Archive for September, 2010
Thursday, September 30th, 2010
The 365 Days of Training project has been going strong for a month, and I'm making some decent progress. I started with a cold three run F.A.S.T. average of 10.60 seconds, and in the last month I had a best three run average of 7.61 seconds. Additionally, I've had 5 sub-seven ...
Posted in Uncategorized | 20 Comments »
Thursday, September 30th, 2010
I’ve jumped out of an airplane. Did you know that? Full on free fall, no tandem partner, just a couple of Jumpmasters going out the door with me to make sure I didn’t completely and utterly ruin my day. I did it twice, as a matter of fact.
Would you take ...
Posted in Safety, Teaching | 27 Comments »
Tuesday, September 28th, 2010
35,261 rounds
0 stoppages
1 (*) malfunctions
1 parts breakages
The trigger spring broke this week, at round #35,069, just 3,453 rounds after it was installed. The pistol then fired another twelve rounds (finished the mag in the gun plus one complete additional mag). The trigger had to be reset manually ...
Posted in Gear, HK45 | 12 Comments »
Monday, September 27th, 2010
The 2010 IDPA National Champions:
Stock Service Pistol: Dave Sevigny (246.30)
Custom Defensive Pistol: Bob Vogel (255.44)
Enhanced Service Pistol: Taran Butler (255.46)
Enhanced Service Revolver: Jerry Miculek (286.90)
Stock Service Revolver: Craig Buckland (357.03)
High Lady: Julie Golob (338.94)
Huge congratulations to friends-of-the-site Dave Sevigny for winning high overall, and Julie Golob for adding a fourth IDPA Nationals ...
Posted in Competition | 4 Comments »
Thursday, September 23rd, 2010
We have added three new drills -- tests, really -- to the Drills page.
Hackathorn Standards, designed by Ken Hackathorn
The Humbler, aka the 700 Point Aggregate, designed for SFOD-Delta and popularized by Larry Vickers
Bullseye 1000, designed by Tom Jones
Each is a multiple-string test ranging from 60 to 100 rounds. While certainly ...
Posted in Learning, Teaching | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010
34,257 rounds
0 stoppages
1 (*) malfunctions
0 parts breakages
Week Twenty Four was fairly quiet, with fewer rounds downrange than planned unfortunately.
At the Appendix Carry Workshop on Saturday we shot a modified version of Dave Sevigny's famous Catch-22 drill. In keeping with the day's lessons, all the draws were done ...
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Saturday, September 18th, 2010
Well, since it has been discussed in a number of places online, I suppose it is safe to announce (or perhaps confirm is the better word) that ATF has selected the Glocks 22 and 27 for its next agency-wide handgun.
As mentioned here at pistol-training.com a couple weeks ago, ATF awarded ...
Posted in Gear | 17 Comments »
Thursday, September 16th, 2010
One of -- if not the -- most overused, misunderstood, worthless cliches in the shooting world:
It's another tool in the toolbox!
It's really not that simple, and it's rarely that useful.
The idea, supposedly, is that having options is good. The argument goes something like this: You don't know what might happen ...
Posted in Teaching | 17 Comments »
Thursday, September 16th, 2010
From the recall notice:
Beretta U.S.A. Corp. has discovered a potential condition with Beretta .22 caliber NEOS semiautomatic pistols in which the pistol will fire even if the safety is activated and, in some cases, the pistols may fire if the safety is moved from the OFF to the ON position. ...
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Wednesday, September 15th, 2010
33,155 rounds
0 stoppages
1 (*) malfunctions
0 parts breakages
After the Great Drama of the Maybe Malfunction this week, at least my dog still loves me (or maybe just my HK45). She's grown a bit in the last eight weeks, though. Soon she'll be able to carry all my spare ...
Posted in Gear, HK45 | 5 Comments »
