Trust No One: an insider’s perspective
This post has been included as a permanent article here at pistol-training.com. Trying to decide which pistol to buy? If so, you’re probably looking for…
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Limp Wrist Test
In response to our post Limp Wristing: The New Gremlin, reader Tim provided a link to a great test he performed, showing how a variety…
M&P9 Reaches 20,000 Rounds
Shot the twenty-thousandth round through my personal M&P9 today. Most of the ammunition has been from ATK (including American Eagle, Blazer aluminum, and Speer Gold…
Limp Wristing: The New Gremlin
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen a shooter, instructor, or firearms “expert” blame a malfunction on limp wristing. Please, just stop. Limp…
FBI selects new duty ammunition
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has selected a new, improved version of Winchester’s bonded T-Series ammunition for its agents to carry in caliber .40 S&W.…
A Light Trigger Pull Is Not a Status Symbol
Having a very light trigger pull on a gun you use for duty, concealed carry, or home defense does not make you a tactical ninja…
Smith & Wesson M&P Accuracy
Average for five 5-shot groups was 2.08 inches with 124gr +p Gold Dot, and 2.43 inches with 147gr Gold Dot.
1911 Dealt Another Blow at IDPA Nationals
This past weekend at the 2007 International Defensive Pistol Association’s National Championship, the myth of the 1911 as supreme .45 handgun was dealt yet another…
Actions in action
One day a hundred or so years ago, a man built the first semiautomatic pistol. It was an ingenious thing, a gun that could load…
M&P 9mm passes the 2,000 Round Challenge
2,000 rounds in two days. My Smith & Wesson M&P 9mm (serial MPHxxx) fired 2,000 rounds over the course of two days without being cleaned…