Maryland Hunter Safety Education Course

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Once again the State of Maryland has crapped the bed! As of today, there are no available spots for any students to complete the Maryland Hunter Safety Education Course until Spring 2022.

What the Law Says:

According to Maryland Code, Natural Resources §10–301.1, any Maryland Resident that wants to hunt the state shall:

(a) (1)

(i) On or after July 1, 1977 a person under 18 years of age may not procure a hunting license or hunt in the State, unless the person has first been issued a certificate of competency in firearms and hunter safety.

(ii) On or after July 1, 1977 a person, regardless of age, may not procure a hunting license without producing a certificate of competency or a hunting license issued before July 1, 1977 or making out an affidavit that the person hunted before July 1, 1977.

All of this can be found here:

Where the System Failed the Residents:

In Maryland, you are required to attend a course of instruction followed by a field day.

Since COVID-19 popped off, the System has FAILED the residents of Maryland by not making available enough field days to qualify the students.

Other states, like those listed in the video, have waived the field day requirement.

The Solution:

In the video above, you will see that a solution exists to get a hunter-ed card in a different state that doesn't require a field day. According to Maryland DNR:

(3) Any similar certificate, or hunting license, issued outside the State by a governmental agency, shall be accepted as complying with the requirements of paragraph (1) of this subsection, if the privileges are reciprocal for Maryland residents. From the DNR Website:

Maryland accepts hunter education certifications from all other U.S. States. If you possess a hunter education certificate/card from another state, it will be accepted in Maryland as proof of meeting our hunter education requirement and completion of a Maryland hunter education course would not be required.

Your Next Steps:

Your next steps for your up-and-coming hunters should start here by clicking this link!

Finish that, then head down to your favorite sporting goods shop and get your license!

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Firearms Training Industry and Changes over the Year (Video)

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In this week's episode of the PTP Podcast, Mike sits down with founder Ryan Gass to discuss business as well as how he started his travel training program and taking care of our training hosts.

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Stop the Bleed training

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We ready? No? Yeah? Go!

Oh My Gosh! It’s bleeding so bad. Oh! It’s so bad…it’s so bad… it’s so bad…get up there! Get up there! Get up there!

Right! We want it nice and high. We’re going to cinch it down. We’re going to get one good twist. We’re going to lock those windless in place. That’s 15 seconds down…and…good! 20 seconds…keep working through it. Nice! Good! Keep working through it…that’s 30 seconds…keep working, if you have not already done so. Yeah! That’s good. All right, all right, 40 seconds in…it’s good…working good…there we go! Good! You can take it off, please.

All right, that’s one minute. Just finish up the one you’re on.

So, you see now what we talked about with stress inoculation. All I did was put you under a clock. The only person you were competing against was you! That’s kind of a stunning individual, and I want to impress him!

S&W .40S&W VE, Field Strip Friday

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Ryan Gass here, PTPGun.com, and today, we’re going to show you how to field strip this Smith & Wesson S&W 40VE.

Now, before you field strip any firearm, you want to double-check and make sure the firearm is unloaded. So, we’re going to go ahead, pick the firearm up, or hit the magazine release on the left side by the trigger guard here, take that magazine out, set it to the side, double-check the chamber, make sure it’s good to go, and we are clear and ready to proceed.

To proceed into the field strip, we’re going to pull that slide back, and we’re going to let go. We’re going to go ahead, and we’re going to pull the trigger. Now, from here, we’re going to grab hold of the firearm with our thumb at the tang of the grip, and we’re going to wrap our fingers up over the slide and squeeze just a little bit to bring that slide back, just a little bit. Now, with it back like that, we’re going to take our thumb on one side, our middle finger on the other, we’re going to grab on this takedown lever. It’s spring-loaded, and it’s held in the up position. We’re going to have to grab it from both sides. We’re going to pull it down. We’re going to hold it down, and while it’s being held down, we’re going to release that slide, and the slide’s going to come off. Now, from here, we’re done with the frame, and it comes with a field strip. So, we set the frame to the side.

