Cheap IPSC training

My friend is using muzzle laser ($30) to train in his basement dry firing.
Training with .22 in general is not a bad idea as ammo is cheap but it's always better to train with real stuff and tackle the recoil.
Buy a crate of 1000 rounds of Tulammo or Barnaul ammo cheap ($300) and shoot away happy!

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ss1980 said:
Buy a crate of 1000 rounds of Tulammo or Barnaul ammo cheap ($300) and shoot away happy!
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Give me $300 and use my dillon and make 1500 rounds. I'll supply the bullets and primers at that price too.
If you don't reload and are in competition you are doing something wrong! Time is no excuse... Buy a 1050 and you can make 1000 rounds in an hour literally while you do paperwork.
 
flgcwpg said:
Dryfire, Airsoft, BB guns, 22's are all excellent IPSC training. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. The only thing you may not be able to practice with them is recoil control and reloads but you can do everything else. It usually is much cheaper and you can do it at home. A huge part of IPSC is movements and transitions which will improve your time a lot more than improving your splits (recoil control). You still need to do some practice with your competition firearm but you will be way ahead of the game if you use one of the other methods as well.
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Huge part of IPSC is shooting accurately, "speed is a byproduct of accuracy". You can be the best at moving, but if you can't hit squat it means nothing but being on the lower part of the results.

dry firing and low recoil practice is good for muscle memory, but without recoil control and timing of the shot for sight pictures, it means nothing.

only real practice is, many, many, many, rounds downrange. I remeber practicing for a few Nationals, put over 500 rnds downrange per practice session.

best cheap practice, is reload your ammo.
 
madcow said:
Huge part of IPSC is shooting accurately, "speed is a byproduct of accuracy". You can be the best at moving, but if you can't hit squat it means nothing but being on the lower part of the results.

dry firing and low recoil practice is good for muscle memory, but without recoil control and timing of the shot for sight pictures, it means nothing.

only real practice is, many, many, many, rounds downrange. I remeber practicing for a few Nationals, put over 500 rnds downrange per practice session.

best cheap practice, is reload your ammo.
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Kidding right?

And you shoot 45, the only real ammo.
 
Anyone serious abou IPSC reloads, no matter what caliber they shoot. Lot less than $300 / 1000, even 45 its only $110 or so per 1000

If you are shooting a 45, recoil control is even more important.


ask any top competitor at your next match, they will ALL tell you non range practice was all initially in their pracractice schedule, but they started to excell when they spent more time at the range.

I have had some interesting talks and sessions with the likes of Latheam, & Barnhart in my years.
 
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madcow said:
Anyone serious abou IPSC reloads, no matter what caliber they shoot. Lot less than $300 / 1000, even 45 its only $110 or so per 1000

If you are shooting a 45, recoil control is even more important.
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Some explanation seems to be required, I was inferring that you must be kidding about limited benefit from dry fire. Also inferring that you must be shooting 45 yourself as a larger more manly round deserved to used for practice so you are better able to control the recoil. As it seems trigger control or sight alignment or muscle memory are skills much less important than recoil management or hole size in the paper.
But you are certainly correct about reloading......if not perhaps what the OP was asking about.
 
I said it was still good, but there is so much it can do. The focus of it is for muscle memory, to know where everything is. To draw, to reload positions (you shouldn't need to look for your magwell during reloads), to the first trigger pull. But it only goes so far in a practice session at home.

It's not about recoil control, its about timing between shots. Let the gun recoil, its when you can make a good accurate second shot. quick accurate shooters will tell you the same, let the gun do what it has to, you just decide when to pull the trigger the second time.

You are inferring I shot a 45, I shot a 45 for 3 matches in my life before started customizing it, and got beat on sever stages that required reloads that were 9mm/38super friendly. The Hi-Cap era came with 19+ round guns. The 10 rnd cap leveled the playing field again, as most of us didn't want to spend $5k for a race gun. I think I am dating how many years I have been shooting by the previous examples.

regardless what you shoot, dry firing is good for muscle memory, for certain aspects of the sport. You MUST get used to the second shot or multiple shots, and that's what dry firing doesn't help you with.

Why to we practice? to get faster, I have always been told and fully believe, "Speed is a byproduct of accuracy".

remember, not all stages require movement, not all require reloads, but all require you to HIT the target. Minor or major, if you shoot all "A's" it doesn't matter.
 
Now I am more in agreement....all good, to the OP I would encourage any practice dry fire airsoft, 22, and of course, live normal fire, but my preference would still be to stress dry fire, I feel most bang for buck gained. Like I said all good.
 
I shoot 9 and i still find way more benefit to shooting the real thing.
I have only been shooting for 2years with maybe 8000rounds shot and i feel my dryfire doesn't need persistent attention.
Each and every time i do draw 1shot i'm able to easily take from it what dryfire practice would offer.

Competing isn't cheap. Having fun can be.
 
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