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Posted: 10/29/2011 12:32:04 PM

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I have not had the time or finances to practice/ live fire for my local IDPA match. what is the most effective way to get the most out of my dry fire time. I will not have time to do a live fire before the match. Thank you for the responses in advance. I shoot one match a month and usually have two live sessions a month. But this month I have not been able to get to the range and I want to get the most out of the match.
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Posted: 10/29/2011 1:07:19 PM
http://pistol-training.com/

There are many helpful drills, essentially you can mimic them dry firing, although follow up shots are not possible due to having to reset your firing pin.

You would probably benefit the most by working on your ability to quickly acquire sight picture on the target, and complete it with a good trigger pull.
After that, I'd say real time on target is going to be the next step.

During the warm months when I was participating in IDPA and IPSC I rarely shot at the range, other than the weekly matches.
Dry fire, mag change and drawing from holster practice are a must between matches.
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Posted: 10/29/2011 11:32:43 PM
Ben Stoeger has some pretty good dry fire stuff. An internet search should turn up his program as well as some videos.
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Originally Posted By Reddtv:
I have not had the time or finances to practice/ live fire for my local IDPA match. what is the most effective way to get the most out of my dry fire time. I will not have time to do a live fire before the match. Thank you for the responses in advance. I shoot one match a month and usually have two live sessions a month. But this month I have not been able to get to the range and I want to get the most out of the match.


Draws and reloads I think are the most obvious, but emergency action drills are what really kill people. When somebody melts, they really get flustered it seems like. The biggest separators between the top 5-10 and everybody else is usually found in a mix of all three mentioned. Drill the stoppages and your “maintaining focus” on your course of fire, and you’ve just won the majority of the battle.
If you’ve got the time, off hand and shoot to reset are worth some refreshing.
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Posted: 3/6/2012 1:17:02 PM
Originally Posted By MCC19KILO:
U- I'm like
S- 4th in the Halo
P- leaderboards, so what's another
S- non-realistic excuse for me to hang out with
A- my code-red drinking, late night porn wanking, I live in parent's basement so I have unlimited funds to blow on my brag worthy kit that I keep in a climate controlled fully
pressurized adamantium case that requires either mine or Batman’s sperm sample to unlock.


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