American Handgunner July/August 1982

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The PERFECT TENI~--- coprAUC MASSAD AYOOB EX-BORDER PATROLMAN BILL TONEY GETS CREDIT FOR PPC DISCIPLINE On a Scale of 1 to 10, Taurus Is the Combat Pistol That Scores a to. Compare three top combat pistolsthe Colt Government Model, Beretta 928 and Taurus PT-92/PT-99. You'd want all of them on your side. Big, tough, they pump out the rounds during the most miserable field conditions But Taurus is the only one that's a perfect 10-a slim margin over the nearly-identical Beretta, but ,a perfect 10 makes the difference. Che«k these 10 important points. Taurus Beretta Colt Large-Frame X X X Semi-Automatic Used by the Military X X X World Wide 9MM Parabellum X X X Cartridge Plastic or Wood X X X (extra) Grips Double Action X X Lanyard-Style Hammer X X 15-Round Magazine X X Capacity Chamber-Load X X Indicator Combat Trigger Guard X Rear Sights X Adjustable for Windage/Elevation You can bet your life on the performance of your Taurus pistol, and it costs substantially less. Two models-PT-92 (fixed sights, thermo plastic resin grips) and PT-99 (walnut grips, adjustable rear sight). For further information contact: International Distributors hie. P. O. Box 557566 Miami, Florida 33155 PhOne: (305) 264-9321 .j:able: Inldist. I n the February, 1960 issue of GUNS Magazine the cover story featured the national police combat pistol championships. Back then, it was a 50-shot FBI course, sponsored by the police science program at the University ofIndiana at Bloomington, and financially supported by 'Colt. Bill Toney, an ace Border Patrol handgunner and one ofthe top combat revolver shots of the period, wrote the article. Rereading it now, 20 years later, is more than just a trip down memory lane. It's the fashion today to mock PPC ("Practical Police Course"') shooting as irrelevant. You have to read that copy of G.UNS to understand how far the game has come in two decades. panied the 1960 article, most cops shot their service guns. They were limited to 6" maximum barrel length, .38 caliber minimum. The big winners shot S&W model 14's, then known as the K-38 Masterpiece, with some also using the now-obsolete Colt equivalent, the Officer's Model. A few Pythons were on the scene, too. Toney, writing of the event (in which he placed a creditable fifth), made some telling points. He didn't care for the fact that at seven yards, officers were required to shoot from the hip. As he put it, "pointing from shoulder level without use ofsights is more accurate, and requires only a fraction of a second more time. Also, the firing position, "from the hip:' is difficult to define for competition. Instead of arbitrarily It's the fashion today to mock PPC shooting as irrelevant The course was fired on the Colt FBI target, the silhouette with the bowling pinshaped kill zone, in which any hit counted as a full five points. I was amazed to read that only 2 ofthe 300 shooters who participated scored a full 250 points (they were firing 50 shots in 5-shot sequences). It dawned on me that ifl had been born early enough, I could have been national champion; the last time I fired PPC on the Colt silhouette, Iwas using a stock Colt Python service revolver, and I scored 300 out of 300 with 56 ofthe 60 shots in the tie-breaking X-ring. . Am I that good? Hell, no! Thousands of cops routinely shoot that well. Out of the thousand or so cops who show. up for the Nationals every year at Jackson, I figure 850 could have won the 1960 championships, if they had been there then, with the skills they have now. Double action revolver shooting was a very young science in 1960. By 1980, the techniques developed by the sort of police pioneers who shot that Indiana match had been refined, and had been trained into even the basic recruits. Never mind the Douglas barrelled BoMar ribbed PPC guns of today. I'm talking about ability with an out-of-the-box double action revolver. Judging by the pictures that accom- imposing a position, which mayor may not be wise and which is difficult to enforce, a shorter time limit for drawing and firing is suggested. Let the competitor choose the . most effective position." Some of Toney's advice took hold. It wasn't long before they went to pointshoulder at seven yards in police combat competition, and soon, they were using the sights. When speedloaders were permitted, that stage became an automatic twelve-inthe-same-hole for qnybody who was into the