The slide assembly. We’re going to go ahead upside down. We have our spring and spring guide. We’re going to compress that just a little bit. Let me set it to the side. We’re gonna push up with our finger. We’re gonna get that barrel up and out of there. Set that to the side, and then we have our slide. So now, we have our slide, our barrel, our spring and spring guide, and our frame. From here, you can do any type of cleaning or maintenance you might need to do to the firearm.

Now, let’s go ahead and proceed back into reassembly, and it’s going to be the same thing you did to disassemble for the field strip, and it’s going to be the same thing but in reverse. So, we’re going to take our slide upside down. We’re gonna drop our barrel in, muzzle first. It’s gonna set into its place, the barrel is gonna stick out the muzzle about a millimeter, so that’s perfectly normal. We’re gonna take our spring and spring guide, and we’re gonna drop that in. You have a flat end, and you have a kind of small, more pointed end. We’re going to drop the more pointed end into the front of the frame, near the muzzle. We’re going to compress that spring just a little bit, it’s getting caught in the lug of that barrel. Now, we’re going to re-set that upside down, right side up, we’re gonna take the frame the rail here. We’re gonna insert that rail into the cutout of the bottom of the slide here. We’re gonna take that, we’re gonna insert that in, we’re gonna keep it matched up, we’re gonna pull it all the way back, and we’re gonna let go.

Now, you’ll notice when I did that actually, it’s kind of good that it happened this way. Sometimes, it’ll happen like this way where you don’t put the gun back together exactly properly. You’ll see how this spring guide is kind of sticking out a little bit. All I’m going to do to fix that is I’m going to kind of manipulate a little bit, I pushed a little bit against it, and it realigned itself.

Now, we want to go ahead and do a function check on this firearm to make sure that it’s still put together properly. So, we’re gonna pull that slide back and let go. We’re gonna go ahead and pull the trigger. We’re gonna pull that slide back, let go, pull the trigger. We’re gonna pull the slide back, pull the trigger, and hold the trigger to the rear. While holding it to the rear, we’re gonna go ahead and pull the slide back and let go, and then we want to let go of the trigger slowly until you hear and or feel that click. Once you hear that click, the trigger has been reset. You can now apply pressure to the rear again, it’ll go off. Again, we’re going to go ahead and hold it to the rear, pull the slide back, let go and release that trigger. Now, we’re going to go ahead and just double-check to make sure that the firearm operates with the magazine as well.

Again, we’re going to pull back, let go, pull that trigger, and now we have field stripped and reassembled our Smith & Wesson S&W 40VE.

If you have any particular firearm you would like to see us field strip, be sure to click on the comments below and let us know what you would like to see done. We may have already done it, or we may not. If we haven’t, we will make sure to make that video for you.

Thank you all again!

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Glock 43, Field Strip Friday

Original Source: https://www.ptpgun.com/post/glock-43-field-strip-friday

I’m Ryan Gass here, PTPGun.com, and today, I’m going to show you the field stripping of this Glock 43. Before we field strip any firearm, we want to double-check to make sure the firearm is unloaded. So, we’re gonna go ahead, drop the magazine, set it to the side, double-check the chamber, and make sure it’s clear, and we are good to proceed. Now, let’s move into the field strip.

We’re going to pull that slide back, and we’re going to let go. Next, we’re going to take our thumb and have it under the tang of the grip, we’re going to rip our fingers around the top, squeeze down a little bit, and bring that slide back. While the slide is back to the rear like that, we’re going to take our thumb and our middle finger, and we’re going to grab on this take-down lever. It’s the same on both sides. We’re going to take our thumb and our middle finger- and we’re going to pull down that piece, we’re going to hold it down, and we’re going to release the slide forward.

Now, we set the frame to the side, and we’re gonna deal with our slide. We’re gonna take our spring and spring guide, we’re gonna compress it just a little bit, we’re gonna pull it up and out of the firearm. We’re gonna take our barrel, press it up, pull it up and out of the firearm, and then we have our slide itself. So now, we have our slide, our barrel, our spring and spring guide, and our frame. From here, the firearm is now field stripped, and you can do any type of cleaning or maintenance you might need to do to the firearm.

