Volkspistole update...

The funk of half a thousand rounds.

MAJ Caudill putting rounds downrange.

Among the pistols used to make celebratory noise yesterday was the Walther PPX. Another hundred rounds went through it, bringing the total count to 545. No malfunctions to report. MAJ Caudill was impressed with the gun, pronouncing it "stupid easy to shoot."

Also, I had neglected to bring any ear pro along with me. I'd been using a pair of borrowed muffs, but with their owner having returned, I picked up a set of Howard Leight Impact Sport active hearing protectors at the fun store yesterday. Despite being in the same price bracket as my long-serving Peltor Tac 6S behind-the-head muffs, they have a couple of handy extra features that the cheapest Peltors don't have, such as a headphone jack so you can dual-wield pistols while listening to "Spybreak!" and an automatic "off" switch after four hours. (The latter being especially useful for someone who has pulled a pair of dead hearing pro out of her range bag on Day One of gun school more times than I care to remember...)

Also, they amplify ambient sound much more than my Peltors, seal pretty much as well, and stow in the range bag a lot better than the behind-the-head muffs. Like all inexpensive active ears, they're near useless on an indoor range unless you double up, and almost as bad on a busy outdoor firing line with concrete overhead baffles, but for matches or shooting outdoors at MCF&G, they do fine.

They'll ride around in the range bag until I get around to springing for the good stuff.
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