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Nikki Pinto getting some expert coaching from Tom Carpenter and Mark Redl of Team EOTAC
Randi Rogers shooting the infamous “Is This on Candid Camera” Stage at the IDPA Nationals
First Shots Program in Action
But wait, there’s more!! We had so many good interviews from the match that we decided to split them up into Two!, count ‘em, Two Podcasts. Watch for the ProArms Broad-Cast. We interview Joyce Wilson, the Executive Director of IDPA, Randi Rogers, winner of High-Lady at the Nationals, Nikki Pinto a 16 year old shooter at her first national match and Cyndi Dalena who runs the First Shots Program. So check back soon for more!!!
Gail interviewing John Sayle
Curt Nichols receiving his award for top revolver shooter presented by Bill Wilson
Robert Ray the “Voice” of IDPA
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Paul Barrett visited our group twice in the course of putting together his cover story on the rise of the Glock pistol for Business Week magazine. We found him to be that rare reporter who seemed to truly be neutral on the explosive “gun control issue.” He even came with us to a couple of IDPA matches, and “got into the spirit” enough that he shot the second one with us! Used a Glock…and didn’t finish last, either.
Never owning a firearm himself and having fired one only on rare occasions in conjunction with writing assignments on the firearms industry for Wall Street Journal and now, Business Week, he has no ego invested that we can detect on either side of the gun control issue. Thus, he gives us an uncommon perspective: a “non-gun,” “non-gun-politics” person who is knowledgeable about the firearms industry…and striving to learn more.
His impressions after shooting…and his perspectives on the whole, intensely hot firearms debate…make fascinating listening, all the more timely since his current cover story in Business Week is the talk of the industry.
Paul Barrett competing in his first IDPA match with a Glock17.
When you shoot with Team ProArms Everybody Pastes!
If you spend any time on the various internet fora you will come across many discussions of what would happen if one is involved in a self-defense shooting. You will hear people state something to the effect of “It doesn’t matter what kind of gun, ammo, trigger etc. that I use, all that matters is if it’s a good shoot.” The people who actually work in the courts have seen otherwise. Often, personal agendas and political correctness drive lawsuits that have no merit, and occasionally, they even engender wrongful prosecutions.
Here, Attorney Jim Fleming details one of the latter. It wasn’t a shooting case, but the same dynamics that occurred in this incident will be familiar to anyone who has ever been wrongfully accused.
You can get the book “The Bison King” at Tate Publishing or at Amazon for the Kindle.
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The Free Online Encyclopedia of Washington State History
Andy Brown addressing the LFI I class in Washington. his diagram of the shooting scene
Andy, Exhibiting his excellent shooting and Andy with Mas.
The Assortment of holsters and guns we used for the “mirror image” match
Mas And Keith
We shot two different SR-556s at two different ranges with excellent results at both sessions. The guns ran smoothly, even with rapid fire, we got good groups and we experienced no malfunctions at all, with several different types of ammo.
In the second segment we talk with Russ about his opinion of the SR-556 and what he thinks of the rifle’s future in the military and law enforcement, despite the fact the company is only marketing to the civilian market right now.
Racks of SR-556 Rifles in the assembly process
Russ Lary testing the SR-556 at the range.
There’s no gun shortage here, racks of guns getting ready to be test fired and shipped.
First is Denny Reichard Sand Burr Gun Ranch who specializes in the Smith & Wesson revolver. He is the owner in Rochester, Indiana. A great place to shoot, buy guns, get guns fixed or just hang out. This interview was done in an open barn so please try to ignore the annoying bird. We also talk to Ray Saltzman who specializes in the 1911 and high performance rifles. He can be reached at:
Saltzman Gun Works 765-675-2040 3896 South 400 West Tipton, IN 46072 sgwi@tds.net
We also talked briefly with a representative from ATK about the current ammo shortage back in April when we were at the ILEETA conference, seems like not much has changed since then.
D.O. Reichard himself
To fill in our podcast notes on the Hi-Power episode, #28, the first thing we have to tell you is that we neglected something so basic to Browning Hi-Power shooters that all the experienced people who fit that description on the podcast forgot to mention it. While the gun has always been listed as a fourteen-shot pistol (thirteen in the magazine, one more in the chamber) Team ProArms goes with the collective wisdom that it is usually wise to download the magazine by one. Mas notes that when he was in England, British SAS troopies told him they were penalized a day without pay for each Hi-Power magazine they were found carrying with more than twelve rounds. Apparently squeezing in the thirteenth round not only makes reloading difficult with the slide forward (no flex left in the magazine spring due to densely packed cartridge stack), but for the same reason causes additional friction drag between the topmost cartridge and the bottom of the slide as the pistol cycles after the first shot. This, characteristically, causes a jam between the first and second shots. While it doesn’t happen with all Hi-Power magazines, it has happened with so many that we recommend downloading to twelve per mag.
Jargon Alerts:
The magazine article Mas is heard quoting from is one that he wrote several years ago for the magazine The Accurate Rifle. The article is here.
“Flinger-Dinger” is the local terminology (in Suwannee County anyway) for what is more commonly known as the Rotator target. For complete description go to the link provided here for Safe Direction, the steel target company run by Steve Camp in Illinois.
To add to the confusion, two men with the same name come into play here. The other Stephen Camp is the Browning Hi-Power authority who runs the website hipowersandhandguns.com, which all of us at Team ProArms strongly recommend.
CAVIM is the acronym for the Venezuelan company that manufactures very hot NATO spec 9mm Parabellum ammunition.
