7 May 01

We ran a Woman's Class last weekend in the Midwest. Vicki and several other female instructors had ten female students ranging in age from a teenager to several women in their fifties.

Vicki has been carrying an H&K USP Compact in 40S&W for the last two years. She likes it, as it fits her (relatively small) hand well. Vicki has heretofore not liked Glocks, because the grip has always been such that she was unable to achieve adequate contact with the trigger without distorting her grasp.

Last weekend, she used a Glock 23 with the ROBAR grip reduction treatment. What a surprise! The shape of the grip now permits correct placement of her trigger finger on the trigger while maintaining a proper, master grip. Nearly all the women in her class tried and liked the treatment too. Most of our male students preferred the original shape of the Glock grip, but women and men with small hands genuinely benefit from the grip reduction treatment.

If you have a female or a male student with small hands, the ROBAR grip reduction treatment is something which may be of real benefit. In Vicki's case, it makes the difference between the pistol being useable and unusable.

/John

7 May 01

On iron rifle rifle sights from a friend and colleague in Texas. He makes a good point!

"I just taught an urban rifle course in East Texas last weekend. I used my AR-15, which, like most, is equipped with a flip-up rear sight. The rear sight got inadvertently knocked to a halfway position three times in the course of the day. It was the result of the rifle being slung in the muzzle-down position. I was, unaware, bumping the sight against my pistol magazine as the rifle was carried (left side).

As a result, on those three occasions, as I mounted my rifle I discovered, to my surprise and irritation, that I could not use either aperture of my rear sight! I will thus be immediately replacing the rear sight with a fixed rear sight that does not fold down.

I have changed my opinion of flip-up sights on a defensive rifle. They are a can of worms! I want a sight that is always there. In the middle of a fight, I don't need that kind of aggravation."

/John