Looking for good dry fire drills

[jokerl90]

Just picked up a 642 snub nosed today. Was looking into using a laser for dry fire practice. Stumbled across this, haven't had a chance to test it yet, but it's free!!!!
ShootOFF - Free Dry Fire Laser Firearm Training Software
Bullets don't follow a straight line like a laser will, but at 10 yards, is it gonna matter?

 

[brigeton]

Dry fire

I am over 60 and have had guns since school but not handguns.
About a month ago I got a 9mm Shield and found I couldn't shoot it worth a darn. After a couple hundred rounds I wasn't getting much better (I can shoot in my back yard). I got the book Shoot Like a Navy Seal on the wife's kindle. I learned about concentrating on the front sight, proper grip, etc and the importance of dry firing. I think I had been flinching without even realizing it and dry firing let me gain muscle memory without the bang. Anyway after a couple weeks of dry firing my groups have gone from 12" at 8yds down to about 3"

 

[RSanch111]

For a revolver or semi auto?

 

[Whitwabit]

I have a room I practice my dry firing in that I do not allow any ammunition in the room .. including my carry weapon .. Its my Golden Rule .. have always used this and have not had a ND in over 50 years of gun use !! "Knock On Wood !!!!!" . Would be a good idea if you would also come up with a similar plan where the room you practice in NEVER has ammunition in it !!

place a piece of paper with a straight line drawn horizontally across the paper ..tape it at eye level .. to wall or door .. Stand 1/2 inch or closer with the muzzle of your weaon from the paper on the wall or a door and practice dry firing .. with your aim point on the line .. the closeness of the line on the surface in front of the muzzle will allow you to see any very small movements up or down on the line as you slowly pull the trigger till it breaks ..

Practice till your able have the trigger break with out any muzzle movement .. you'll be surprised as a shooter how much your moving ..

but dry fire is not the only practice we need to do .. I usually practice 2 to 3 hours a week .. 30-45 minutes dry firing .. and I use snap caps .. the rest of the time would be spent drawing the weapon from what ever carry method I am using .. if you carry in a pocket practice each stage of the draw in slow motion then put them together .. continue practicing doing this while you increase the speed of each maneuver .. until your faster then you thought you could be .. timer aps available on your phone for timing if you would like to use another tool ..

 

[Shielded4good]

Just picked up a 642 snub nosed today. Was looking into using a laser for dry fire practice. Stumbled across this, haven't had a chance to test it yet, but it's free!!!!
ShootOFF - Free Dry Fire Laser Firearm Training Software
Bullets don't follow a straight line like a laser will, but at 10 yards, is it gonna matter?

Agh No iMac app...

Thank you for the tip though...

 

[jokerl90]

Tested the ShootOFF, seemed to work pretty good, might need a new'ish pc to keep up with it. I don't have a projector tv, more functions with that.
It didn't always register the laser shot, problem could be on my end.
The thing with the laser trainer is, it will tell you where your barrel is pointed right at the instant the firing pin hits the primer on your first shot. When the pin hits a real primer,all the recoil happens, I'm still on the fence as to how useful the laser is.