How much do you practice?

[SIRVEYR666]

Not at the range, but just dry-fire type drills and such.

I currently do about 1-2 hours per week in anywhere from 10-30 minute sessions.

I try to shoot two IDPA matches, one "sanctioned" IDPA practice, and make three general range trips a month.

Dry fire--
What do you work on? Drawing, Tac-loads, moving?

 

[Chris Rhines]

Dry-fire only? An hour per day, every day, usually right after dinner. It varies, though. Some days I'll really get focused and go for a couple hours plus, some days I have other things on my mind or can't concentrate for whatever reason, and I bag it after 10-20 minutes. When this happens, I usually go reload or detail-clean my magazines or some such. I don't force it.

I practice lots of draws and reloads from various positions (hands at sides, surrender, draws to kneeling, draws to prone, SHO, WHO, etc...), movement, target transitions, shooting on the move, and reaction time drills. I do alot of drills in slow motion to work out bugs in my form. I practice trigger control and sight alignment by dryfiring at small targets. One day a week I do nothing but rifle, one day a week nothing but shotgun.

I usually shoot 2-3 USPSA matches and 2 outlaw multi-gun matches every month.

- Chris

 

[aguyindallas]

Not enough.

I try to shoot 2 or so IDPA matches a month and get to the range about the same for regular practice.

At home, I mainly practice mag changes and a drill where I draw and dry fire one shot. Reset and repeat.

Still, not nearly enough.

 

[ACP230]

Way too little lately.

I need to get started dry firing again.

 

[HighVelocity]

I do at least an hour or two of dry practice every 3 or 4 days. I set up stages in my house. Shoot around the cars in the garage, etc.
I also stand still and do reloads, over and over and over. I'll either be ankle deep in mags or dummy rounds depending on what I'm going to shoot.
Lately it's been wheelguns and has been very challenging.

Look out Jerry!

 

[Pat Cannon]

Practice? I thought that's what matches were. Hmm, maybe that's why I don't win much.

 

[MrsHighVelocity]

HighVelocity: I set up stages in my house. Shoot around the cars in the garage, etc.

Excuse me? You do what around MY CAR?

 

[HSMITH]

I try to get in 5 sessions a week, usually 40 minutes or so each. Sometimes I get in 6 full one hour sessions, sometimes none.

I work on the draw for a few minutes, all different draws. I work on reloads for a few minutes, both static and moving. I work on shooting on the move for a few minutes. I work on moving, initiating movement and stopping movement. Lots of my focus lately has been on speeding up, then slowing down, speeding up and then slowing down, all on a paper 'field course' set up on the walls. Speed up on the open close targets, slow down for the tight or long shots, etc.

I shoot 3 matches a month, club level USPSA matches. That is the only live fire I get.