Dry Fire Practice

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Many who are serious about conceal carry and the ability to shoot effectively practice dry firing on a regular basis.

But, there is a right and a wrong way to do so.

Friend called me today. Wants to borrow my spare TV.:rolleyes:

Yup, he shot his.:eek: Blew a BIG hole in the middle with his 45.:o

When you dry fire, put your live ammo in another room. If the phone rings and you want to resume practicing, CHECK THE GUN!

Once your done dry firing and load the live ammo, YOUR DONE DRY FIRING!!

No exceptions.

This is what happened to my friend. He was dry firing. He finished and loaded the gun. He then holstered the gun.

Phone rang and he answered. After a 30 minute conversation not remembering that his dry fire session was OVER! He resumed dry firing.:rolleyes:

BANG!!!!:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

Nice hole in the front and a big hole out the back of his 55" plasma TV.:(:eek: I think it's dead.


 
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Two words, "Snap Cap".

And while I perfectly understand the seriousness of what happened, I am snickering.

You friend learned a very valuable lesson I bet he will never forget for the cost of a TV.
 
well ok .. all jokes aside.
Iv'e never had an ND .. despite this, I try to avoid handling a firearm if something else will do just as well.
airsoft guns are modeled after most common real steel counterparts often with astonishing accuracy of detail. If you can get by with one for some parts of practice .. by all means do so. even the most expensive ones are far less than repair and replacement of the stuff you stand to perforate
 
Nice hole in the front and a big hole out the back of his 55" plasma TV
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Oh man that's gotta leave a mark, Ok, really always unload the weapon you are going to be dry firing in a different room than the one you practice in. I learned this the hard way 40+ years ago.
 
This is why I don't practice this way. My range is close by and doing this would scare the devil out of my wife.
 
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When I dry fire, it takes TWO sets of eyes to ensure the gun is clear or has snap caps in it.

If the gun leaves my hand or holster for any reason, then TWO sets of eyes have to recheck the gun before there is another trigger press.

No exceptions.
 
My TV died a death from a .45 acp. I had it in my back pocket of my jeans. I sat down, moved a little, placed my feet up and BLAM! Through my hip pocket, creased my butt and into the tv. It was on safe. It had an ambi safety and a extended safety. I'm sure that was the cause. I use my other colt with the standard safety now.
 
cochise said:
My TV died a death from a .45 acp. I had it in my back pocket of my jeans. I sat down, moved a little, placed my feet up and BLAM! Through my hip pocket, creased my butt and into the tv. It was on safe. It had an ambi safety and a extended safety. I'm sure that was the cause. I use my other colt with the standard safety now.
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so it was a Colt?
why did the grip safety not work?
 
ralph7 said:
so it was a Colt?
why did the grip safety not work?
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It was a Les Baer Concept V with the large grip safety.
It puzzled me too!

I always use a holster with that pistol now. I told my son when he was buying a 1911 not to get an ambi safety or extened safety and the large grip safety if he was going to CC the pistol. He bought a Colt 1911, and a Kimber witout the "do-dads".
 
cochise said:
It was a Les Baer Concept V with the large grip safety.
It puzzled me too!

I always use a holster with that pistol now. I told my son when he was buying a 1911 not to get an ambi safety or extened safety and the large grip safety if he was going to CC the pistol. He bought a Colt 1911, and a Kimber witout the "do-dads".
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my guess would be that the exaggerated "duck bill" or whatever you want to call the new generation of oversize grip safetys was depressed with your weight on it.
i hate the way those things look.
give me a standard 1911 old school grip safety.
i have never been hammer bit by one, but i can understand those w/big hands that might require the bigger ones.
 
Most of my practice for IDPA matches is dry firing. Not in the house!
Years ago, I had a large console RCA TV (the kind with tubes). Nice walnut cabinet. Couldn't stop the vertical hold from rolling. I would adjust the vertical hold button and it would play fine for a little while then start rolling again. This went on for hours every evening. Finally one night it was giving me a fit when Sarah Brady came on a news show with a public announcement, and I pulled my 686 and killed the TV! I needed a new TV anyway!
 
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