I wanted to be able to fully strip and replace parts of a Colt 45 Mark IV .45 caliber and found this remarkable video of how to fully disassemble the sidearm. (On a side note, use an outside workbench or put a few sheets of newspaper on your desk before beginning this process. I also [...]
The Fun Shoot had originally been scheduled to take place during the National Phiippine Eagles Week, but had been postponed for two week beecause of a conflict on range usage. Still, the Fun Shoot was held, on July 5, 2008, and while I competed, I did not win any trophies. But then that’s not surprising [...]
Meir was game for just about anything. When we found out there was a firing competition on May 24 and 25, 2008, at the Camp Aligar, Northern Mindanao Practical Shooting Association (NMPSA) shooting range, and that Meir’s flight was leaving at 3:50 PM on May 24, and that he would be able to shoot in [...]
It took seven firing competitions on seven consecutive weekends to get a trophy, but now I have one and it’s not 1st or 2nd Runner-Up, but Champion Regular Shooter Single Stack Standard Division. Most of the PNP (Philippine National Police), soldiers, and ROs (Range Officers) that regularly attend these events know me by now. So [...]
I am definitely getting better at my shooting, but my times are not improving. At the latest Firing Competition, the City Director’s Cup, put on my Colonel Aurilllo “Doi” Trampe, I had the highest points score of any shooter, but I ranked at about the 35% percentile of all shooters. This is because total point [...]
I may be a bit slow, but my aim is true. I’ve been in five shooting competitions in the past five weeks and while I haven’t won any trophies yet, I will soon. Click the above image for a 2MB video of just one point off a perfect score. This was at the Iligan Firing [...]