Archive for October, 2009
Thursday, October 29th, 2009
50,002 rounds
9 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 3 parts breakages
Done! The magic number was reached while attending a Ken Hackathorn class in Marietta, OH. Ken even did the honors firing the 50,000th round:
The other students in the class, as well as some of the local shooters, all pitched in to put an ...
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Monday, October 26th, 2009
With help from all my fellow students, our instructor Ken Hackathorn, and even some of the local club shooters who just dropped by to say hello, the P30 digested over 2,000 rounds this weekend and hit the 50,000 round mark!
More details to follow on Thursday.
Train hard & stay safe! ToddG
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Friday, October 23rd, 2009
I've had a chance to handle one of the new Gen4 Glock pistols extensively now, including breaking it down to look at its internals. So without further ado, here is my detailed review of the upcoming Glock 22 Gen4:
(review unavailable due to non-disclosure agreement)
Yeah, I know. Sorry. But I will ...
Posted in Gear | 21 Comments »
Friday, October 23rd, 2009
47,947 rounds
8 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 2 parts breakages
Well, by this time next week the P30 Endurance Test should be over!
This past week, the P30 traveled to Louisiana and survived a weekend on a muddy range without a hiccup. I was also able to get in a couple of practice sessions.
This ...
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Thursday, October 15th, 2009
45,765 rounds
8 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 2 parts breakages
With only three weeks to go, we're well on track to hit 50,000...
I spent some time this week running the F.A.S.T. with both my normal practice ammunition (American Eagle 115gr FMJ) and the load I carry (Federal 124gr +p HST). I shot them ...
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Thursday, October 15th, 2009
The Triple Nickel drill has gained a lot of respect among shooters as a challenging standard of high-speed shooting and gun manipulation. But now the agency that developed the drill has selected a new service weapon... one not as well suited to the fast splits one would expect from a ...
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Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
As we first announced way back in June, there is a new generation of Glocks on the way. Today, Glock confirmed this on its Facebook page with this teaser poster:
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Sunday, October 11th, 2009
On Saturday 10-Oct, Ernest Langdon earned a F.A.S.T. Challenge Coin during a private pistol-training.com event held in Virginia. Langdon, a many-times IDPA and USPSA National Champion as well as former chief instructor at the U.S. Marine Corps High Risk Personnel course, is currently the Director of Military Sales for Recon Robotics.
Langdon's ...
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Thursday, October 8th, 2009
43,250 rounds
7 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 2 parts breakages
It was a very busy Week 22. In addition to the trip up to West Point to teach a class, the gun made three trips to the range for serious practice sessions. The result was five days on the range and almost 3,000 ...
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Thursday, October 8th, 2009
Better late than never, the Division Champions from this year's IDPA Nationals:
Stock Service Pistol: Dave Sevigny, 222.56
Enhanced Service Pistol: Bob Vogel, 230.47
Custom Defense Pistol: Glenn Shelby, 280.89
Enhanced Service Revolver: Jerry Miculek, 309.25
Stock Service Revolver: Curt Nichols, 336.99
High Lady: Randi Rogers, 309.42 (SSP)
Congratulations to all.
Train hard & stay safe! ToddG
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Wednesday, October 7th, 2009
As some of you informed us, apparently we missed our own anniversary party.
pistol-training.com went live to the public on 3-Oct-07. At the one year mark, we'd already seen over 115,000 visitors.
On our second anniversary, we had the 475,000th visitor at pistol-training.com! Thanks to all of the contributors and readers who've ...
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Monday, October 5th, 2009
Congratulations to the U.S. Military Academy (West Point) Combat Weapons Team for adding two more names to the F.A.S.T. Wall of Fame, during this past weekend's class:
Cadet James Hughes (6.81)
Coach Joe S. (5.79)
The team gave up attending the annual Homecoming football game to be in the class.
Special thanks to Simon ...
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Thursday, October 1st, 2009
40,342 rounds
7 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 2 parts breakages
The 40,000 round mark was reached and passed this week. It's been twenty-one weeks, which included seventy range sessions totaling two hundred and seventy-two and a half hours on the range so far.
Notable shooting results this week:
I shot the Triple Nickel drill for ...
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