Beretta 1201 riot shotgun
3 May 99 We conducted a Defensive Shotgun Instructorâs program in Dallas Texas last weekend with SDSI at their beautiful outdoor range, and my Beretta 1201 riot shotgun started acting up on me. Up until now, it has always worked flawlessly, and thus usually have it with me. It was releasing shells from the magazine […]
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29 Apr 99 This just in from a student. This is what makes teaching rewarding: âI took your course at the H & H gun range in Oklahoma City in the spring of 1993. I have since become licensed to carry in Texas. A few months ago in Ft Worth while at lunch, I made […]
Littleton shooting
28 Apr 99 Some sage observations of the Littleton shooting from several students: âThe big news story here, of course, is the Columbine High School massacre. The details will be forthcoming for months, and there will continue to be debates if the police response was proper, but at least three lessons are clear to me: […]
Comments on Ammunition
27 Apr 99 This is from a friend in the ammunition business on the East Coast: “Just wanted to update you about how Federal Hydra Shoks are working in the Baltimore/Washington Metro area. These incidents have all occurred within the last two weeks: (1) Maryland State Police double tapped a suspect armed with a knife […]
Another Self-inflicted Gunshot Wound
25 Apr 99 This just in from a friend in the State Patrol: âLast week one of our local deputies incurred a self-inflicted bullet wound to his right foot. He was outside his house in his back yard, trying to shoo away a stray dog. He had his department-issued pistol in his right hand and […]
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22 Apr 99 I just received this from one of my instructors in Texas. It is from a friend who has been, up until now, a staunch non-gun owner: âDear ______, this is not a joke! After hearing about the Serbian Militia brutally ousting people from their homes time after time, what would YOU do […]
Incident for a female student
21 Apr 99 I just got of the phone with one of our female students on the East Coast. She took a Defensive Handgun Course from us late last year. She was involved in an incident several weeks ago which, fortunately, had a happy ending: “I was returning (alone) to my car, which was parked […]
This just in from a friend in the UK
17 Apr 99 This just in from a friend in the UK: âAn elderly pensioner accidentally killed his best friend with a shot from an âantiqueâ pistol, which he knew to be loaded, but with what he believed were âdeactivatedâ cartridges. John Smith, 66, was fatally wounded in the right chest at point-blank range by […]
From a friend in the âbusinessâ
16 Apr 99 The Lesson from Kosovo: âIn âThe Lord of the Fliesâ a group of children fleeing German air raids on London during WW II are marooned on an island after their aircraft crashes. They are without adult supervision. Societyâs restraints are soon lost and the strongest organized group (the Choir) quickly becomes dominant […]
Gun Safety
16 Apr 99 Another way of looking at âgun safetyâ This from a good friend who is a physician: âAny garden-variety idiot can do surgery WITHOUT complications. The unmistakable mark of the master surgeon is his ability to deal effectively with the complications that are inexorably associated with surgery. No matter how masterful you are, […]
Some news from a friend in the South
15 Apr 99 Some news from a friend in the South: âLast week, an inexperienced customer was shooting in a booth (commercial, indoor range), without supervision. His weapon was a K-frame, S&W revolver. His ammunition was full-house, 357mg Federal hollowpoints. He was handling the gun in full, flowing ” Roy Rodgers” fashion, raising it completely […]
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14 Apr 99 This just in from a friend in the correctional business: “The State does not provide us with firearms training which is, by any stretch of the imagination, adequate. Inmates have more rights than we do. They get TVs and weight-lifting equipment. We don’t get training. It’s not hard to see whose support […]
More from the Philippines
2 Apr 99 This just in from a friend in the Philippines: âIn countries like ours, where you may have legal access to only one or two guns for ALL your shooting pursuits, an equipment failure, even during training, may leave a person unarmed for months, while paperwork is processed. This is why we put […]
Trigger Shoes
2 Apr 99 I conducted an Urban Rifle/Shotgun Course on the East Coast last weekend. One of my students, an excellent and competent shooter, brought an H&K 91 in 308 Win. The trigger on his rifle was equipped with a trigger shoe, one designed and marketed by H&K themselves. It’s call the “PSG-1 trigger modification.” […]
Keepers of the Warrior Ethos
1 Apr 99 Some have heard me say this already. This is a quotation from the May-Aug 1998 Issue of Infantry Magazine. It is taken from the “Commandant’s Notes” section and is authored by Major General Carl F Ernst, Chief of Infantry, US Army. “We are the keepers of the Warrior Ethos. Our disposition and […]
Comments on Car Penetration
1 Apr 99 More comments on the car test: “I liked your friend’s experiment on the car penetration experiment — I can speak from some experience that Sov 30 cals do a good job. Tell him that if he gets the car moving even at 15 MPH he will be even more shocked to see […]
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29 Mar 99 This from a gunsmith friend of mine offshore: âStainless barrels are the most frequently damaged ones over here. I’ve seen premium-grade barrels, from major US manufacturers, crack at the lower, lug area (1911 Colt). This is odd since all were fitted by reputable, local smiths who knew what they were doing. Curiously, […]
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25 Mar 99 From a friend in a Midwest police department: âIn late 1992, during the test and evaluation phase (of the Glock pistol), the department had two unintentional, negligent discharges about a week apart, both in the cleaning room in the basement range at the City-County Building. Happily, there were no injuries as a […]
Incident on the West Coast
25 Mar 99 This just in from a friend on the West Coast: Klamath Falls, OR, (population 40,000): Christine Tisdel was sitting at the dining room table in her Spring Lake Road home reading a magazine when she heard the squeal of tires on the road outside. A black Jeep Cherokee skidded to a stop […]
Incident in Africa
23 Mar 99 A friend in Africa forwarded this. It involves two of our students: âA local private security officer responded to a âpanic-button complaintâ at an occupied residence. He greeted the complainant and, upon subsequently searching the premises, found a single intruder, who was trying to hide. Our officer drew his handgun (which should […]
