursday, July 16th, 2009
15,935 rounds
7 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 0 parts breakages
The 15,000 mark has come and gone. In fact, 3,174 rounds have come and gone over the past week.
The test gun (pictured at right with one of its ancestors, the P9S) has now fired 6,000 rounds without cleaning and with only occasional lubrication. Still no ...
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Thursday, July 16th, 2009
The problem with safety procedures, as many have learned the hard way, is that they rely on fallible humans. And because fallible humans make mistakes, safety procedures get violated and once in a while that means someone unfortunately comes into contact with a high-velocity projectile on the range.
The Individual First ...
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Sunday, July 12th, 2009
pistol-training.com's Aim Fast, Hit Fast program is coming to Memphis, TN's famous Rangemaster facility. The class will be held 30-31 January 2010. For more details, see the class announcement page.
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Thursday, July 9th, 2009
12,761 rounds
7 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 0 parts breakages
Happily, there is nothing but good news to report this week. The P30 is running perfectly, with over 2,800 rounds fired since it returned from repair. As reported yesterday, the gun passed the 2,000 Round Challenge with zero stoppages.
The gun is certainly still ...
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Wednesday, July 8th, 2009
Tonight, with the help of my buddy Josh, the P30 endurance test gun passed the 2,000 Round Challenge.
Before the test began, the gun was quickly cleaned and got a dose of Militec-1 gun oil in all the right places. After that, it fired the 2,000 rounds over the course of ...
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Thursday, July 2nd, 2009
10,959 rounds
7 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 0 parts breakages
The test gun returned from HK's service center in Columbus, Georgia today. It went straight to the range and ...
... 1,000 trouble free rounds in a row, fired in about three hours, without any cleaning or additional lubrication. In fact, I even fired ...
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