15Sept04

More comments from the Philippines:

"Some time ago, Communist hit squads were plying the city with specific orders to take out men in uniform and steal their carry pistols in order to arm other insurgents. Despite this threat, many cops limited their security measures to merely dressing in civilian clothes after their shift ended. Many were shot to death at the gates of their own homes, simply because they did not foresee where they were most predictable and lax."

Lesson: Don't ever delude yourself into thinking you're too insignificant to be a target. In today's world, even children are targets!

/John

15Sept04

From a friend in OH on frangible ammunition:

"Just completed class at OPOTA last week. None of our pistols liked the frangible ammunition that is now required at this facility. All went down with consistent failure to fee and failure to go into battery. I personally cleaned several. Didn't solve the problem. Then I took them all to the outdoor range and changed to real ammunition. Problems instantly disappeared."

Lesson: "Frangible," "green," and "clean" ammunition is crap! It is ineffective for anything but practice, and problems like the forgoing are so common, training is always degraded. Not recommended.

/John