Archive for March, 2010
Tuesday, March 30th, 2010
Fritz Borke, who has been shooting handguns for all of eleven months, earned not only the top student spot in last weekend's Aim Fast, Hit Fast class (Wilmington, OH) but also shot a solid 6.59 on the F.A.S.T. drill. So congratulations to Fritz for being added to the F.A.S.T. Wall ...
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Tuesday, March 30th, 2010
Here at pistol-training.com, we have a secret. And it's a good one. The next 50,000 Round Endurance Test is ready to begin in about a week. What gun will it be?
The pistol manufacturer and pistol-training.com thought it would be a good idea to give folks a chance to win some ...
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Friday, March 26th, 2010
91,322 rounds
13 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 5 parts breakages
test ended at: 91,622 rounds
At 91,300 rounds, the P30 was running strong. Even after a chunk went missing from the frame, the gun had turned in well over five thousand rounds of accurate and reliable service. I carried it every day.
By 91,322 however, ...
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Wednesday, March 24th, 2010
Two more drills have been added to the Drills Page.
The first drill, by popular demand from the Speed Kills students last weekend, is 3-Two-1. To be honest, it's something I threw together rather haphazardly but so many people asked me to email them a copy of the target, it seemed ...
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Friday, March 19th, 2010
90,736 rounds
10 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 5 parts breakages
90,000 rounds! Another eventful week with the P30, though the gun didn't see as many range days or rounds as usual.
The pistol had five failures to extract this week, all of them due to ammo issues.
The first occurred during the Aim Fast, Hit ...
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Sunday, March 14th, 2010
Two more students were added to the F.A.S.T. Wall of Fame at this weekend's Aim Fast, Hit Fast class in Sacramento:
Chris Goodrich (6.76)
Ross Anastos (6.33)
In addition, top shooter at last year's Sacramento AFHF class, Eric Beerbaum, turned in a another class leading score this year and bettered his previous best ...
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Thursday, March 11th, 2010
89,136 rounds
10 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 5 parts breakages
As promised, this week allowed for lots of range time; I didn't waste the opportunity. And it's been a crazy week with the P30. A small piece of the frame sheared off, the gun still fired another 3,000+ rounds without a hiccup, and the ...
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Wednesday, March 10th, 2010
We are happy to announce that we will be returning to Los Alamos, NM this August for another Aim Fast, Hit Fast class hosted by pistol-training.com's own Tom Jones.
For more details, check out the class announcement page. We hope to see you there!
Train hard & stay safe! ToddG
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Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
"Slow is smooth, and smooth is fast."
Sorry, but I hate that line. Slow is not fast. At a certain point, speed comes from working at speed, not working to be smoother. Smooth is not fast. Smooth is smooth.
It's true that if you're not smooth you are probably not fast. But that doesn't mean ...
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Saturday, March 6th, 2010
(from an email sent by my good friend Baxter)
Instruction From The Editor To The Journalist: Frangible Arms just bought a four page color ad in our next issue. They sent us their latest offering, the CQB MK-V Tactical Destroyer. I told Fred to take it out to the range to ...
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