ProArms

015 The 10mm Review & The Harold Fish Case

proarms — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:00:25 +0000

The ProArms Team discusses the 10mm. Mas covers the History of the 10mm and the group discuss the various guns and cartridges available.

Next we listen to a gentleman who was involved with the Harold Fish case from Arizona. Harold Fish defended himself from an irate attacker, while walking on the Arizona Trail, with a 10mm Handgun and is currently in prison after being found guilty of Second Degree Murder. In the court case the 10mm pistol he used was demonized as well as his choice of hollowpoint ammo for it. We’re not telling you don’t carry a 10mm or don’t carry hollowpoints, we’re showing you an example of how you can be doing everything correctly and still be in trouble. JR Robie was Harold Fish’s Concealed Carry Instructor. Check out MSNBC for their story on Mr Fish and don’t forget to check out the evidence pictures. Read Mr. Fish’s statement at the sentencing hearing, imagine how this could happen to any of us. J.R. tells us what he knows about Harold’s story and a little bit about this case. Mr Fish is appealing his case and could use all the help he can get.

Mas and J.R. Robie

014 The “High-End” 1911

proarms — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 14:00:33 +0000

This week The ProArms Team tackles the “High-End” 1911 Pistol. You know which ones they are, the ones we all covet. Well. between us we managed to get together a bunch of them and review and discuss their virtues. After we recorded this episode we found out that the Morris Custom Pistol the we opened the show with now goes for $10,000 not the $6,000 we estimated it at.

Once again this episode is rich with links so I will post them all here:

Guncrafters Industries

Dave Lauck

Morris Custom Pistols

Nighthawk

Springfield

Wilson Combat

In addition we talked about our Sabre Defense AR-15s that some of us seem to think are appropriate BBQ Guns.

Herman gives us a little post-election insight about supporting our Pro-gun organizations. They need our help and support now more than ever. Consider joining or extending your memberships in those national groups and find your local groups and join them if you are not a member already. The ones that Herman mentioned were:

National Rifle Association

Gun Owners of America

Second Amendment Foundation

Unified Sportsmen of Florida

The array Of 1911s we reviewed for this Podcast

The Morris Pistol we opened the show with, the one with the “Nice Rack”

Ruger LCP Recalled

proarms — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:29:56 +0000

Bad news the Ruger LCP, which we reviewed in Episode 007, has been recalled. Click here for more information.

013 The “Snubby” Revolver

proarms — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 14:00:17 +0000

The ProArms team tries something different for this episode. Normally our producer (me) spends a lot of time editing each podcast, taking out the umms, ahhhs, creaks and any bad words that might occur. This time we are presenting it to you in all its unedited glory. Don’t worry; it still has a PG rating. Sometimes we talk at the same time and interrupt each other. Here you will see what one of our recording sessions really sounds like. Go on over to the Gun Rights Radio forum to let us know if you like this episode; just click the box in the upper left hand side of this page to get there. We talked about so much in this podcast all the links are listed below along with a couple of gun specific fora that may be of interest to aficionados of a particular brand.

“Bullet Pulling”

Chuck’s Gun Shop

Crimson Trace

Breaking News: Federal Ammunition 125 grain Nyclad hollowpoint standard pressure load to be unveiled at SHOT show 2009. You won’t find it on the website yet.

Safariland Pocket Holster

First Issue Colt Detective Special introduced in 1927, this one was made in 1930

First Generation Smith & Wesson Chief’s Special introduced in 1950. Note the flat cylinder latch, round front sight and “baby sized” trigger guard. The hammer had been “bobbed” by a previous owner.

The Newest incarnation of the “J” frame S&W M&P revolver the model 340 in .357 magnum; it was introduced in 2006. Here it is pictured with a left handed Safariland pocket holster

“Big Dot” sight comes standard on the current M&P

Gail’s favorite BBQ gun, the Colt Agent nicknamed “The Black Pearl” bought at Chuck’s Gun Shop in Riverdale, Illinois

Crimson Trace Grips on a S&W model 442 Airweight

012 Arizona Byways

proarms — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:39:08 +0000

The ProArms Podcast visits Arizona this week. First, Gail and two friends, Jon Hodoway and Kate Kreuger visit Robbie Barrkman of Robar. We get a wonderful tour of his plant, we got to see and play with lots of cool stuff and get the inside scoop for you on his coatings, especially NP3 as well as his other services. Gail had to practically drag Jon out of the plant so Robbie could get back to work.

