do you do dry fire exercises?

do you perform dry fire exercises with your pistols on a regular basis?

  • Multiple times a week

    Votes: 52 43.7%

  • When I'm bored

    Votes: 45 37.8%

  • never

    Votes: 15 12.6%

  • I did, but I've moved on to better training methods

    Votes: 7 5.9%
  • Total voters
    119
sunray said:
Dry firing is a long proven training technique. It's great practice for trigger control and sight picture. It will NOT bother a centre fire firearm of any kind. And besides, how would Clint Eastwood and John Wayne survive in all those movies without my help?
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LMAO :D I do the same thing all the time. I don't do enough though.

Never tried the dime thing. I suppose it would help determine stability and follow through:confused:

Sounds cool though I might try it:)
 
It takes 3,000 repetitions to "burn" a set of movements into muscle memory - so unless you have lots of time and money even a simple thing like drawing and presenting the pistol properly, releasing the safety and pulling the trigger, are best practised dry. Especially with a .45 Auto. There is no evidence to support the idea that dry firing causes parts breakage, there are people in the US with many tens of thousands of live rounds through .45's and many more dry fires without damage.
 
condition1 said:
Ive been performing dry firing exercises with my glock 17 by placing a dime on the front sight and training the sights on the center of a cross on the wall at about 10 feet away. pull the trigger and try and keep the dime from falling off and keep the sights on the center of the cross. my record is 5 in a row.
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You can rack the slide 5 times without dislodging the dime off your front sight?

Man, you are the new standard in steady!!
 
condition1 said:
hahaha, lately Ive been performing dry firing exercises with my glock 17 by placing a dime on the front sight and training the sights on the center of a cross on the wall at about 10 feet away. pull the trigger and try and keep the dime from falling off and keep the sights on the center of the cross. my record is 5 in a row....any one ever try this?
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I was doing this for years when NRA ten ring style shooting was the only game in town. It teaches shooters trigger control and discipline.
A lot of emphasis in action pistol shooting games is placed on speed and safe handling...accuracy, it appears, is not stressed since multiple shots are promoted. Theory...when in doubt, double tap.
Dry fire practice including drawing from a holster does help a great deal and should be standard routine for action shooters. Especially so for two gun cowboy action shooters when drawing a cross draw pistol.
Cheers
BTW...my personal record with the dime on the front sight is ten for ten with a model 52 and model 41 S&W, for five strings in a row...thats 50 pre gun. I did this twice a week between shoots.
 
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rad, thanks for the input! I haven't been able to reproduce my 5 in a row yet, but with a lot more practice and patience I think i ll be able to fluke off this week. :D
 
All the time with all of my rifles. A recommended technique at w ww.Milcun.com hangout. I'm always dry firing against the light switch screws while watching TV. I will find other small little objects in my room to dry fire from all positions. Muscle memory dry firing trains the subconscious to take up the squeeze when the sight picture is right. My scores are showing the efforts of dry firing practice.

Life is good,
Barney :evil:
 
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