Incidents
22 Jan 99 This just in from a friend on the East coast: “Over a period of less than thirty seconds, several officers from a local, Glock-equipped, PD (one hundred sworn), today fired in excess of fifty handgun rounds at a single suspect. The suspect was moving, upright, in the open, and the range was […]
Hammer-Follow Problem
21 Jan 99 A student in a Course in Florida last weekend had a Colt Government Model of new manufacture which had developed a hammer-follow problem. I had to declare it out of service and let him use another gun. We used to see the hammer-follow problem on the old-model Colts (particularly ones with “trigger […]
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21 Jan 99 This just in from the ________ State Patrol: “… when Officer _______ walked out of the PD office, the armed (with a pistol) suspect was sitting on the steps of the building. As Officer _________ watched him, the suspect fired a number of rounds. At least one was fired in the direction […]
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19 Jan 99 This just in from a friend in the _______ State Patrol: “…we were instructed to blow up a balloon and send it down range (we were on an indoor range, equipped with “to and from,” motorized targets). There was actually a person (working police officer) in our group who was unable to […]
Not carrying off-duty?
While training the police on off duty weapons I came across an officer who does not carry a firearm off duty. I was shocked and amazed. I questioned him and his response amazed me even more. He feels that he is fair and has no enemies, so there is no need to carry off duty. […]
Incident
20 Dec 98 This is from a friend with the State Police. This shooting took place earlier this month in a State office building. It involved a disgruntled employee: The male suspect (in for a disciplinary hearing) had been holding his right hand inside his coat and over his heart for a period of time […]
Hunting Report
10 Dec 98 I just returned from deer hunting at Thunder Ranch in Texas. My good friends and colleagues, Clint Smith, Heidi, and Bill McLennon, were gracious and accommodating as always. We had a great time together. I found that, when shooting deer with the FDR, 175M is about as far as I would attempt […]
Cold Ranges?
30 Nov 98 This is from a friend in the Midwest. He is describing the recent behavior of a typical “cold-range grass-eater” at a shooting range, trying to make believe he is practicing real defensive shooting skills: “When Goofy stepped up to the line to do a drill (after we all had taken a short […]
Rifle Optics
20 Nov 1998 After completing a Police rifle Course on the West Coast earlier this week, I noted that students who used rifles with scopes exceeding two power consistently hit the wrong target. In one exercise, I placed five steel rifle targets in a row, and each one had to be hit once. But, all […]
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13 Nov 98 Muzzle masking! CRAIG, CO–a hunter said he learned an important lesson after he shot (spattered) himself in the face Monday morning when he spotted an elk near a railroad track about 20 miles south of Oak Creek. Jerold Sanchez, 23, rested the barrel of his gun on the track to take a […]
This from California
3 Nov 98 This from California: “One of my local police agencies was partially responsible for Sarariland redesigning their Glock holsters. After the entire agency switched to Glock 21s, they had several discharges while officers were reholstering their pistols. The rangemaster was finally able to duplicate it (with an unloaded pistol). The holsters were made […]
SIG 229 in 357 SIG
3 Nov 98 At a Course on the East Coast last weekend, one of my students was shooting a SIG 229, in 357 SIG caliber. When cases started to stay chambered instead of being ejected normally, we examined the pistol and discovered that the extractor had completely blown out! We were unable to find it […]
COR-BON in Africa
3 Nov 98 From a friend in Africa: “John, another COR-BON success here! A friend and student of mine shot a perpetrator yesterday with a 115 gr COR-BON 9mm. The shot was from the front and went low. The range was about ten feet. The bullet entered in the lower abdomen. Only one shot was […]
Incidents, Philippines and Africa
29 Oct 98 This just in from Africa: “One (of our students) shot an attacker armed with a knife in the upper leg, breaking his femur with a 115gr COR-BON, dropping the guy immediately.” I don’t know if the leg shot was intentional or a trigger jerk. In any event, the fight was stopped quickly. […]
Philippines
21 Oct 98 This from a friend in the Philippines: “If you haven’t had the chance to see or handle a Vektor SP1, you might want to ask one of your South African friends for information. The police in my country subjected it to a torture test of 25,000 rounds,and it held up well. BTW, […]
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20 Oct 98 Info: We recently completed a Defensive Handgun Class in Nevada, and one of our students was a very slightly-built woman, who came to us with virtually no experience but an excellent learning attitude. She brought an S&W 3914. The trigger reach on the S&W turned out to be an impediment to her […]
More on the IALEFI Conference
9 Oct 98, Friday, 3:28PM More on the IALEFI Conference: I conducted a Defensive Shotgun Class for two groups of students on Wednesday. Since the manual safety on most shotguns does not render the gun drop-safe, I don’t normally employ the safety in most of my instruction, preferring instead to leave the hammer down on […]
Preliminary IALEFI convention report
6 Oct 98 Preliminary IALEFI convention report: The IALEFI Convention this year is in West Palm Beach, FL, and Vicki and I are both here right now. Both of us are presenting classes this year. The Conference is well organized, competently administered, and very well attended. Here is what I think has been most interesting: […]
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2 Oct 98 From a friend on the West Coast: A… we had a shooting yesterday morning which might finally bring the training issue to the front burner, as it represented a pretty close call in terms of bystander injury. Goofy goes into a bank and announces that he has a bomb. When he subsequently […]
More on .223 in the Philippines
3 Sept 98 Follow up on my last from a friend in the Philippines: Yup, I agree that the 223 is the solution to the problem of armored suspects. This is why cops in my part of the world are issued M16’s in place of shotguns or anything else. They also travel three to a […]
