Archive for October, 2009

P30 Thursday: Week Twenty-Five

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 ...

50,000

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

Gen4 Glock Hands-On

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 ...

P30 Thursday: Week Twenty-Four

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 ...

P30 Thursday: Week Twenty-Three

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 ...

Triple Nickel’s Future?

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 ...

Gen 4 Glock

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:

Ernest Langdon, Latest F.A.S.T. Coin Recipient

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 ...

P30 Thursday: Week Twenty-Two

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 ...

IDPA Nationals 2009

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