90lxracer Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 How are you guys timing yourselves doing draw/firing? I've never really seen those timer things up close.. what are those recording? Just the crack of the gunshot? Again.. this is more of an FYI for me more than anything.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxj66 Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 A timer picks up the sound of a gunshot to time you, it is also giving you the start tone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
90lxracer Posted February 22, 2017 Author Share Posted February 22, 2017 8 hours ago, Foxj66 said: A timer picks up the sound of a gunshot to time you, it is also giving you the start tone I do realize that in regards to live fire... but are these timers used for parctice/dry firing? Of course the start tone is the start tone, but will it register the hammer / striker fall of a pistol without a round going off? I guess I'm thinking of this in regards to a person who is working on draw reation time, and time to first shot.. without using a live round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCTaylor Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Timers are picking up the sound wave/impulse during live fire. It will not record anything during dry fire, just not enough sound.Timer is used for a start signal and par times during dry fire, mainly. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennJeep1618 Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 For dry fire, most timers are not going to pick up the sound the the striker/hammer. It is most common to use par times (2 beeps - 1 for the start signal and a 2nd at a user-set time). At the start beep, you try to complete whatever drill you're doing before the 2nd beep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrashDodson Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 For dry fire you just use par times. Its not exact of course but better than guessing. There are many par timer apps you can install on your phone if you dont want to mess with or buy a real timer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxj66 Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 10 hours ago, 90lxracer said: I do realize that in regards to live fire... but are these timers used for parctice/dry firing? Of course the start tone is the start tone, but will it register the hammer / striker fall of a pistol without a round going off? I guess I'm thinking of this in regards to a person who is working on draw reation time, and time to first shot.. without using a live round. Sorry I thought you weren't familiar with timers at all. As stated above for dri fire you are using par times for draws and the like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chenault Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 This has been helpful reading for me thank you. I saw that SIRT has a software that pics up shots that looks like it could make dry firing more interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparetime Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 There's phone apps that you can adjust parameters for. I just lower the parameters and make sure my muzzle is somewhat near my phone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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