Reshoot Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 I bought Steve Anderson's dry fire book last fall, and have spent the winter working with it. Per Steve's suggestion, I always warm up at the 5 yard line. Most of the drills are at the 10 yard distance but, I also do a bit at 20 yards. One monthly match I shoot is notorious for long shots. Anyhow, here is what my dry fire range looks like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Anderson Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 Very nice! Good thinking on the longer shots... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin Orr Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 Wow... I envy the room you have to set up..... You could make a field course with that much room... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 Heck, you could use that for live fire! I would love a basement, but where I live it would be an indoor swimming pool. You are truly blessed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reshoot Posted January 28, 2012 Author Share Posted January 28, 2012 Very nice! Good thinking on the longer shots... I think your book is a great traing tool, Steve! Thanks you Can I have my money back now? Funny thing, in live fire drills my draw it .2 ~ .25 seconds faster than dry fire drills. That's a good thing, isn't it?! (yes, they are A's) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reshoot Posted January 28, 2012 Author Share Posted January 28, 2012 Heck, you could use that for live fire! I would love a basement, but where I live it would be an indoor swimming pool. You are truly blessed! Funny you should say that! I used to live fire my Ruger MkIII in the basement. That is, when the wife was away! (I have a bullet trap capable of catching 9mm) But, I became concerned over lead dust and stopped doing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunchies95 Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Wow... I envy the room you have to set up..... You could make a field course with that much room... I just bought the book at Christmas and started the program. I live in a small townhouse, but I can get up to 10 yards by standing in the kitchen and having the targets at the end of the living room. The movement drills suck cause I have no real room for them. The best I can do is move the targets to the side wall and move from the living room to the kitchen. Have to take head shots cause the targets are ~3 yds away. Here is a layout of my set-up. Dry Fire Set-up.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Nice dry fire range. You could tie up a pack of dogs down there and still dry fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeMartens Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Nice dry fire range. You could tie up a pack of dogs down there and still dry fire. Dogs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Yes a few years back at a match in the midwest a guy tied his dog to the table where registration was being done. It was on a long leash and was wrapped around the whole line of folks. Once they all had fought through the line and got registered the guy moved the dog to the safe table. So that whole crowd could get sniffed and licked again and tangled up. But this dry fire range could handle a whole sled dog team and you still have room to work. What a set up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcarter Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Coach has thing for animals apparently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reshoot Posted February 7, 2012 Author Share Posted February 7, 2012 Nice dry fire range. You could tie up a pack of dogs down there and still dry fire. I don't have a dog. Should I get one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garyg19 Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Wow... I envy the room you have to set up..... You could make a field course with that much room... I just bought the book at Christmas and started the program. I live in a small townhouse, but I can get up to 10 yards by standing in the kitchen and having the targets at the end of the living room. The movement drills suck cause I have no real room for them. The best I can do is move the targets to the side wall and move from the living room to the kitchen. Have to take head shots cause the targets are ~3 yds away. Here is a layout of my set-up. Dry Fire Set-up.pdf Have you thought about getting rid of the kitchen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcarter Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Looks like a lot of space. Nice looking area to work in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E K Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 (edited) 1st picture: Main Dry Fire Area. I can get 10 & 15-yard shots. 2nd picture: Toy Closet Dry Fire. This area is to my right when viewing the Main Dry Fire Area. My wife would have a FIT if she knew I was posting this picture. Hey! Its a kid's closet! 3rd picture: Furnace Room Dry Fire. This area is to my immediate right when standing at 10-yard line. She wouldn't approve of this picture either! It could be worse. I could still have targets in our bedroom! 4th picture: Facing 'up-range' from the 10-yard line. 5th picture: left of the 10-yard line. 1/4 scale poppers. I utilize the wall to the right and the two closets to perform my wall and barricade drills. It works out really well for other movement type drills as well. I can also stand in front of the Furnace room and shoot wide transitions alternating between the Main Dry Fire Area and picture 4. Edited February 7, 2012 by E K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Merricks Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Oh yeah if my basement was that big I have to move the sand bags in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunchies95 Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Have you thought about getting rid of the kitchen? I think a better dry fire area is reason enough to knock the counter top out, but would I get my security deposit back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EEH Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Did you see how clean that floor is,, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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