While we didn’t record a podcast there a must see stop in Arizona for any shooter is the Scottsdale Gun Club. Gail and Jon Hodoway were given the deluxe tour there by Macy a very helpful employee of the club. It truly defies description.

In our second segment Gail talks with Mike Barham of Galco International. We talk about the company’s history and current and future product lines.

Finally we present a lecture given by Darrel Fretwell who had overcome some huge medical issues to become a champion shooter, and still remains on dialysis to this day.

Gun Parts and Airplane Parts Hanging together at Robar

Newest Galco holster modeled by “Holster Model” Mike Barham

Darrel Fretwell Adresses an LFI class in Arizona

011 The Glock Pistol and Chris Edwards talks about GSSF

proarms — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 01:51:08 +0000

The ProArms Team takes a look at the ubiquitous Glock pistol in all its incarnations. Present for this Discussion are: John, Terri, Mas, Steve, Herman, Mike, Gail and Claudette the Rottweiler. Since its inception the Glock has proven itself to be a very popular pistol in the Military, Law Enforcement and civilian markets.

All the participants have not only “taught and shot” the Glocks extensively, but all have substantial experience carrying them. All likewise have considerable experience shooting matches (and frequently winning) with Glocks in calibers 9mm, .40, .45 ACP, and even .45 GAP. Two have carried them on police duty, and one has been involved in court cases that focused on shootings with Glock pistols.

We also go into the Glock Shooting Sports Foundation (GSSF) matches, and include an exclusive interview with The Man Himself, Chris Edwards, head of GSSF!

If all you know about Glock is what you hear in the movies like this quote from Die Hard 2: “That punk pulled a Glock 7 on me! You know what that is? It’s a porcelain gun made in Germany. It doesn’t show up on your airport X-ray machines, and it costs more than you make here in a month!” You definitely need to listen to this podcast.

There are lots of links for this episode so I’m just going to list them here:

Steve’s Article on Glock Maintenance

There was a glitch when uploading this episode If you did not get the entire episode download it again it’s all here now.

The Three Stages of a GSSF Match

Five to Glock

Glock M

Glock The Plates

Chris Edwards, the man himself, fixing the “issues” with Gail’s Glock. Note the Zoom 2 Recorder in the foreground tried to do the podcast there but it was too noisy.

Chris Edwards and Massad Ayoob, smiling.

010 Save the Blue Trail Range; A conversation with Bill Allard

proarms — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:38:52 +0000

The ProArms podcast is on the road again. This time we visit the Blue Trail Range in Connecticut. The range has been in existence for over 60 years and now they have been under siege by a developer who wants to shut down the range. Gail talks with range owner David Lyman about the problems they have been facing. If you would like to follow what’s happening there or can help them out in any way visit SaveBlueTrailRange.org.

Below is a photo of the Blue Trail Range with the mountain we talk about on the Podcast in the background.

In the second segment Massad and Gail talk to a living legend: Bill Allard. Bill was part of the well known New York City Stake-Out Squad, which was disbanded in the 1970’s. First we talk about the work he is doing now with American Defense Systems, Inc. Then he talks to us about some of his experiences and the mindset needed to survive a gunfight. You can read more about Bill Allard and his late partner in Paul Kirchner’s excellent book, “Jim Cirillo’s Tales of the Stakeout Squad.”

Mas and Bill Allard enjoying a meal

009 Smith & Wesson M&P Autopistols

proarms — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 16:48:58 +0000

Steve is back and in this episode the ProArms Team runs the Smith & Wesson M&P auto pistols through their paces at a local IDPA match. Mas gives us a history of the M&P and other polymer pistols made by S&W. Chris, who has been a big M&P fan for quite some time, gives us his opinions and he has a lot of them. You can contact Kenny Dickerson, whom Chris mentions more than once, through Speed Shooters Specialties. Then the whole ProArms team gives their impressions of how the guns fared at the match and in general. Herman, who chose to stick with his M&P revolver, has some interesting observations too. Several of the team members have trained a lot of folks to shoot M&Ps, and its ability to adapt to different shooters is knowledgeably discussed. Learn what major police departments have adopted the M&P pistol, in all four of the calibers in which it is offered. The latest news on international police sales can be seen here. Mas mentions that he was using a TKW holster; TKW does not have a website but can be contacted at: tkwholsters@comcast.net.

The Smith & Wesson M&Ps we shot for this episode were pictured from Left to right: M&P 9 Pro – Mas, M&P 9 – Gail, M&P .45 - John, M&P 9 - Chris, M&P .45 Manual Safety - Roger Clark, M&P Model 10 .38 Revolver - Herman

John

Herman upholds the M&P tradition with the original, a S&W Model 10.

008 All Girl Review!

proarms — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:20:08 +0000

The Girls take over the Podcast! Terri and Gail are your hostesses for this marathon Podcast . Gail once again takes her recorder on the road and she talks with three of the top female firearms trainers in the country.

First we talk to Vicki Farnam who is vice-president of Defense Training International and co-author of the books “Teaching Women to Shoot: A Law Enforcement Instructor’s Guide” and “Women Learning to Shoot: A Guide for Law Enforcement Officers “ We talk to Vicki about her popular class for men who teach women how to shoot.

Next we hear from Gila Hayes of The Firearms Academy of Seattle and The Armed Citizen’s Legal Defense Network. Gila is the author of “Effective Defense”, field editor for Women and Guns Magazine , and has published articles in numerous magazines. She talks to us about women buying that first gun among other things.

The last and longest of our interviews is with Kathy Jackson of the Cornered Cat website, a fountain of knowledge about firearms. Kathy is also the Managing Editor of Concealed Carry Magazine as well as an accomplished firearms instructor. We talk at length about women carrying a concealed weapon and methods of carry specific to the female. We also talk about a tragic accident where a little girl shot herself with her grandmother’s gun; you can read that story here. Kathy told a couple of other stories illustrating why carrying your gun in your purse is not a good idea, I have posted them in the “Episode Discussion” area for the ProArms Podcast at the Gun Rights Radio Network Forum. Also, check over there for all the other Gun Rights Podcasts in our network.

This podcast is our longest yet but there was no way we could separate these three interviews, so enjoy.

Finally Terri gives us an update on the new ProArms store that she and her husband John are building in Live Oak, Florida. They are already selling guns and teaching classes even though right now they are working out of a tiny office.

Kathy Jackson shoots a perfect 300 in the LFI Qualifier.

007 Ruger LCP, Ruger Plant

proarms — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 20:14:08 +0000

In this episode of the ProArms Podcast the team discusses the Ruger LCP,a small .380 autopistol. Join us as John, Terri, Mas, Mike, Chris and Gail discuss the merits of the fairly new LCP, a mouse gun we can all love. In the second segment: Gail visits the Ruger plant in Newport New Hampshire and talks with some Ruger executives and engineers. There’s a little bit of hum in the background, we made it the best that we could, we were in a factory.

We haven’t had our Ruger SR9 recalled yet but Gunblast offers their opinion on the Ruger SR9 trigger retrofit.

Check out the Photos of tricked out 10/22 rifles here.

I wish I was shopping at Ruger

Gail at the Ruger plant

006 Shooting IDPA

proarms — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 13:25:14 +0000

Since we started the ProArms Podcast we seem to have mentioned IDPA, the International Defensive Pistol Association in almost every episode. So, we figured that it was time we did an episode where we talk about IDPA. All of us compete in a variety of the shooting disciplines but the one we all have in common is IDPA. We recorded this episode after a match at our local club, First Coast IDPA held at Gateway Rifle and Pistol Club in Jacksonville Florida. We are joined by a visitor from Italy, Dr Maurizio Lai, with whom we talk about gun owner issues and shooting IDPA in Italy, as well as what he had to go through traveling with his guns to the US. Like many of us Dr. Lai is a big Glock and Smith & Wesson fan. Below is a picture of his Glock 19 chambered for the 9 x 21 cartridge. Also joining us is First Coast IDPA Match Director Dr. Ed Sevetz and his friend Donna from Australia, who fired her first shot at the match.