Now, let’s move back into reassembling the parts to the firearm. We’re gonna start with the slide, and we’re gonna drop the barrel in, muzzle first, set it into its place. You’ll notice that the barrel sticks out about a millimeter or two. That’s perfectly normal. We’re going to take our spring and spring guide. You’ll notice that there’s kind of a longer, fatter end, and there’s a shorter skinnier end. We’re going to take the longer, fatter end and insert it into the slide, near the muzzle, and we’re going to compress that spring on the rear, so that it’s going to get caught in the bottom lugs of that barrel. From here, we’re going to go ahead and put this slide right side up. We’re going to go ahead and take and insert the rails on the middle, almost middle, to the front half of this slide right here. We’re going to take those rails and insert them into cutouts, here on the rear bottom portion of the slide. We’re going to insert it, we’re going to keep it matched up as we pull it to the rear, and let go.

then let go of the trigger. Now, with this, we have field stripped and reassembled our Glock 43.

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What Can Be the Impact of Shooting on Health?

 

The physical and emotional health advantages of participation in shooting exercises are easily measurable. After getting Concealed Weapons Permit Maryland and shooting a variety of firearm systems improves physical fitness, endurance, stamina, hand movements, and fine and gross cognitive capabilities. Here are a few advantages of shooting that can help you not only become a great athlete but also live a healthy life:

 1.      Fundamental Strength:

Discovering your center, shifting your weight to the footrest, and maintaining steady in your shooting position are all excellent exercises for your basic muscle fibers, which help you maintain good posture. Whenever the abdominal muscle cells are insufficient, the lower spine takes on extra weight and strain from everyday activities like strolling. The mass of the entire body is uniformly dispersed across the front and back when the abdominal muscles are strengthened, which improves balance.

 2.      Power of Arms:

 Shooting a gun necessitates the use of powerful arms and hands. You must keep your upper body still in sequence to locate and shoot your objective. New shooters frequently underestimate the arm strength required to carry the pistol in the right stance for precise shooting. Programs to develop strength and endurance for shooting sports are widely used by professional shooters.

 3.      Processing in the Mind:

 A big part of shooting is being able to solve problems quickly. Reasoning, mathematics, and innovative thinking are all part of it. Shooting is 90 percent psychological and 10% technical, according to an old proverb. A sportsman has to be capable of addressing the brain functions first, then accomplish the physical abilities, to be effective in shooting activities.

 4.      Stress Reduction:

 Shooting enables people to forget about their troubles for a while. When you have a handgun in your hand, you must throw all other concerns aside and focus on security, mental functioning, and physical abilities. This time on the range enables an individual to briefly forget about his or her troubles or plans and focus entirely on the present moment. It acts as a stress-relieving reset option.

Ultimately, this article has emphasized the most important physical and psychological health advantages to foresee.

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Importance of Gun Training Programs

When using a weapon such as a firearm, if it is not handled safely and appropriately, it could be equally as hazardous to you as it is to your victim. Gun training programs are excellent resources for people who require some basic instruction as well as those who feel themselves to be experienced professionals. Regardless of which group you belong to, training courses would like to help guarantee that everyone seems secure and competent in managing their weapon by providing the appropriate gun training. For professionals and beginners equally, here are a few considerations why we suggest our gun training courses.

1.      Form Beneficial Habits

Several gun training workshops aim to get you so comfortable with your technique that you can handle your firearm safely and methodically in any setting, including difficult situations. You're not only guaranteeing that abilities taught in gun preparation are more reinforced, but you're also guaranteeing that your weapon is comfortable to work with throughout these moments by forming useful routines.

2.      Security

Maryland handgun permit classes can be beneficial to anyone. The danger of an accidental discharge or inappropriate treatment of guns is reduced by understanding gun safety guidelines and good management. Even if you don't intend to use your firearm on a constant schedule, training is essential.

3.      Tactical Thinking

Target shooting isn't the only talent required for efficient firearm handling. They comprise the capacity to think critically, keep patients under stress, and understand when to strike and when to hold back. You're more prone to execute a bad judgment if you don't completely comprehend the complexities of the scenarios you might discover yourself in, and reality-based instruction will protect you from reverting to an unprepared response.

Whether you're a beginner or potential gun holder, or a fanatic in need of instruction, gun training is a must, regardless of your age or degree of skill.

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