http://proarms.podbean.com Firearm Safety, Firearm Skills and Maximum Performance. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:37:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The ProArms Podcast Team has gone off in different directions over the last month or so and this episode reflects on some the the matches we have participated in. In our first segment we hear about the Blackwater Shootout, attended by John, Terri and Chris as well as our friend ... http://proarms.podbean.com/2009/11/09/040-after-action-report/ We are bringing you Part Two of the interviews we recorded at the 2009 IDPA Nationals. This episode we feature interviews with four very different female shooters. First we talk to Joyce Wilson, the Executive Director of IDPA. Second we talk to Nikki Pinto a 16 year old high ... http://proarms.podbean.com/2009/10/26/039-the-proarms-broadcast-at-the-idpa-nationals/ These are the voices of the Nationals! Hear from Curt Nichols, the long-standing Stock Service Revolver national champ who devoted about three full time months worth of work to running this year's event as match director. Hear from Robert Ray, who is the voice of International Defensive Pistol Association at ... http://proarms.podbean.com/2009/10/11/038-the-idpa-nationals/ It's been a while since we had one of our round-table discussions so this week we decides to get together and discuss revolvers, a lot of things but not everything about revolvers. We have a lot of videos demonstrating reloading techniques for the revolver below. Oh, and if you tried ... http://proarms.podbean.com/2009/09/27/037-the-revolver-roundtable/ How We and Our Industry Look to Outside Eyes 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 ... http://proarms.podbean.com/2009/09/13/036-the-story-behind-a-story/ This is a story of justice gone wrong. It doesn't include guns or shooting but there are many lessons to be learned here. 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 ... http://proarms.podbean.com/2009/08/30/035-the-bison-king/ Another all female podcast (except for Steve's intro and outro). We present a roundtable discussion with Gila Hayes of the Firearms Academy of Seattle and author of several books and many magazine articles, Kathy Jackson of the fabulous Cornered Cat website and Editor of Concealed Carry Magazine, Diane Walls a ... http://proarms.podbean.com/2009/08/15/034-women-in-the-gun-media/ When Andy Brown was a 25 year old Airforce Security Policeman at Fairchild AFB in Washington he single-handedly stop an active killer who had already killed or injured injured over 25 people. Andy shared his story with a recent LFI class and gave us permission to share his story with ... http://proarms.podbean.com/2009/08/01/033-andy-brown/ We shoot a match "mirror image" meaning that everything is done exactly opposite of what you usually do. In this case we were all right handed, meaning we had our holsters on the left and magazines on the right, revolver shooters had their speedloaders on the left since they usually ... http://proarms.podbean.com/2009/07/18/032-shooting-mirror-image/ This Episode takes us back to Indiana where Mas and Gail had a conversation with Keith Jones, a veteran Police officer as well as a military combat veteran. Join us as we talk to Keith about what he has learned over the years. Mas And Keith http://proarms.podbean.com/2009/07/05/031-a-conversation-with-keith-jones/ This week we travel up to New Hampshire and are joined by the recently retired Chief of Police of Grantham, Russ Lary. Together we visit the Ruger plant where they make all of the long guns and revolvers. Our focus is mainly on the SR-556 but we also check out ... http://proarms.podbean.com/2009/06/21/030-the-new-ruger-sr-556/ This week we talk to two excellent Gunsmiths. 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 ... http://proarms.podbean.com/2009/06/06/029-a-tale-of-two-gunsmiths/ Hi, folks -- 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. ... http://proarms.podbean.com/2009/05/23/028-the-browning-high-power-review/ 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 ... http://proarms.podbean.com/2009/05/07/027-on-the-road-at-the-ileeta-conference/ This week some of the ProArms Team is on the road gathering new and exciting interviews. So, we went into the file of choice interviews that we save for special occasions. We start off with a great interview Gail did with Tom Gresham last June when they were in ... http://proarms.podbean.com/2009/04/25/026-a-pioneering-pundit-a-pistol-purveyor-and-a-petite-powerhouse-potpourri/ We got our hands on a Ruger LCR and put it to the test in this episode of the ProArms Podcast. To see a picture of a dismantled LCR check out our pictures from episode 19. In addition check out Steve’s article on the LCR at Officer.com A 21st century ... http://proarms.podbean.com/2009/04/12/025-review-of-the-ruger-lcr/ Each member of the ProArms Podcast Team shares some of their training regimen with the listeners. There's not too much text for this episode; first the links and then on to the videos. The targets you see Steve and Gail shoot are available at: RTKBA Targets The target Herman is shooting is ... http://proarms.podbean.com/2009/03/29/024-proarms-training-tips/ A discussion about ammunition selection for personal defense. Each member of the ProArms team talks about what ammo they have chosen to carry and why. Also a sneak peek at a new gun under development by Ed Brown, too bad we didn't have this one for episode 014, our discussion ... http://proarms.podbean.com/2009/03/15/023-high-quality-for-your-caliber/ Now we get serious again in this episode where we discuss trigger pull on you personal protection guns. No pictures, no videos, no links just some good advice from the ProArms Podcast Team. http://proarms.podbean.com/2009/02/28/022-pull-my-trigger/ With uncharacteristic whimsy, the ProArms Podcast team accepts Kenn Blanchard’s Zombie Challenge, a reminder to us all that we’re allowed to have fun with guns. Be sure to check out the embedded YouTube videos: some shooting was too visual for an audio format. Learn where to aim, how ... http://proarms.podbean.com/2009/02/15/021-zombie-wars-night-of-the-living-podcasters/