ProArms

22
June
2008

004 Springfield XD-M, John Farnam

Our Producer Gail talks with John Farnam about his school, Defense Training International. some of his philosophy and the new Springfield XD-M Pistol. The conversation was recorded in May 2008 just before the new pistol debuted at the NRA show. We talked with John about the beginnings of his school and about an article on him in American Handgunner Magazine from 30 years ago by Mas. You can access that article here. Don’t know how long that link will be good for so if you want to see it you’d better go there soon.

Then some of the ProArms gang got together to talk about the Springfield XD-M pistol after putting it to the test on the range. Talking about the XD-M are Chris, Mike, John, Terri, Mas and Gail.

We’re working on our sound and changing our recording venues, this week you may hear some crickets in the background, just enjoy them.

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We talked about John shooting an IDPA classification with the Springfield XD-M, we posted that video with episode 003.

We documented some great groups with the XD-M. One addendum: the Black Hills brand 165 grain EXP ammo that Mas used to get that 25 yard group with four shots so tight, with three shots in one hole and one “called flyer,” is no longer being produced.

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6
June
2008

003 Gun Reviews

In this episode the ProArms team discusses gun reviews in general, where we get the guns, how we test the guns, what we look for in a gun in general. How we different from the gun magazines and if we are beholden to anyone when we review a gun are discussed by the group. This week your producer is on the road collecting more interviews. I visited the Ruger plant this week and will bring you the interview I did there soon. More great interviews and gun and gear reviews to come so keep listening. the down side of being on the road is that while I thought I had all of the same software on my laptop as I do on my desktop it turns out I am missing the one thing that keeps out podcast from sounding like we are chipmunks when you listen online. I tried but won’t know until someone tells me as I don’t seem to be able to replicate the problem on my computer. The good news is, if you have that problem you can always download the episode and play it back in itunes or zune or whatever else you would like to use ans I will fix it when I get home. We have lots of new things coming up so stay tuned. Thanks for listening to the ProArms Podcast.

Watch some video examples of how we test guns: It was pretty windy the day we shot these videos so please try to ignore the wind noise. Mas shooting the new Springfield XD-M with Winchester 155gr JHP ammo: