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Who: Ned Christiansen & DRTG

When: 10/28/2006 - 08:00

Where: Watervliet Rod & Gun Club; Watervliet, MI

Tuition: $75.00

Register: E-mail info@drtg.net

On October 28, 2006 DRTG and WRGC will host Ned Christiansen for a 1911 Armorer course. This is an outstanding opportunity for 1911 shooters to come out and learn more about their weapon from a real world professional.

This course is designed to teach the student how to disassemble, assemble, and maintain the 1911 style pistol. It will cover all the common malfunctions and breakages as well as some of the harder-to-discern wear and durability areas. This is not a course on how to be a custom gunsmith, but rather a course designed to help users of 1911 style pistols identify, analyze and solve problems.

I am very pleased to announce this course as it will be the first course offered by DRTG. Please check out our website http://www.drtg.net for more information on this and other courses we will have coming in the future.

Registration is limited for this course, so please sign up ASAP. If you have any questions please e-mail: info@drtg.net.

Thanks

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Jon Rutledge
http://www.drtg.net

Cool....except October is still outside the relm of travel possibilities......

Whens the DVD come out?

Jim

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"Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." Benjamin Franklin , 1759

Jim

No plans for a DVD at this time, but we will have more of these classes. Stay tuned and we'll let you know when the next one is.

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Jon Rutledge
http://www.drtg.net

Hey Jim, I just don't cut it on camera. People just can't deal with the deformity, although I myself have grown accustomed to the 1911-shaped head.

We have a few spots left open for this course.

We have some prizes which have been generously donated by the following:

Alessi Leather
Corbon
Midway USA
Noveske Rifleworks
TangoDown

There should be enough that everyone will go home with a little something extra in addition to their training.

Should be a great course, we're looking forward to it. Anyone still thinking taking this course please contact us soon.

JWR

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Jon Rutledge
http://www.drtg.net

It must be fate. I am going to be in ann harbor for business between the 16-27, scheduled to fly home on the 27 though!!!

man o man...decisions.

I´m in...

I would love to, just to have such a good time with you guys.
mmm...but then Ned would have to kick me out of his shop. again... huh!!!

Sure the attendants will get first hand instruction from Ned and have a great time also.

Best,

alex.

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Alex NossaR
www.nossargunleather.com

This course is now full.

I appreciate all the interest, and we will likely have more classes later.

We are really looking forward to this weekend.

JWR

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Jon Rutledge
http://www.drtg.net

It's over.

From the front of the classrrom it seemed like it went well. My course "map" is a slightly squiggly line since there are so many interrelated areas on the 1911-- it's always hard to stay on a straight line without going down a side road or two to smell the roses. But we always come back to the main road and forge ahead.

A lot of the info is basic-- we try to touch on it as much as necessary so as not to leave anyone behind, without causing the more "into it" guys to slip into la-la land.

I still wrestle with knowing exaclty where the line is between armorer and gunsmithing. After all, in this particular class, the students are not really guys who are going to be "armoring" for a military unit or PD, but are 1911 enthusiasts. We touched on trigger jobs a bit but I made it clear that I myself still struggle with that aspect sometimes. I want guys to know the mechanics of a trigger job but to also understand that, in a short segment of a one-day class, we can't get to the "fine print".

Getting them broken down to all component parts and then back together takes a lot of class time, but I consider it very important that a guy who's going to consider himself 1911 savvy, be able to do it. It can be pretty intimidating and frustrating the first time, especially if it's a Series 80, Kimber Series II or SW1911. Of course on the latter two, absent a sight press and post-reassembly range time to confirm zero, we're not going to remove the rear sight to get the firing pin block out.

Nobody lost any parts, and nobody had any left over. Good in that department. Guys that had difficulty with the breakdown and re-assembly, your homework assignemnt is to do it twice a week for the next month, minimum. It does get easier and eventually you are saying to yourself, "I can't believe I thought this was so complicated".

Apologies if anyone felt they were being pulled along too fast and over their head-- and to anyone who was thinking, "OK, let's get to the more in-depth stuff"...... hopefully though the majority got something out of it.

With Jon's help the next one will be more up to date in terms of visual aids. Thanks Jon and DRTG for havin' me, and thanks to you guys who came to the class. Made some new friends which is always the best part.

Agreed, we had a really great class Saturday. I'm really looking forward to next time.

I did not have much time last night but, I was able to start the photo gallery for this class. Anyone interested can see some pictures of the course if they check out the website.

Of course the first and favorite picture is this one of Ned's famous “Crouching Tiger, Hidden 1911 Move...”






I can't wait to do this again.

JWR

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Jon Rutledge
http://www.drtg.net

"Crouching Tiger, Hidden 1911"

Hey, wait a minute, you can see the 1911 in that shot.....were you guys using some kinda X-ray film?

That super secret move was only supposed to be for payin' customers, now everybody knows it! Doh!

Yeah, I know but it looks so cool!

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Jon Rutledge
http://www.drtg.net

Good class guys. Props to Jon for the superb organization. Couple important things I personally got out of the class. I really need to start checking over my gun more closely for problems. I do take the gun past a field strip once in a while, but perhaps not often enough. Glad that plunger tube didn't work loose or off while carrying or shooting. The second is that I have no where NEAR enough 1911s. I felt like a chump when Ned asked how many we had and I could only raise my hand for 1 Lets face it, you only really need a couple good guns, but you want all of them I'm glad there was a nice assortment of styles. I learned quite a lot about the different variations within the platform. Thanks for putting this class on guys. I look forward to a AR armorer class!

Also, that "crouching tiger, hidden 1911" was some pretty wicked ninja stuff Ned.

Dave,

It was great to meet you, and we look forward to working with you again.

We learned as much from your guys as you did from us.

Stay tuned for future classes, where Ned and I will reveal the products of our super secret closed research sessions.


We will have all new mojo for you next time.

JWR

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Jon Rutledge
http://www.drtg.net

Good deal. Keep me on your mailing list. I have a couple instructors in mind that I need to take classes from before I start learning from others. Also, I would be interested in meeting up for some sweet blasting if we can working something out. I am a member at a couple different clubs in the area, and try to shoot at least once a week. Take care and shoot straight.

Dave