Archive for January, 2010
Sunday, January 31st, 2010
During the Aim Fast, Hit Fast class I was teaching in Memphis this weekend, a student shot himself in the leg while holstering his pistol.
I will not get into details -- or answer questions -- about the shooter's identity, make and model of gun, etc. However, the incident and the ...
Posted in Teaching | 63 Comments »
Thursday, January 28th, 2010
77,003 rounds
10 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 4 parts breakages
That's right. We're back! The endurance test gun has returned from the SHOT Show and is ready to get back to work. And with just a couple of days at the range this week, the pistol shot over 2,000 rounds before I broke ...
Posted in Gear, P30 Thursday | 13 Comments »
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
Dave Sevigny, captain of Team Glock and many-times world & national champion in USPSA, IPSC, IDPA, etc., etc., recently set a personal record on the IDPA Classifier. Must have been that F.A.S.T. Challenge Coin bringing him good luck, right?
For those who are not familiar with the Classifier, in order to ...
Posted in Competition | 17 Comments »
Friday, January 22nd, 2010
Eagle Creek Park Pistol Range will be hosting a pistol-training.com Aim Fast, Hit Fast class on 16-17 October. More details are available on the class announcement page.
Train hard & stay safe! ToddG
Posted in Teaching | 7 Comments »
Thursday, January 21st, 2010
Blockbuster announcement today made during the pistol-training.com/HK get together at HK's booth this morning. HK has won a contract to provide HK45 Compact pistols to the U.S. Navy special operations community, replacing the SIG P226 for personnel in certain roles. Specifically, the model will be the HK45C-SD with threaded barrel ...
Posted in Gear | 49 Comments »
Thursday, January 21st, 2010
SHOT Show 2010 will be the end of champion USPSA shooter Todd Jarrett's years as spokesman and sponsored shooter of pistol maker ParaOrdnance.
Todd is planning to start up his own 1911 company building guns to his specifications. Expect to see more about Jarrett and his company in the coming months...
Posted in Competition | 12 Comments »
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
The first five F.A.S.T. Challenge Coin holders were all at one place at the same time today, so we took the opportunity to get a photo of the whole gang:
(left to right: Todd Louis Green #00, Simon G. #01, Dave Sevigny #02, Todd Kennedy #03, Ernest Landgon #04)
Train hard & ...
Posted in Competition | 7 Comments »
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
It was pistol day for me at the show, trying to be ready for the Gun Nuts Radio show. Compared to the past couple of years, SHOT Show 2010 is bursting with new handguns and new handgun products.
First stop for me was Heckler & Koch and the new P30S. Any ...
Posted in Gear | 22 Comments »
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
Seriously, that's a lot of boxes.
Posted in P30 Thursday | 7 Comments »
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
Tonight's Gun Nuts Radio will be focused on SHOT Show reports, including a spot featuring yours truly with details about many of the new handguns being introduced this week... including the just-announced Smith & Wesson Bodyguard .380 pocket pistol and .38 revolver with integrated built-in laser aiming device.
The show begins ...
Posted in Gear | 5 Comments »
