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Well I finially took the plunge and took the NRA Basic Pistol Instructor Course. It'll take the NRA about 3 months to get the paperwork done, but, I will be able to teach the NRA Course. Not that I plan to actually teach that course unless someone wants to just learn basic pistol for no other reason than to punch holes in paper. Anyone planning to go for a Concealed Handgun Permit, (as it's called here in CO), I wil teach them my DeHLTA CHP Course, that ncludes Colorado State law for use of force and advanced gun handeling. The main reason for taking the course is so I can teach in WY. Their law states that a Certified Instructor must be either a POST Certified LE Officer, or an NRA Instructor. They are very specific about that.
There were 10 of us in the class, all of us with a good deal of shooting experience, although I had more teaching experience than even th NRA Training Counselors. Unbelievebly, 3 of the 10 of us discovered that they were \"Cross Eye Dominant\" in their shooting. That is that even though they are right handed, they would shoot with their left eye for aiming. I was workin with one of them, the only woman in the class, and after a bit of arguing with her, I got her to just try shooting left handed, and her groups shrank by nearly 80%.
I also larned something from the course. For decades, I've always cleaned my guns the same way we learned in the AF. Brass brisseled bore brush with Break Free down the bore, then followed up with dry patches, and I've always used Tri Flow, (a teflon based oil) for lubing all moving parts, and the OD tooth brush for cleaning other areas.
They showed me that using a caliber spesific jag with a patch dipped in Cleanbore #10 by Safariland, followed by some dry patches with the jag and finially an oiled patch with the jag, does a much better job, faster, and with substantially less barrel errosion. Another tip I picked up on was that for cleaning the slide rails, grooves and face, as well as other areas of the reciever, are best done using the same solvent, but brushed on by, of all things, a shaving brush. The bristles last forever, they are cheap, only about $2.50, and they get the solvent where it needs to go quickly and the carbon just runs off the slide and frame. So much faster than what I'd used before.
Another great product I learned about is in current use by the military, and is a white grease called TW-25B by the Mil-Comm Products Company. This stuff comes in a small 12cc syringe that allows you to get it into small knooks and crannies where it's needed the most. I also put just a tiny series of dots of the stuff along my slide rails and grooves, and wipe a thin film of it around the outside of my barrel and my ultra smooth Kimber now feels like it's riding on ball bearings. This is smoother than smooth. OUTSTANDING PRODUCT! Oh, and the temperature range for the grease is -90F to +450F. About the only place I've seen get below -90 was the South Pole in Winter where it gets about -110F. The Military ordering stats on this grease:
Nomeclature: Lubricating Oil, Weapons, TW25B
NSN: 9150-01-448-2266
P/N: TW25B-1SY12
Item #: 25151
Unit Size: 1 syringe
Another one I found is called Lock Saver, also from Mil-Comm. This has the same grease, but it's suspended in a fast evaporating solution that carrys the grease into the acton of your gun. Any dirt is quickly broken out, and the runs out the bottom of the receiver, what's left evaporates in seconds, and leaves behind a light film of that grease. It was intended for fixing frozen and sticky key locks, but it's like getting a 5 second triggger job on any gun action you spray it into. This is really an OUTSTANDING product.
One last product I picked up on is called D-Wipe by ESCA Tech, Inc. This is a moist towelett that is great for cleaning heavy metals off your hands. As most may know, there is Lead in the bullets and in the compound used in the primer of cartridges, many of which also contain other heavy metals such as mercury, and after shooting you have these metals on your hands. For decades, I have warned shooters to wash their hands thuroughly in HOT Soapy water for at least 10 minutes to get these metals off their hands before eating after shooting. These moist toweletts can do the job quickly and cheaply and without the need of water on the range. I've heard that you can find these in many hardware stores. They come in a white plastic cannister with a blue top with D-Wipe Towels written in red on the front with a blue boarder around a large white rectangle with all the writting in it. I bought some to keep in my turck for trips to the range.
They also had a light spray oil, and while it is nice, I didn't see much of a difference between it and what I currently use so I'll just stick to Tri-Flow for now.
Disclaimer: I do not work for Tri-Flow, ESCA Tech, Mil-Comm, Safariland, or Burma-shave. I'm just speaking from personal observation of what I've seen and now use, nor are these products being pushed by NRA or DeHLTA that I'm aware of, however, if you'd like ordering info, just ask. BTW, these products are relativily cheap, each under $10, or I wouldn't have tried them myself.
Wish me luck and if you know of anyone wanting training in CO, please send them my way.
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