midway usa commercial on best defense 1000 point scale

[Rob Pincus]

Have at it:

http://hipowertalk.com/forum/

[Stuntman Mike]

Just called Midway. They are working on getting info out on that scale of defensive rounds. They will post it on their site or distribute some other way in a couple of weeks.

Thanks!

I've seen all the segments.  The chart would be fun to look at, if nothing else.

By the way:

Michael Bane, Michael Janich, Rob Pincus:  GREAT SHOW! 

My girlfriend watched the last one and liked it.  Getting her started shooting the 31st.   

-Mike

[PegLeg45]

go to MidwayUSA.com and check out their information there.  They also have a button to contact them with questions.

By the way, welcome to the nut house!

Just called Midway. They are working on getting info out on that scale of defensive rounds. They will post it on their site or distribute some other way in a couple of weeks.

I looked at the website before posting in my first post and found nothing there. As 1776 posted, they are working on getting it out.
I bet they have had a ton of hits on the site from people like us looking for info on the chart. Might be good for business.

 

[MikeBjerum]

Might be good for business.

From the way their business has grown over 30+ years, they way they do business, and the other things they do it is obvious that Larry is smart and good at what he does!  Hopefully this rating system makes sense to the rest of us once we see it.

[PegLeg45]

From the way their business has grown over 30+ years, they way they do business, and the other things they do it is obvious that Larry is smart and good at what he does!  Hopefully this rating system makes sense to the rest of us once we see it.

Yes, he is one heck of a business man. I would probably have done even more business with Midway over the years than I have, but it seems like every time I need something Brownells has a better price on what I need at the time. I always try to spend with the "good guys".

 

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[Michael Janich]

Midway is a primary sponsor of The Best Defense and we are very happy to have their support. As part of their advertising arrangement with Outdoor Channel, they arranged to include the gun selection segment during the air time for the show. As Rob explained, he, Mike Bane, and I had no part in the content of that segment, so you are correct in directing questions about it to the folks at Midway.

My only comment is that I hate the term "knockdown power." If Newton were alive today, I'm sure he'd have something to say about it as well...

Stay safe,

Mike

[tombogan03884]

Depends on whether he was crazy or not at the time, He still might have something to say, it just wouldn't make sense.

[RTFM]

It's a metric Midway USA worked up...I have dinner with Larry Potterfield next Wednesday and I'll ask him about it.

Small piece of trivia...my first carry gun (I still have it) was a 1930's vintage S&W Regulation Police revolver in .38 S&W. My carry load at the time was soft lead wadcutters seated upside-down, with the big ashtray "hollowpoint" pointed up, over a HUGE scoop of Bullseye powder. Let's see...what's the euphemism for shooting them? Oh yeah, "brisk" recoil! Also, I swear the soft lead wads would start leading up the barrel when you loaded the things. I was never able to get all the lead out of the barrel...

Michael B

Any information ever come out of that Mike? Inquiring minds want to know.

[mnshooter]

The upside down HBWC was a favorite in many places way back.  Skeeter and others wrote about it.  I used the soft factory (Hornady) swaged bullets, and found that often they would turn 90 degrees in 25 yards, or veer off enough to flatten at an angle.  In a fair amount of testing, I never once got any kind of expansion that would compare to what we have come to expect from the superb factory JHP loadings available over the counter today.  I was using 2" j frames  for testing, as that seemed to be the intended instrument for this type of load.  The first time I was able to shoot some early Supervels, I quit the HBWC's.

[jackstinson]

First off; I really enjoy "The Best Defense". It is far better than the self defense program which used to be on The Outdoor Channel. It is great to see practical self defense information which can be applied to every day life. And wonderful to see practical SD/awareness techniques for the ladies.

As for the Midway testing bit...I LOVE IT! Sure, I'm also trying to figure out that chart...but I enjoy that they are looking at normal stuff, not just the latest greatest poly-wonder. When I saw the old Beretta 950B .25acp on that segment, I was hooked.
So I have been pausing the chart as it quickly comes up the screen, looking at some of the relative positions of cartridges. The chart is lacking important information and seems to have some cartridges mixed around. I'd love to see the reasoning and figures behind it.
But it is an entertaining 30-seconds and one of my favorite segments/commercials when watching The Best Defense".
Hopefully, Midway will put the chart on their website and give us some standards so we can emulate the tests on other guns.

Thanks for the great new show.
Jack