Rob Pincus
New member
Recently here at the CJA, the whole class ran an obstacle course with our duty belts. One of the obstacles was a tunnel that we had to crawl through. The bottom of the tunnel was open, which put us scampering over a surface of pea-gravel, dirt and very fine dust.
The class is carrying a mish-mash of weapons and holsters.
Each person had their own version of "low-crawl" or "scamper" as they made their way through the tunnel.
A few rook's method combined with their weapon and holster rendered their weapon useless after the course.
SEVERAL Sigs (3 out of about 15) were jammed up so bad that they would not cycle by hand without serious effort. One of them took 45 minutes and several armorers to open and then it wouldn't close. It had to be disassembled, and the recently new gun looked like crap afterwards, specifically the barrel.
One Glock (out of about 10) was also so jammed up with "silt" that the owner could not rack the slide. After a couple minutes of tinkering, I got it to cycle reliably by hand.
Niether of the Berreta's (2) jammed in the least bit.
Again, nothing here is scientific, some people hardly got dirty themselves, let alone got their guns filled with crud. Soime people took less than 4 seconds inthe tunnel, others were in their long enough to eat lunch.
One could draw the conclusion that the tighter tolerances on the Sig were detrimental to the reliability and that the openness of the Berreta's slide made it harder to jam up. Similarly, the Glock was much easier to get back into action than the Sig.
Important Conclusion: BE CAREFUL ABOUT GETTING CRUD IN YOUR GUN.
(and yes, of course I had the fastest time on the obstacle course..... )
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The class is carrying a mish-mash of weapons and holsters.
Each person had their own version of "low-crawl" or "scamper" as they made their way through the tunnel.
A few rook's method combined with their weapon and holster rendered their weapon useless after the course.
SEVERAL Sigs (3 out of about 15) were jammed up so bad that they would not cycle by hand without serious effort. One of them took 45 minutes and several armorers to open and then it wouldn't close. It had to be disassembled, and the recently new gun looked like crap afterwards, specifically the barrel.
One Glock (out of about 10) was also so jammed up with "silt" that the owner could not rack the slide. After a couple minutes of tinkering, I got it to cycle reliably by hand.
Niether of the Berreta's (2) jammed in the least bit.
Again, nothing here is scientific, some people hardly got dirty themselves, let alone got their guns filled with crud. Soime people took less than 4 seconds inthe tunnel, others were in their long enough to eat lunch.
One could draw the conclusion that the tighter tolerances on the Sig were detrimental to the reliability and that the openness of the Berreta's slide made it harder to jam up. Similarly, the Glock was much easier to get back into action than the Sig.
Important Conclusion: BE CAREFUL ABOUT GETTING CRUD IN YOUR GUN.
(and yes, of course I had the fastest time on the obstacle course..... )
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-Essayons