Daily Archives: May 13, 2010

More on Smith & Wesson’s new website

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May 13, 2010

Paul Erhadt has a much better and detailed review at the DownRange.TV blog.
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Proper Follow-through

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May 13, 2010

ToddG explains exactly what follow-through in pistol shooting is.  I confess, I always thought follow through was what he terms as “recovery”, bringing the pistol back on line after the shot is fired.  His definition of follow-through, i.e. seeing the front sight lift is something I’d always just rolled in to “shooting”.  But he...
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S&W 386 XL Hunter

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May 13, 2010
S&W 386 XL Hunter

Here’s an interesting gun from Smith & Wesson, the 386 Hunter model.  Obviously, the name implies that S&W is targeting the hunting market with this gun, which frankly doesn’t make a lot of sense to me.  Look at it.  It has a six inch barrel, a scandium frame with a stainless steel cylinder, and...
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Shiny

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May 13, 2010

Smith and Wesson has their new website up, just in time for the NRA Annual Meetings. This is about 1000 times better than their old website.
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STI GP6-C Review

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May 13, 2010

Brian Nelson has a great review of the STI GP6-C, which is the competition model of STI’s imported polymer pistol.  Brian looks like someone that is going to be a force to be reckoned with on the practical shooting circuit in years to come.
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Quote of the day

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May 13, 2010

Tam has a most excellent quote from the Textbook of Automatic Pistols, which while spoken directly about the Broomhandle Mauser also reveals a deep insight into the “gun culture” that has been a part of American society since we first pushed in to the frontier. The American market is a very critical and exacting...
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