Wall of Fame +1
Congratulations to my friend Rob J. for earning his place on the F.A.S.T. Wall of Fame last Friday with a personal best 6.90 clean run.…
Springfield/Warren 9mm 1911 50k Report
50,286 rounds 14 stoppages 0 malfunctions 4 parts breakages With fifty thousand rounds downrange and on the books, what is the no holds barred assessment of the…
Why I Like the LEM
As anyone who’s read PTC for a while knows, I’m a huge fan of the Heckler & Koch LEM (“Law Enforcement Module”) trigger system. So,…
780,000 Words
The exercise itself is pretty straightforward. Draw and engage a target from around the outside of a barricade, engage three more targets on the move,…
RAMPAGE!
For seven years, this site has existed to provide information for pistol students and instructors who are interested in getting better at what they do.…
7M
Last Thursday — while I lounged around a cabin in Shenandoah, VA — you guys quietly pushed the hit counter here at pistol-training.com past the…
SACS/Warren Reliability
Looking at the first 50,000 rounds of the SACS/Warren 1911 test, people seem drawn to one of two diametrically opposed opinions: A Mean Rounds Between…
Two Seconds
A common debate about practical defense-oriented shooting is whether a “speed draw” is really important. Some folks like to argue that their amazing power of awareness…
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,…
Springfield/Warren 9mm 1911 Endurance Test: Report #28
50,286 14 stoppages 0 malfunctions 4 parts breakages Pictured above is Scott Warren of Warren Tactical as he fires #50,000. The gun was used during one hundred…