Posted: 11/24/2014 3:27:40 PM EDT
|
Do you draw from the holster, sit on the couch, stand 21 ft from a wall, shoot and move, practice reloads.
Just curious what everyone's approach is. |
on striker fired pistols; put a snap cap in, draw, point, shoot anything on the wall, TV etc (really does not matter, the point is to pull trigger without the front sight moving any) ....watch front sight post...it must remain still.........on striker fires pistols, you can "cock" the weapon without ejecting the snap cap.......(just slide back small amount)
|
|
The same way that I do live practice. Figure out what skills I want to work on, decide what drills I am going to do, set my targets on a known good backstop.
The dry fire specific parts are: Clear the gun Move all live ammo to a different room. Use the par time on the timer. Start the drills at slow pace and decrease the par time. Practice reloads, malf clearing, draws, weak hand work, etc. Use dummy rounds for reloads. If you are interrupted at any time, do your safety checks again, (clear gun, ammo in different room) When you are done, take down the targets, put your gun it the correct condition and don't do any more dry fire for that session. Half-assed sitting on the couch pulling the trigger while watching TV will get you half-assed results. It should take you less than one hour accumulated practice to learn your trigger and how to manipulate it. After that is done, you should not be pressing the trigger when you dry fire. The draws, index and gun manipulation are what you are grooving in. Steve Anderson and Ben Stoeger have great dry fire books. They are geared to competition but are very useful for any pistol dry fire Gringop |
|
Quoted:
The same way that I do live practice. Figure out what skills I want to work on, decide what drills I am going to do, set my targets on a known good backstop. The dry fire specific parts are: Clear the gun Move all live ammo to a different room. Use the par time on the timer. Start the drills at slow pace and decrease the par time. Practice reloads, malf clearing, draws, weak hand work, etc. Use dummy rounds for reloads. If you are interrupted at any time, do your safety checks again, (clear gun, ammo in different room) When you are done, take down the targets, put your gun it the correct condition and don't do any more dry fire for that session. Half-assed sitting on the couch pulling the trigger while watching TV will get you half-assed results. It should take you less than one hour accumulated practice to learn your trigger and how to manipulate it. After that is done, you should not be pressing the trigger when you dry fire. The draws, index and gun manipulation are what you are grooving in. Steve Anderson and Ben Stoeger have great dry fire books. They are geared to competition but are very useful for any pistol dry fire Gringop Shot timer, best money I ever spent. The cats love the dummy rounds. A video camera adds to the critique-ability. |
|
Quoted:
Shot timer, best money I ever spent. The cats love the dummy rounds. A video camera adds to the critique-ability. Oddly, I never thought of that. Great bit of advice there. I have videoed everything (baseball throwing, swings, skating etc) and never thought of taping me dry firing. WOW 
|
|
Quoted:
I'm considering dropping the money on the SIRT (red/red with an extra mag for $199), BUT I just wonder if that $200 couldn't be better spent on practice at the range with 1000rds. Can't decide. I have a SIRT. I think it is worth the money. I use the extra SIRT mag in my G17 all the time for dry fire also. |
|
Quoted:
I'm considering dropping the money on the SIRT (red/red with an extra mag for $199), BUT I just wonder if that $200 couldn't be better spent on practice at the range with 1000rds. Can't decide. I bought a SIRT, tried it some, then sold it. I found I prefer to use my actual pistol. |
|
Quoted:
I bought a SIRT, tried it some, then sold it. I found I prefer to use my actual pistol. Quoted:
Quoted:
I'm considering dropping the money on the SIRT (red/red with an extra mag for $199), BUT I just wonder if that $200 couldn't be better spent on practice at the range with 1000rds. Can't decide. I bought a SIRT, tried it some, then sold it. I found I prefer to use my actual pistol. I have a "Laser Lyte" that I sometimes use. But most of the time I perfer to use my spare Glock 19. |