S.W.A.T. December 2007 - McKeesport Police Department

When you clean the breech face, hold
the slide so the muzzle end is down.
This way any debris and fl uid can fall
away from the breech face.
Part of the reasoning behind this
was that, if the instructors had a
better understanding of how the
weapon worked, it would be easier for
them to instruct it. The time spent in this
class, when compared to previous versions,
was far more worthwhile.
Dennis Tueller, formerly of the Salt
Lake City Police Department, was the instructor.
Dennis’ name should be on the
familiar side, as he taught at the Ameri-
Repeat after me: “This is a drain hole,
not a lube point!” Drain hole allows
crud and debris to escape from the
fi ring pin channel.
Tueller addressing the differences between the standard
and maritime spring cups. The Power Point presentation
was well done and appropriately used throughout the class.
My department recently hosted a Glock armorer’s course so
that we could send several of our instructors through it.
can Pistol Institute (API—Gunsite) and
Thunder Ranch. He also developed the
drill, later named after him, which is
used to demonstrate the speed at which
one’s opponent can close distance.
Throughout the course Dennis compared
armorers—from any entity—to
parachute riggers. It is an appropriate
analogy, because when we need these
tools, we need them now and at 100%.
The parachute rigger’s motto, “I will be
GLOCK
ARMOR
THIRD TIME’S
sure, always!” would be a good way to
express this.
Dennis began to address safety by
covering the standard rules. He presented
a set of four safety rules re-written by
Glock before reinforcing them with the
original set as put forth by Jeff Cooper.
Tueller used the term Risk Management
instead of Safety during this time. It took
a bit of time for my brain to wrap itself
around the terminology, but eventually
it sunk in. Now I am fi nding that I prefer
the wording he used. To help make his
point, Dennis told a joke ending with the
punch line, “Ezz gun, of course ezz not
safe!”
No doubt due to Tueller’s tenure at
API, there was a tremendous number of
positive references throughout the class
to the Modern Technique of the Pistol
and the late Colonel Jeff Cooper, USMC
(Retired).
Dennis introduced a few new or relatively
unknown Glock products. He
went through three of their non-fi ring
training weapons. The Model 17T is a
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