BillJac Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 I'm new to competition shooting. Please tell me how you time yourself in dry fire? Shot timers I get for live fire, but dry fire? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kneelingatlas Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 I use a shot timer ap on my phone to time dry fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikethor Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 My shot timer is a Pocket Pro II and has a par timer function which means I can set the par time to 1.0 sec for example, the timer beeps and still starts as per normal but once the par 1.0 sec time is reached it beeps again. So if I have drawn on the first beep and have then got a good sight picture and pressed the trigger by the time the 2nd beep goes off that is my draw time, 1.0 sec. Sorry about the rough explanation but that is essentially how it works - I had no idea how people did this either when I first started, it was like some form of magic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimitz Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 Except when first learning a new technique, using a shot timer in dry fire is as important as using bullets in live fire. If you are not training with a shot timer in dry fire you are not getting any better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonsay Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 If you are not training with a shot timer in dry fire you are not getting any better. A timer will definitely help you find some speed... finding targets and aiming, not so much. Approach with caution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc38 Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 I am new to the game also. I timed myself on draw and fire two rounds from the holster on a 21' target. pretty good times, if I do say so myself. My match times are pretty terrible. No problems getting all "A"s. The problem is my times are as much as twice what the good shooters get on some of the longest stages. It really is an athletic/ economy of motion/ head game. And my times seem to never be quite what I get at home, either. I think the mirror/ video idea is something I am going to incorporate as well as never doing any practice static. I am going to practice reloads etc. moving from now on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a matt Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 (edited) Par times are the way to go faster, and they tell the you the truth. Edited October 3, 2013 by a matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crowmag Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 Take a lesson from a local GM I took a dry fire clinic from Steve Anderson in May with 3 matches under my belt went from 1.2 to .6 to an acceptable sight picture. Now with lots of practice live fire and dry fire I have been able to get down to .64 to .68 live fire at 7 yards and at 10 yards I have shot sub .8 in match's a couple times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbullet Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 I do par time on a phone timer app. Start long then shorten by 0.1 and see if I can still break the shot within the par time trying to speed up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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