Search Results
Monday, April 27th, 2015
Darren LaSorte is a genuinely good guy. Scratch that, he's a genuinely awesome guy. He has spent most of his adult life working full time in jobs to promote & protect the Second Amendment freedoms that we enjoy, in particular as a key member of the NRA's Institute for Legislative Action.
This ...
Posted in Gear, Safety, Tacticality | 14 Comments »
Tuesday, May 7th, 2013
I've only read through it once and scratched some very rough notes but here are some of the issues that particularly stood out to me:
Safety. The new book has some rather complicated and sometimes contradictory rules about safety. Section F1(B) states that "unsafe gunhandling will result in immediate disqualification (DQ)." ...
Posted in Competition | 10 Comments »
Thursday, November 1st, 2012
Of all the guns I own, very few are meaningful enough to me that I wouldn’t sell them. Guns, to me, are tools rather than commodities or keepsakes. The first gun I ever bought — embarrassingly a Taurus PT-99 — was sold within about a year of purchase. The same ...
Posted in Heirloom Project | 28 Comments »
Monday, October 29th, 2012
The last pistol-training.com class of 2012, a combined 3-day Appendix Carry Workshop and Aim Fast Hit Fast, was held this past weekend in Oklahoma City. Students from all over the country attended, including a gentleman from Maine who cut short his vacation in California! And the mix worked out just right, ...
Posted in Competition, Teaching | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012
Yute on pistol-forum.com put together an outstanding photo array demonstrating the proper (and improper) ways to holster a pistol if you carry AIWB*.
He uses a SIRT pistol to show exactly where the gun is pointed at various steps in the holstering process. With a little effort, the muzzle can be ...
Posted in Gear, Safety | 2 Comments »
Thursday, March 1st, 2012
Four classes added for later this year:
Chandler, OK — 25 May 2012 — Appendix Carry Workshop
Chandler, OK — 26-27 May 2012 — Aim Fast, Hit Fast
Pittsburgh, PA — 22-23 September 2012 — Aim Fast, Hit Fast
Indianapolis, IN — 20-21 October 2012 — Aim Fast, Hit Fast
The Oklahoma and Indiana classes traditionally fill up far ...
Posted in Teaching | 1 Comment »
Saturday, July 30th, 2011
28,169 rounds
6 stoppages
(+1 w/non-LCI extractor)
0 malfunctions
0 parts breakages
Nothing particularly exciting to report about the test gun this week. I pulled the trigger a bunch and it went bang every time.
The Trijicon HD sights evaluation continues. They're not perfect, but they do all the important things very well. In fact, they're ...
Posted in Gear, Gen4 Friday | 10 Comments »
Tuesday, June 28th, 2011
This past weekend, between an Appendix Carry Workshop and an Aim Fast, Hit Fast there were seven gentlemen earning new places on the F.A.S.T. Wall of Fame. Making Expert were:
Mike Seeklander (4.80)
Spencer Keepers (4.96)
Making Advanced for the first time were:
Mike Brown (6.29)
Daniel McCorkell (6.32)
Ward Smith (6.46)
Joshua Hodges (6.65)
Jason Allen (6.86)
David ...
Posted in Competition | 16 Comments »
Friday, June 17th, 2011
19,186 rounds
6 stoppages
(+1 w/non-LCI extractor)
0 malfunctions
0 parts breakages
Lucky Week 13 began with a very fun time in Ohio. Demos during the weekend's Aim Fast, Hit Fast class were so-so. I pulled off a sub-5 clean F.A.S.T. each day (a 4.97 Saturday morning and 4.91 Sunday afternoon)... which means ...
Posted in Gear, Gen4 Friday | 11 Comments »
Saturday, April 16th, 2011
6,777 rounds
5 stoppages
(+1 w/non-LCI extractor)
0 malfunctions
0 parts breakages
Busy week! It started off with two days with Ken Hackathorn, followed by an afternoon as part of Ken's Ft. Harmar study group, and then finally teaching an Aim Fast, Hit Fast class for a great group of deputies at the Sacramento ...
Posted in Gear, Gen4 Friday | 15 Comments »
