News & Post Archive

Practical Pistol Cheat Sheet: Eight key thoughts for assured performance

By Bruce Gray / February 10, 2013

One of the most common questions I hear as a trainer is, “How can I be more consistent and not blow out when the pressure is on?” We shooters tend to be hard on ourselves. If you’re like me, you are your harshest critic. However, self-criticism rarely leads to real self-correction on it’s own, and…

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Custom SIG Sauer P210 duty gun

By Bruce Gray / February 23, 2012

Here are some snapshots of a new SIG Sauer® P210 duty pistol for a customer, which I imagine might get him some serious points on style.

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Bruce Gray takes 4th in 2011 NRA Bianchi Cup Production Division

By Steve McGough / June 9, 2011

The 2011 Bianchi Cup took place May 25-27 at the Green Valley Rifle & Pistol club in Columbia, Mo. The Bianchi Cup is the premier action pistol championship tournament in the world, and the only major shooting tournament that has retained its original course of fire since its inception. Bruce won the production division in 1994…

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Practical Fundamentals Orlando class report

By Steve McGough / October 20, 2010

The three-day Practical Fundamentals class in Orlando last weekend went really well. There are quite a few comments posted by students enrolled in the class, and you can check those comments out over at SigForum, but we thought we’d provide you with one review here, plus a few photos from the great weekend.

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Reconstructed: Our version of the Sig Sauer GSR

By roy / June 25, 2010

This is a Sig Sauer GSR we did some work on for a customer. Some basic stuff like action work, GGI extractor, Superblack finish, hardtail, flush-cut slide stop, etc…

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Photos from GGI Heckler & Koch P7 M8 custom work

By Bruce Gray / June 10, 2010

While catching up on our custom-gun backlog, we’ve been finishing a number of H&K P7 projects lately. We’ve had requests to post some pics of our current P7 work, so with your indulgence here’s a few snapshots of an M8 that Torie and I just completed for a good and patient customer from Ohio.

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Photos from the May 2010 GGI Massachusetts Extravaganza

By jerry / May 25, 2010

The Massachusetts class this past weekend a big success. This was the third year Grayguns adjunct instructor Scott Conti put together the program in central Massachusetts, and about 20 shooters participated each of the three days.

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Physics and short .45 caliber pistols – a discussion

By Bruce Gray / February 1, 2010

Let’s discuss some of the factors affecting the functioning of pistols in general, and short 45’s in particular. To contribute to this discussion, head over to SigForum and join in. Let’s imagine a theoretical pistol, say a .45 caliber firing a given load, in which magazine timing efficiency and lockup were basically constant values. This…

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Examining training opportunities – finding value and meeting objectives

By jerry / August 28, 2009

As someone who takes a lot of classes and teaches a lot, I spend quite a bit of time around the range. With some of the training craziness that has shown up on YouTube recently, I thought I’d share my personal litmus test on examining techniques that you pick up at classes and from your…

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Rebuilding a custom 1911

By roy / August 27, 2009

A Colt 1911 got sent to us in order to make some improvements after work by another gunsmith(s). Unfortunately, the customer got the gun back after the initial work but it just wasn’t all that he was hoping for. He sent it to us to see what we could do with it.

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