Chris Leong Posted June 13, 2001 Share Posted June 13, 2001 Can some of the intermediate shooters please post their daily/weekly dry fire and live practice routines? I have some ideas, but need more input. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Merricks Posted June 13, 2001 Share Posted June 13, 2001 My live fire warm up is two rounds at an ipsic target at the 3,5,7,10,15,25,40 and 50 yards. I load so I have to make a mag change every other line. I do this almost every time I go to the range. Three to four times a week. Except here lately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
38supPat Posted June 13, 2001 Share Posted June 13, 2001 Dry fire I dry draw several times pushing the speed up a bit and then slowing it back down to natural speed (in cotrol speed) then do the same with reloads. Then I'll work on movement a bit. Feeling the body, how it moves, how in balance it is in different positions, efficient body motions etc. Then wrap up with some accuracy (slowfire at a small aiming point) Live fire I will pick a specific skill set I want to work on. I'll start with 50 yd groups, A Bill drill or two, Maybe some dot drill. Then I'll work on the specific skill. Devils triangle. More accuracy if needed, Target aquisitions, table draws, Doors, steel, reloads, swingers and movers, etc. Then end with some accuracy drills, either more at 50 yds or strong hand/weak hand groups, always try to leave on a good note. Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Fletcher Posted June 14, 2001 Share Posted June 14, 2001 I think Pat and I have pretty much the same routine, but I don't do quite as much. The last little will my dry firing time has been limited, so I will practice movement drill as work, home or where ever I may be. I work on the day to day thinks you mit see in a stage. Going through doors, moving from one place to another. Try to move quickly but smooth. Pat taught me a good drill to work on this. Take the lid off of your coffee (or what ever your drinking). Hold it in front of you in a similar stance as you hold your gun on target. Now move quickly without spilling it. It's harder then it sounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
38supPat Posted June 14, 2001 Share Posted June 14, 2001 And hot coffee is a strong motivator! Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Fletcher Posted June 14, 2001 Share Posted June 14, 2001 I forgot to mention try to do it when there no one else around. It can be quite embracing spilling that Hot coffee all over yourself. And people will probably laugh at you until you get good at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Leong Posted June 14, 2001 Author Share Posted June 14, 2001 Thanks guys. More than enough to go on for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Dunlop Posted June 14, 2001 Share Posted June 14, 2001 Sorry to post late on this Chris, but Brians awareness drills (page 169) are brilliant for cutting acquisition times. I spend most of my TV time, gun in hand, weak/strong/f/s practising these excersises and they really work. P.D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted June 14, 2001 Share Posted June 14, 2001 intermediate--that is probably me. If you aren't getting mostly(almost all) A hits in a match then focus on accuracy. Don't even work with a timer for a while. The dot drill that Pat has posted has got to be the ticket for now. I would even break the shooting process down into tiny steps for a while. Just to slow down and experience each part of the shooting. For me, I have noticed that I need to work on "type 3" shooting instead of "type 4". (from Brian's book) As for dry fire...I like to keep the gun right here next to the computer. Then I'll practice transitions from aiming at an outlet to a candle holder to a cap on a bottle...whatever is in the area. (always check the gun to ensure clear) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulW Posted June 14, 2001 Share Posted June 14, 2001 10 Draws slow 10 Draws Wrist above shoulders slow 10 Draws normal 10 Draws wrist above shoulder normal 10 draws fast as possible 10 draws wrist above shoulder fast as possible 10 draws while going to one knee 10 draws while moving left or right (barricade) 10 reloads slow 10 reloads normal 10 reloads fast as possible 10 reloads from all mag holders (cycle trough them) 10 reloads while kneeling 10 relaods while moving left or right (like shooting around a barricade) By now you should be tired and have had enough....mix and match to suit your needs and time. Sometimes I just do 5 of each. Make them quality. Sometimes I play a game where if I miss a reload I have to start over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
38supPat Posted June 14, 2001 Share Posted June 14, 2001 Good drill, I would add to that though. As well as hands down and wrists above shoulders, work on draws with your hands held in front of you at waist to chest level, it simulates holding an object, box, doorknob, broomstick etc.as the motion to the gun is a bit different from the other two positions and combined with them covers just about any draw you'll ever come across. Do some table top draws too as a switch from time to time. Pat (Edited by Pat Harrison at 10:20 am on June 15, 2001) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benos Posted June 14, 2001 Share Posted June 14, 2001 Good advice. If you (anyone out there) plan to go to a world match, you may not do ANY "normal" standing draws like we do here. be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
38supPat Posted June 14, 2001 Share Posted June 14, 2001 Check out the starts listed for the upcoming Canadian Nationals. Lots of different starts. Look it up on IPSC Canada website. Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulW Posted June 15, 2001 Share Posted June 15, 2001 Good Point Pat. I did like to mix and match as well. Like turn, then draw. Draw while going to one knee. Hands streched out. Get creative to get a good feel where your pistol is located. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Leong Posted June 15, 2001 Author Share Posted June 15, 2001 Excellent stuff guys. Keep them coming. Maybe we can edit this stuff to make a be club handbook someday... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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