taco101 Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 In practice I noticed that my time to first round from the holster was about 1.6. Unsat. So I really put effort into dry firing. At home with a .6 to .7 par time set I can now draw to an acceptable sight picture. Last night at live fire practice I could only get to 1.04 with most being 1.1-1.2. An improvement for sure, but why the disparity between dryfire and live fire times? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GmanCdp Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 don't cheat your self.. thinking about it to much will cause that and anticipating recoil will slow you down also. your times are about on par with other shooters and along with getting the perfect grip and sight alignment. setting the timer start to variable delay will greatly help also, so that you are not jumping the gun so to speak. you should have no stress at all through the arms and shoulders and neck area, there again thinking about the recoil. Also be sure you are doing a follow through when the sights are aligned and the trigger has been pressed, trying not to rush the `practice. Could also be that when on the range lighting conditions, stance and weather is different then indoors. You may want to do some dryfire outside to get the full effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Di Vita Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 I think there are a lot of possible reasons for this. Comfort in dry fire, mental block of moving full speed with a loaded gun, could be a little sloppy in dry fire, just not enough reps yet, etc. Perhaps something to try is having a dry fire session in the middle of your live fire session. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee G Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 You went from a 1.6 to a 1.1. That's a huge improvement. Just keep doing what you are doing and it will get faster. Use a Par during live fire too so you have an indicator to race against. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnbu Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 I have the same issue, dry fast - live slow, and about the same times. But I've now realize the dry site picture is "not good enough" and I'm taking more time live to improve it. also finding eye focus issues and trying tape on the weak eye lens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
38supPat Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 Maybe you are trying to make your live fire sight picture too good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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