Archive for the ‘Competition’ Category
Wednesday, November 11th, 2015
Congratulations to Sergeant Ward Smith of the Kansas City Police Department for earning F.A.S.T. Challenge Coin #13 during a gathering of some pistol-training.com alumni under the watchful eye of SLG who was given permission by Ernest Langdon to put Sgt. Smith through the test.
Sgt. Smith shot the test using his ...
Posted in Administrative, Competition | 14 Comments »
Friday, August 21st, 2015
The pistol-training.com Q-PT target sold by National Target Company was obviously designed with Aim Fast Hit Fast and Aim Fast Hit Small classes in mind. My goal was to have a single target that could accommodate all the different drills that would be used in class.
The target has a number of different ...
Posted in Competition, DotW, Gear, Learning, Tacticality, Teaching | 3 Comments »
Monday, July 20th, 2015
Who wouldn't want more bullets?
I've been using the Taran Tactical Innovations extra capacity basepads on my Glock for most of my practice for the past few months. My goal wasn't to avoid reload practice, though. I was wringing them out to see if I could trust them for everyday concealed carry ...
Posted in Competition, G19, Gear, Tacticality | 20 Comments »
Thursday, July 16th, 2015
John M. of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office Special Enforcement Bureau earned F.A.S.T. Coin number 12 during a law enforcement class held by Ernest Langdon of Langdon Tactical, Inc.
John was using a Beretta 92A1 and shot from his duty tactical gear including a Safariland retention holster.
The drill was shot cold (without ...
Posted in Competition, Teaching | 8 Comments »
Tuesday, July 14th, 2015
There has been quite a bit of discussion about the Gadget over the past few days, both pro and con.
What strikes me is that safety improvements are held to a different standard that other modifications.
People will change their sights, triggers, even permanently modify the grip of a gun all in the name ...
Posted in Competition, Gear, Safety, Tacticality | 15 Comments »
Wednesday, April 1st, 2015
After more than a decade of rancorous and sometimes hostile co-existence, today the U.S. Practical Shooting Association and the International Defensive Pistol Association are announcing a joint restructuring that will merge the two organizations by the end of Summer 2015.
The combined organization will be named the American Run & Gun Handgun Sport. The sport will utilize an ...
Posted in Competition | 27 Comments »
Sunday, March 29th, 2015
Congratulations to Ballistic Radio host J.M. Johnston for earning his place on the F.A.S.T. Wall of Fame this weekend with a 6.73 run!
Train hard & stay safe! ToddG
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Sunday, March 22nd, 2015
Train hard & stay safe! ToddG
Posted in Competition, Safety | 14 Comments »
Saturday, March 7th, 2015
Langdon Tactical, Inc. (langdontactical.com) and pistol-training.com are excited to announce a new alliance to preserve the F.A.S.T. Coin test into 2015 and beyond.
F.A.S.T. Coins have been a staple of pistol-training.com classes and events since 2007, awarded to only the most highly skilled shooters who have been able to prove their on-demand shooting ability by successfully ...
Posted in Competition, Learning, Teaching | 6 Comments »
Wednesday, January 21st, 2015
As anyone who has followed me here or on pistol-forum.com has to know, I'm a big fan of a technique called the press-out. So following up on last week's "All or Nothing: Unsighted Fire" I thought turnabout is fair play and so I'll examine the pros and cons of this ...
Posted in Competition, Learning, Safety, Tacticality, Teaching | 16 Comments »
