Springfield Recalls XD-S Pistols
Springfield this morning announced a recall of all 3.3″ XD-S pistols in both 9mm and .45 Auto. “Springfield has determined that under exceptionally rare circumstances,…
Category: Safety
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M&P Shield Recall
Smith is calling it a “safety alert and inspection procedure,” but if your gun fails the inspection you’re supposed to send it in for repair…
It’s OK, It’s Unloaded
From the Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch: Instructor shoots student in gun-safety class A firearms instructor accidentally shot a student while teaching a gun-safety class on Saturday…
What’s Wrong With This Picture?
Not just a squib. Not just a round fired into the barrel after a squib. Not just two. Three. Three rounds pushing the squib slowly…
FOF: Pros and Cons, Part 1
Back in August 2012 I wrote an article called Competition: Pros and Cons. Today, it is followed up by a similar discussion about another oft-debated aspect…
Prerequisites
A thread over at pistol-forum about class prerequisites has been bouncing around in my head for a while and I wanted to talk about it in…
FBI Revolver Training, circa 1961
Thanks to JAD on pistol-forum for finding this great video: “The revolver is no respecter of persons. It will kill anyone at whom it is…
The Safety Sin, Revisited
More stuff I didn’t write: Thinking Critically on Safety by Tim at Gun Nuts. TL;DR version is that a guy gets on YouTube, shows video…
Is Your Ammunition Dangerous
Outstanding video by SAAMI detailing just how little risk there is from ammunition subjected to impact or even being in a fire: Train hard &…
Muzzle Direction, a Big Deal
Tim explains it well over at Gun Nuts. Tim and I were in a class together recently where we ran into a similar issue. Another…