The next afternoon the ProArms team got together to discuss the history of IDPA and the valuable lessons that can be learned when participating in a match. We are joined by Bud Dees, a Firearms Instructor, who gives us his impressions of IDPA as a first time shooter in that arena. We are also joined by Matt Morgan, who is part of the ProArms family, and has been shooting competitively for several years now. Matt is pictured on our banner; he’s the second from the right.

Check out our host Steve Denney’s newly published article on officer.com: IDPA: Training or Just a Game? It’s Worth Your Time, Money and Effort

ProArms team members heard in this episode also include: Steve Denney John Strayer Terri Strayer Massad Ayoob Gail Pepin

Chris Christian Running Dr. Maurizio Lai through one of the stages at the match. Photo by: Tom Eichling

John Strayer sliding into position to shoot.

Bud Deese shooting prone and under a table

Dr Lai’s Glock 19, chambered for the 9 x 21 cartridge

005 SIG P250, Marty Hayes

proarms — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:23:14 +0000

In this episode we first visit with Marty Hayes who tells us about the new Armed Citizen’s Defense Network. A network of armed citizens and lawyers who provide education and support for the legal issues that we face as armed citizens. Then we talk a little about The Firearms Academy of Seattle where Marty and his wife Gila run one of the premier shooting schools in the nation. You can contact either of these fine endeavors at the links above.

In the second segment the ProArms team gets together to discuss the SIG P250, a new concept in firearms, a completely modular system where to trigger assembly is the serial numbered part of the gun. Everything else is interchangeable, including the caliber of the gun. The ProArms team really liked this gun; both the modular concept and the feel of the trigger made it unique.

Our Young Friend Owen shoots the SIG P250

004 Springfield XD-M, John Farnam

proarms — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 03:07:27 +0000

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.

We joined the Gun Rights Radio Network. We are a network of Pro-gun podcasts. Check out the link on the left side of the page and listen to, subscribe and support our fellow podcasters.

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.

003 Gun Reviews

proarms — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 21:03:01 +0000

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:

Mas Shooting the Springfield XD-M with Black Hills 165gr EXP ammo:

Mas Shooting the Springfield XD-M with Speer Gold Dot 180gr JHP ammo:

John shooting the Springfield XD-M with Winchester 165gr FMJ ammo:

John shooting an IDPA classifier with the Springfield XD-M: For info on the IDPA classifier course of fire click here.

002 Ruger SR9 Pistol Review

proarms — Fri, 23 May 2008 02:08:03 +0000

For our first review we chose the Ruger SR9 pistol, a gun we all seemed to like but with some reservations. Listen to Steve, John, Mas, Chris, Terri and Gail discuss what we did and did not like about the gun. Please excuse any extraneous background noises as we are recording in a round table setting, for an explanation of any doggie noises see Terri’s new picture on the About Team ProArms page. Chris’ review was done in my car at a shooting range, that should explain the gunfire in the background. This is an active shooting group, so these podcasts will be done at various locations. So far we have recorded segments in some of our homes, on ranges, in hotel rooms and in a minivan. For more information on the Ruger SR9 visit the Ruger Website at: http://www.ruger-firearms.com/

Watch a video of Mas trying to get the Ruger SR9 to fire on impact

001 Why are we doing this Podcast?

proarms — Mon, 12 May 2008 05:07:03 +0000

For our first official Podcast we discuss why we choose to carry concealed weapons. We get a little philosophical and give you a few things to think about. Join us as we discuss the whys of personal protection. For more information about individual gun rights listen to the Gun Rights Advocates Podcast at: http://gunrights.us/ For information about concealed carry laws and reciprocity for all fifty states visit: http://www.handgunlaw.us/

Join us in two weeks for a review of the Ruger SR9 pistol and more.

000 Introductions

proarms — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:59:45 +0000

Welcome to the first episode of the ProArms Podcast, this is where we introduce ourselves so you can get to know who we are. You can check the box “Team Pro Arms” for pictures and more information.

We hope you enjoy our podcast and hope you will continue to listen. We plan to post a new podcast every two weeks. Next week we will be discussing Concealed Carry and why we are doing this podcast. If you have any questions, suggestions, feedback, etc you can contact our producer Gail at gailpepin@gmail.com . Hope you enjoy the podcast.

Welcome to John Strayer’s ProArms Podcast with your Host Steve Denney.

proarms — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:53:22 +0000

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