Comments on: Range Report http://capnbob.us/blog/2009/10/04/range-report-21/ Our Unique Perspectives on Life and Politics Mon, 21 May 2012 23:43:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Cap'n Bob http://capnbob.us/blog/2009/10/04/range-report-21/#comment-27807 Cap'n Bob Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:51:15 +0000 http://capnbob.us/blog/2009/10/04/range-report-21/#comment-27807 According to Kerby Smith, Director of Communications and Public Relations at Para, the Warthog is unique in being the smallest sub-compact .45 in the 1911 style. Kerby says that fact generates its own special problems when it comes to flinching and limp-wristed grip. This gun was jamming a lot before we watched a Todd Jarrett video in which he was training a young woman, with a body weight of 117 lbs., to properly grip a large-bore short barrel-length gun. Todd showed how to align the boresight with the forearm and to lock the wrists and elbows on the strong side. After watching the video, Damsel's jams dropped dramatically. We're convinced this event was a fluke - she shot the other 49 rounds we brought to the range without incident. Two weeks prior and for the last several trips to the range, the Warthog fired flawlessly. Compare the Warthog slide and barrel to my Glock 30, also a 'sub-compact' .45ACP. You can see how small this gun really is - and it kicks like a mule too - more than the Glock by a lot. <img src='http://capnbob.us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/compact-45s.jpg' class='centered' /> According to Kerby Smith, Director of Communications and Public Relations at Para, the Warthog is unique in being the smallest sub-compact .45 in the 1911 style. Kerby says that fact generates its own special problems when it comes to flinching and limp-wristed grip.

This gun was jamming a lot before we watched a Todd Jarrett video in which he was training a young woman, with a body weight of 117 lbs., to properly grip a large-bore short barrel-length gun. Todd showed how to align the boresight with the forearm and to lock the wrists and elbows on the strong side. After watching the video, Damsel’s jams dropped dramatically.

We’re convinced this event was a fluke - she shot the other 49 rounds we brought to the range without incident. Two weeks prior and for the last several trips to the range, the Warthog fired flawlessly.

Compare the Warthog slide and barrel to my Glock 30, also a ’sub-compact’ .45ACP. You can see how small this gun really is - and it kicks like a mule too - more than the Glock by a lot.

]]> By: Da Goddess http://capnbob.us/blog/2009/10/04/range-report-21/#comment-27802 Da Goddess Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:32:00 +0000 http://capnbob.us/blog/2009/10/04/range-report-21/#comment-27802 Cool pic! (By the way, I posted some gun photos yesterday because I do know there are some of you who like that sort of thing) Cool pic! (By the way, I posted some gun photos yesterday because I do know there are some of you who like that sort of thing)

]]> By: Glenn B http://capnbob.us/blog/2009/10/04/range-report-21/#comment-27801 Glenn B Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:45:04 +0000 http://capnbob.us/blog/2009/10/04/range-report-21/#comment-27801 I have seen a lot of people flinch, and have flinched myself more than I would like to admit, and have never seen a flinch cause such a jam. As a matter of fact, in all my years of shooting, and instructing, I have never seen a jam like that one - and I have seen lots of malfunctions. If I understand right, the round that is partially in the chamber is a spent casing that should have been extracted and ejected. That is a strange one to see, and it makes me wonder if tolerances for the Warthog in question are correct. I cannot imagine a flinch, or anything else the shooter could do like that, that would cause such a malfunction to happen short of a combination of shooting a dirty gun then maybe dropping it as it failed to extract all the way. There being a lot of crud under the extractor claw could have caused it to come off of the casing (a chipped extractor can cause the same thing). That in addition to maybe dropping the gun and jarring it severely to cause the next round to come up at the angle it must have in the mag to actually wind up the way it did (then again the mag could also be partially at fault). It could also be something else that I am not thinking of but I sure cannot figure it. Unusual jam indeed. All the best, Glenn B I have seen a lot of people flinch, and have flinched myself more than I would like to admit, and have never seen a flinch cause such a jam. As a matter of fact, in all my years of shooting, and instructing, I have never seen a jam like that one - and I have seen lots of malfunctions. If I understand right, the round that is partially in the chamber is a spent casing that should have been extracted and ejected. That is a strange one to see, and it makes me wonder if tolerances for the Warthog in question are correct. I cannot imagine a flinch, or anything else the shooter could do like that, that would cause such a malfunction to happen short of a combination of shooting a dirty gun then maybe dropping it as it failed to extract all the way. There being a lot of crud under the extractor claw could have caused it to come off of the casing (a chipped extractor can cause the same thing). That in addition to maybe dropping the gun and jarring it severely to cause the next round to come up at the angle it must have in the mag to actually wind up the way it did (then again the mag could also be partially at fault). It could also be something else that I am not thinking of but I sure cannot figure it. Unusual jam indeed.

All the best,
Glenn B

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