Ed Lovette, mentioned in the podcast, is a former CIA operative and current writer and trainer whose work appears in Combat Handguns magazine. We here all know Ed and strongly recommend that good gun people become familiar with his work.
The two gunsmiths most prominently mentioned in the podcast for top-level “carry gun” Hi-Power modifications are Wayne Novak at Novak’s .45 Shop in West Virginia, and Bill Laughridge (pronounced “LOCK-ridge”) who owns the Cylinder and Slide Shop in Nebraska.
The manufacturer of the Hi-Power .22 Long Rifle Conversion Unit that was mentioned is Jonathan Arthur Ciener.
For information on the Polite Society combat match and Tactical Conference, go to www.rangemaster.com. Gail and Mas both went this year and found it pleasant and instructive, and Gail took High Lady honors at the match.
The book mentioned as the best reference on the topic is “The Browning High Power Automatic Pistol” by R. Blake Stevens, published in 1990 in Ontario by Collector Grade Publications. Also of interest is “Inglis Diamond: The Canadian High Power Pistol” by Clive M. Law, from the same publisher.
This podcast came directly from listener feedback that we received at the ProArms section of GRRN, Gun Rights Radio Network. We’re eager to hear your feedback, and your ideas for future podcasts. One we’ve already decided to do and are planning for, at listener request, is an episode focusing on the AR15.
Oh…and don’t forget to stick around at the end of the podcast for the comments by Rod Blagojevich and his wife, Patti.
Parts made in Belgium, gun assembled in Portugal, this Mark III Hi-Power 9mm is currently available at ProArms and is an excellent example of current “best of breed.”
This is Mas’ 7.65mm (.30 Luger) Hi-Power, bought for teaching and carrying in a South American nation where out-of-country concealed carry permits are available, but no one except local police and military can carry anything larger than .32 caliber.
This is Mas’ Browning Hi-Power 9mm customized by Bill Laughridge at Cylinder & Slide Shop. He has carried it from Washington State to England to South Africa.
To our knowledge, the only “made in USA” Hi-Power, from Charles Daly. Sights are XS Express.
Original style Hi-Power burr or rowel hammer configuration pinches web of hand upon firing, as shown.
Spur type hammer just misses hitting average size hand of this male shooter. Shortening hammer spur will save bigger hands from impact.
IDPA Five-Gun Master Jon Strayer shoots his Hi-Power. Spent casing is going past head but gun is still on target. Controllability is one thing master shooters love about this gun.
Mas demonstrates how to lower hammer of Hi-Power without inserting a magazine or removing magazine disconnector safety. Seen from above with slide removed for visibility, right hand is holding gun-frame, left hand middle fingertip pad is pressing the disconnector forward. Without magazine, hammer will now fall when trigger is pulled.
Another Episode from the road, This time at the ILEETA conference in Wheeling IL
We have 3 interviews. First we talk to Lou Ann Hamblin a police trainer who, we found out the next day after we did our interview, won the Iron Cop Competition. She discusses a couple of women Police Officers that she uses as examples of officer survival and staying in the fight. Below Are links to more information about them.
Stacy Lim
http://www.lapdonline.org/inside_the_lapd/content_basic_view/27327
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhSACg_QWz4
Jennifer Fulford
http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2005/edition_09-18-2005/featured_0
http://www.policeone.com/training/videos/1700680-Will-to-Win-Jennifer-Fulford-Part-1
http://www.policeone.com/training/videos/1706866-Will-to-Win-Jennifer-Fulford-Part-2
http://www.policeone.com/training/videos/1712627-Will-to-Win-Jennifer-Fulford-Part-3
Next, we talk to the inventor of a new product the Train Safe a firearm barrel block that gives everyone visual evidence of a disabled firearm even with chamber closed. I thought this would be great for dry-fire practice and really would have come in handy in a class I recently attended where the instructor swept the entire class, he had checked his gun and I guess we were supposed to take his word for it because he stood by his technique even when called on his unsafe behavior. I don’t even like guns that I have checked myself to by pointed at any part of my body. A product like this could eliminate that problem.
Finally we talk to Ron Borsch who has researched Active-Killer shootings and analyzed the results, his conclusion is that 50% of these shootings are stopped by unarmed citizens and another 25% are stopped by armed citizens. He challenges the police department policies that prescribe that officers wait for orders before entering a building with an active-killing in progress. It is a very interesting discussion that although what he teaches is for police officers only, there are significant implications for the armed citizen. We include his handout with his permission.
Links to some of the stories Ron Borsch refers to:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/12/world/europe/12germany.html?_r=1
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Tom Gresham’s Websites: http://www.guntalk.com http://guntalk.libsyn.com http://www.guntalk.tv
Derby Guns: http://www.derbyguns.com
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The Group Steve shot with the LCR that we talked about in the Podcast
The Ruger LCR shown with the Galco pocket holster
The LCR with Gail’s Blade Tech holster made for the SP 101
Steve shows us how to trust our “wobble zone” in Shake, Rattle and Roll
Mike stresses how important is is to practice with your non-dominant hand.
Mas practices re-loading and maintaining sustained fire
Herman shows us how he practices a “Focus Drill”
Terri, who excels at distance shooting demonstrates her long range “Focus Drill”. In this video you can really see how she deals with being cross-eye dominant, she is right handed with a dominant left eye.
John demonstrates String three of the IDPA classifier.
Chris does the “Gunsite Drill” and a drill of his own.
Gail shows how we can adapt to practice/train on a public range.
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Federal HST showing the expansion after it passed through bone and tissue.
That same bullet from the rear.
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