Hunter91 Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 Been out of the game for awhile and I am just getting back into the swing of things, any suggestions on dry fire drills? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hi-Power Jack Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 Steve Anderson's book Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTJer Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 What’s your lowest hanging fruit atm? My dry fire from last night: •Surrender draw to open 10yd paper 5min w/1sec par. •Surrender to steel. 5min. 1.2sec par. •Surrender to paper - transition to steel - transition to steel - transition to open paper. 5min. 2.7sec par. •Above transitions with a reload and shoot array again. 5min. 5.2sec par I noticed that my Surrender draw was a little slow in Live fire the other day, so that’s what I took to Dry fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter91 Posted August 9, 2018 Author Share Posted August 9, 2018 10 hours ago, Hi-Power Jack said: Steve Anderson's book Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter91 Posted August 9, 2018 Author Share Posted August 9, 2018 10 hours ago, CTJer said: What’s your lowest hanging fruit atm? My dry fire from last night: •Surrender draw to open 10yd paper 5min w/1sec par. •Surrender to steel. 5min. 1.2sec par. •Surrender to paper - transition to steel - transition to steel - transition to open paper. 5min. 2.7sec par. •Above transitions with a reload and shoot array again. 5min. 5.2sec par I noticed that my Surrender draw was a little slow in Live fire the other day, so that’s what I took to Dry fire. Awesome, thanks for the advice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stick Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 Ben Stoeger's book Dryfire Reloaded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuey Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Ben Stoeger's book Dryfire ReloadedStart with this one first and then if you want more look at Steve Anderson books. Both are good, but like Ben’s more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SgtHellbilly Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 On 8/9/2018 at 4:29 AM, CTJer said: My dry fire from last night: •Surrender draw to open 10yd paper 5min w/1sec par. •Surrender to steel. 5min. 1.2sec par. •Surrender to paper - transition to steel - transition to steel - transition to open paper. 5min. 2.7sec par. •Above transitions with a reload and shoot array again. 5min. 5.2sec par I also do 5 minutes per drill. Five minutes is just enough time to stay focused before I start getting sloppy. I'm new to pistol shooting and have found Stoeger's dryfire book to be a gold mine. I am currently focusing most of my dryfire practice on the Elements portion of his drills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozy Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 There's mo substitute to dry firing.... just get familiar ,again ,with your pistol, magz and sights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quliming Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 Establish a few areas that you think you are not as good as others, and set up simple drills yourself to improve on those areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csailer Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 Really focus on draws, reloads, table starts, and acquiring sights. The translate that over to live fire etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boudreux Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 Transitions, reloads, presentation on the draw, draw to strong hand and finding the sight, draw and transition to weak hand, seated starts (couch practice)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inkballedtarget Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 On 8/13/2018 at 11:41 AM, SgtHellbilly said: I also do 5 minutes per drill. Five minutes is just enough time to stay focused before I start getting sloppy. I'm new to pistol shooting and have found Stoeger's dryfire book to be a gold mine. I am currently focusing most of my dryfire practice on the Elements portion of his drills. I agree with this as well. The micro drills ben lays out have always been helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telligentgunner Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 Get both Steve's and Ben's book and you'll have more drills than you know what to do with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradsteimel Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 Steve Anderson's book [emoji4] And/or his podcast!Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob D Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 (edited) Buy either "Repetition and Refinement" by Steve Anderson or "Dry-Fire Training:Reloaded" by Ben Stoeger. Both are great books and having both isn't a bad idea. The key to dry fire is to do it deliberately and systematically. Pick skills to work on, track your performance, and pay attention to those 0.1 second differences in each drill time as you improve. If you stick with it, you will see dramatic improvement. Also, IMO dry fire is most effective when you do it nearly every day. I think you get more benefit from doing 15 minutes a day instead of doing 2 hours once a week. Edited November 7, 2018 by Rob D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanks Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 30 minutes ago, Rob D said: ...Also, IMO dry fire is most effective when you do it nearly every day. I think you get more benefit from doing 15 minutes a day instead of doing 2 hours once a week. Not to mention usually after about 30 minutes of dry fire my support hand is shot. And that is doing a drill for 5 minutes and then taking a minute break. I can't imagine doing it for a longer time period effectively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob D Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 13 minutes ago, tanks said: Not to mention usually after about 30 minutes of dry fire my support hand is shot. And that is doing a drill for 5 minutes and then taking a minute break. I can't imagine doing it for a longer time period effectively. I actually find long sessions to be helpful too. When I'm REALLY trying to improve, I'll dry fire for 1-2 hours a couple nights a week and then short workouts on the other nights. Your hands get tired, and your muscles fatigue, but that helps to build hand strength and both physical and mental endurance. I don't know that it's always practical to train for that long, but it does yield massive gains if you can stay focused. If I remember correctly, Hwansik Kim did something like 2 hours of dry fire a day during the two years where he went from newbie to world class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
124gr9mm Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 16 hours ago, tanks said: Not to mention usually after about 30 minutes of dry fire my support hand is shot. And that is doing a drill for 5 minutes and then taking a minute break. I can't imagine doing it for a longer time period effectively. Same. I can't dry fire for hours because my support hand wouldn't make it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootmove Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 I've been using a modified version of Ben Stoeger's 15 minute dryfire practice, shown here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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