AAR part 2:
Guns: I shot my Springfield LW 5" Loaded, with Wilson 8 round mags and lubed once at the beginning of the class with TW25B. I had ZERO malfunctions in 750 rounds fired over three days, in varying temps from 45 F to 18F. I was running Federal American Eagle ball.
Other guns included a Para LDA (raging POS jam-o-matic, once it got a little dirty), Wilson Stealth (Ken said it was the first Wilson gun he'd ever seen complete a class!), a Taurus 85CH(no problems, but S-L-O-W to operate in comparison to the 1911s), a Smith 5906(produced a couple of interesting malfs...dropping a double column mag on the deck while partially loaded can spin the top round 180 degrees leaving it primer forward), and a number of Glocks in 9, 40, and 45. Several of the Glocks had functioning problems and required relubrication several times to get them up and running.
I was pleased with myself. I did a Dozier drill, cold, in 4.26 seconds, then proving it was no fluke, did it again with times in the 4.3 range.
My gunhandling is improved, I do tac reloads now with no conscious thought. It's worth the money if you get a chance to do a Gunsite course...even if you have to charge it!
QS