Who all here dry fires for practice?

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Not as much as I should, especially since I limit my range time, to once a month visit, which is barely enough to stay is shape shooting wise. Dry firing if done properly can be an excellent training exercise.

Please remember to leave your ammo in a different room than the one your are dry firing in. Please don't ask me how I learned this lesson.
 
For really advanced Dry Fire practice that will really help your ability to shoot quickly and accurately...check out the third link in my Signature
 
Remember the big debate a week back about should rule two be modified or reworded?

I dry fire at my TV. Lots of humanoid targets plus every time the commercials run with any sort of lettering I "shoot" at all the letter O's. I am not "willing to distroy" my TV so I tripple check to see that the pistol is unloaded and check it again any time that it leaves my hand. The TV is in a "safe direction" in that if I did shoot it there is no way the bullet could hit another person beyond my target because of the structure of my house.
 
Owen....it's a good idea to locate your tv in a safe direction. I'm very often tempted to shoot my tv :)

I do dryfire a little but it's been ingrained in my head that dryfiring guns is bad. Even though I know the guns I have are safe to dryfire.
 
For really advanced Dry Fire practice that will really help your ability to shoot quickly and accurately...check out the third link in my Signature
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Not dry fire-related, but read that before a range session this past saturday, mindset adjustment cured a jerk I've been having trouble with.



More relevant to dry firing - still trying to figure out how to pull the damn trigger straight back. Always have a very slight twitch to the right upon breaking the trigger.
 
I actually broke three firing pins dry firing. Two were on Star semi-autos. One was an old surplus Model B and the other was a new Firestar. The third was a Charter Arms Bulldog.
Snap caps could have prevented all of that.
 
I do not, and probably should, but on the other hand I visit the range twice a week shooting several hundred rounds of rimfire and various calibers especially what I carry for SD.
 
I dont fire at my TV, but I guess I could. And my main dry firing rule should make it safe.

My main safety rule for dry firing is 'no live ammo in the living room, ever.' I dry fire in the living room and I never ever have any ammo in there. The ammo is by the gun safe in the bedroom. The gun is always loaded and unloaded in the bedroom (safe room).

When the gun comes into the living room, it is rechecked empty, and then can be dry fired...thus far always at a safe focal point.

Actually, the rule is no live ammo anywhere in the house except the bedroom (or when I am carrying it but when I come home, I take my purse to the bedroom right away and remove gun and put it on nightstand in ready position. I only have one defense gun).
 
9mmepiphanny

Durimg the trip to old age, I formed some ideas on shooting. These ideas were more from a psychological point of view. After shooting for thirty years I added archery to my resume. There I discovered an amplified overview of the shooting game. The term target panic really was brought to the fore front by observing the horrific practice of punching the trigger. I actually observed a couple of veteran shooters that had extreme difficulty in actually releasing the trigger.

Handgun shooting, or should I say, good handgun shooting involves a tremendous amount of self hypnosis and reaching the different levels of concentration.

The problem is imparting this information to a casual or new shooter. It is very difficult to get them to step out of the box. I suppose the fix would be charge an exorbitant fee. Then you would know they are serious about learning the basics of handgun shooting.

This post was not just for 9mmepiphanny. Gray is an icon and I totally agree with his approach to the explanation of shooting. Maybe the article will sink in.
 
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Good description of why I liked the article - it's a specific mindset
 
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The problem is imparting this information to a casual or new shooter. It is very difficult to get them to step out of the box. I suppose the fix would be charge an exorbitant fee. Then you would know they are serious about learning the basics of handgun shooting.

This post was not just for 9mmepiphanny. Gray is an icon and I totally agree with his approach to the explanation of shooting. Maybe the article will sink in.
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One of my professional regrets is that those who need it the most, usually have the hardest time justifying the cost taking a class to learn it.

We've taught classes, at the going rate of $200/day, where we have asked that students read the article and practice before the class...the article is free for the asking. In any given class of 15, we might get 2 students who have read the article and none will admit to understanding it...maybe they were afraid we would ask them to explain it :what:

I just met a 18 year old IDPA shooter...who was very good...this last weekend at a local match, who actually understood what the article said. He was seeing and dryfiring exactly as described. But he didn't understand why it worked...he thought everyone dry fired, saw the sights and pressed the trigger like that...youth is so frustrating ;)
 
Whenever I shoot revolvers recreationally (mostly single action, no fast double taps) I allow my shooting buddy to load my revolver and I load his. We randomly leave 2 or three empties in the cylinder in no perticular order. We then watch each others muzzles for signs of flenching.
 
I dry fire for practice daily. Helps me become more familiar with a new gun, overcome flinch, and thumbs don't hurt as much as when I only shoot weekly at the range.

9mmEpiphany - thanks for the links. Just read the third one and it really made me think about the way I'll approach shooting at a match this weekend. Also how I dry practice. Will read the other two links shortly. Thanks for sharing.
 
It has been around for a long time, in different forms, and I found this one of the best explanations. I've discussed it at length with Bruce...late into the night...and can explain it rather well now. If you have a question about parts of it, please feel free to PM me...when I first read it, it was right on the verge on my ken.

If you think It would be a question many folks would be interested in, please post a thread and I'll answer it there
 
I started dry firing...It helped me out a lot. I was pulling the gun to the side every time I pulled the trigger. Brother seen it as well, Told me to hold my hands a certain way, And " go into the shot a bit ". Gun stays in target after that.

Compacts are very different from there larger brothers.
 
Dry firing has always helped me although I do not do it regularly. When I do it before going to the range I can see the difference.
 
odd man out here--started 'real' guns at 12, 45 colt cattleman and a 30-30. re-loaded ( remember the Lee's with the hammer?) and practiced till i found what worked. short time later some adults caught me in there field and told my dad. what they told him was that i was a natural point shooter and to get me some more guns. 60 now and i have more guns and still re-load. except for checking out a gun to buy, cleaning or teaching, i do not play with them when they are unloaded.
 
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