course. Street confrontations have proven the wisdom ofToney's advice. The cops who survive close-range gunfights are usually the ones who point the gun with their eyes, instead offrom the hip. Why do they call that "instinct shooting?" There is no human instinct to point from the hip; what is instinctive is to point at eye level! At Bloomington in 1960, Toney clocked the shooters in the prone position stage. He found it took them an average of 9.3 seconds from the starting signal to get bellydown and fire the first shot. I've run a lot of PPC shoots, and today's competitor takes more like twelve seconds before he fires his first shot from the braced position at 50 yards. In IPSC, by contrast, you figure on three to five seconds between the starting whistle and the first bang, when a shooter Continued on page 21 10 AMERICAN HANDGUNNER . JULY / AUGUST <strong>1982</strong>
The spring·loaded firing pin is "enclosed in the frame. Note: With the trigger reo leased and transfer-bar withdrawn below the firing pin, the hammer nose rests di· rectly on the frame and cannot contact the firing pin. The barrel, sighting rib, and ejector rod housing are a rugged, integral unit, made of" heat·treated stainless or chrome molybdenum steels.' The rear sight proVided on Security·SiX' models is ad· justable for windage and eie· vation. '" Music wire or stainless steel coil springs are used throughout the Ruger double action revolvers. The transfer-bar ignition system provides that the hammer blow can be transmitted to the firing pin only when the trigger is pulled all the way to the rear, This is a positive internal safety fea· ture designed to prevent firirig if the revplver is dropped accidentally, or if the ham· mer spur receives a sharp blow, RUGER These are the revolvers created by Ruger engineers who started with a fresh sheet of paper arid an unlimited budget! There is nothing in the (jesign of these Ruger double action revolvers' which is there simply because "it has always been done that way"; nothing which reflects a commitmen~ to outmoded production methods or obsolescent factory facilities. Representing a significant improvement in design, these revolvers incorporate creative Ruger engineering, sophisticated manufacturing techniques, and superior materials. The Ruger design philosophy of strength, simplicity, and ease of maintenance has been applied throughout the design of these revolvers. Composed of a series of integrated subassemblies, the Ruger double action revolver can be field stripped to its basic components in seconds, without the use of tools. The entire lock mechanism is installed through the bottom of the grip frame as a unit, permitting the use of solid frame side-walls which contribute to the great strength of these revolvers. 'The complex milled-out frames and delicately fitted sideplates of other double action revolvers, and the difficulties of maintenance and weaknesses inherent in older designs are eliminated entirely. The finest materials are used in Ruger double action revolvers. Music wire or stainless steel coil springs are used'throughout and frames, cranes, cylinders, and barrels are of heat-treated stainless or chrome molybdenum steels. Most of the small internal parts of all models of Ruger double action revolvers are" made of stainless steel. The cylinder interlock' feature ensures' that the hammer can· not be cocked when the cylinder is open, nor can the cylinder be swung out of the frame. 'when the hammer, is coc~ed, FIELD STRIPP.ED VIEW Double Action IJ,evolvers In addition to traditional Ruger quality and dependable performance, the shooter enj9Ys the advantages of the durable stainless steel m~ch2.nism parts; even in standard blued models. " Ruger SecuritY'Six Revolver in 357 Magnum caliber with rear sight· adjustabie for windage and elevation. Choice of 23/4", 4", or 6" barrel in blued finish or stainless steel. Ruger Speed·Six Revolver with compact round butt in 357 Magnum, 38 Special, and 9 mm parabellum (blued model only) calibers WIth fixed sights. Choice of 23/4" or 4:' barrel in blued finish or stainless steel. RUGER, Security-Six, Service-Six, and Speed-SiX are registered U. S: tradema~ks FOR YOUR COPY OF A FREE ILLUSTRATED CATALOG OF ALL RUGER FIREARMS, WRITE DEPT.AH STURM~ RUGER &.: Company~ Ine. Southport~f:;onneetieut 06490 U.S.A. ,. . ALL RUGER FIREARMS ARE DESIGNED AND MANUFACTURED IN RUGER FACTORIES IN THE UNITED STATES?F AMERICA
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