Conversation recently re: rcmp firearms proficiency brought to mind a memory going way back to when they were being issued the Sig/Sauer P226 9mm.
I was an IPSC "Black Badge" instructor at the time. A friend who was a revolver shooter had been grooming a couple of rcmp officers (one male, one female) in IPSC with their issue S&W revolvers. He asked me if I would give them some instruction on shooting their new issue semi-autos, an abbreviated "Black Badge" if you will.
We met at the local range (Chilliwack). They arrived with the guns; one holstered, the other in the box! We went through the basics of loading, unloading, etc. We did a lot of "Draw & Fire" exercises in IPSC back in the day and we quickly established that the first shot in DA mode at 15 yds and beyond was a guaranteed miss. A lot of shooters with the CZ Shadow have the same problem today.
Next we discovered that a magazine dropped on a hard surface would result in a bent floor plate lip that prevented re-insertion. The male rcmp succeed in re-seating one but then it was a bugger to get out.
I wrote letters to Sig/Sauer USA about what we had learned and to the S&W Academy because they had a DA/SA 9mm with the same issues. Both responded favourably, telling me that they had had similar reports from other sources.
I sent copies of these letters to the Chief Firearms Instructor at the rcmp Depot in Regina thinking they might be interested. They were .....
My ex was a civilian employee of the rcmp at the time. Her first job with them was as Registrar of Firearms. Remember those days? She asked if I had recently trained any rcmp members. I replied in the affirmative as we had a few of them shooting in IPSC with us. She then said that the NCO/IC of the Coquitlam Detachment (not Chiliwack) wanted me to come in for an "interview".
I told her about the letters and the responses I got back. She asked for copies of the letters and told me NOT to come in until she got back to me. That settled the matter and I was not summoned for an "interview".
Ah, memories of the "good old days" ....
Happy New Year!
I was an IPSC "Black Badge" instructor at the time. A friend who was a revolver shooter had been grooming a couple of rcmp officers (one male, one female) in IPSC with their issue S&W revolvers. He asked me if I would give them some instruction on shooting their new issue semi-autos, an abbreviated "Black Badge" if you will.
We met at the local range (Chilliwack). They arrived with the guns; one holstered, the other in the box! We went through the basics of loading, unloading, etc. We did a lot of "Draw & Fire" exercises in IPSC back in the day and we quickly established that the first shot in DA mode at 15 yds and beyond was a guaranteed miss. A lot of shooters with the CZ Shadow have the same problem today.
Next we discovered that a magazine dropped on a hard surface would result in a bent floor plate lip that prevented re-insertion. The male rcmp succeed in re-seating one but then it was a bugger to get out.
I wrote letters to Sig/Sauer USA about what we had learned and to the S&W Academy because they had a DA/SA 9mm with the same issues. Both responded favourably, telling me that they had had similar reports from other sources.
I sent copies of these letters to the Chief Firearms Instructor at the rcmp Depot in Regina thinking they might be interested. They were .....
My ex was a civilian employee of the rcmp at the time. Her first job with them was as Registrar of Firearms. Remember those days? She asked if I had recently trained any rcmp members. I replied in the affirmative as we had a few of them shooting in IPSC with us. She then said that the NCO/IC of the Coquitlam Detachment (not Chiliwack) wanted me to come in for an "interview".
I told her about the letters and the responses I got back. She asked for copies of the letters and told me NOT to come in until she got back to me. That settled the matter and I was not summoned for an "interview".
Ah, memories of the "good old days" ....
Happy New Year!
8 hours and 49 minutes into the new year 
