Shot timer recommendations

[ShootingPilot]

I'm looking for a good shot timer that will also work with dry fire. Any suggestions?

[CClassForLife]

AMG Lab Commander is the gold standard.

 

https://www.brasspickers.com/range-supplies/p/amg-lab-commander

 

It requires a platform that has a loud enough hammer/striker fall. For example, my Sig P320 is too quiet to register, but anything with a sound signature as loud or louder than a Glock striker should work. Note that it's basically a dude making them in his basement, so it's usually out of stock.

[Kwontanamo]

I never had any issues with the classic blue one even when I shot an Sig X5.

 

Competition Electronics ProTimerBT Shot Timer Bluetooth (midwayusa.com)

[thh425]

On 6/13/2022 at 5:46 PM, ShootingPilot said:

I'm looking for a good shot timer that will also work with dry fire. Any suggestions?

CED 7000

[FuddLevel9000]

AMG commander takes a little bit of setup for dry fire in my opinion, for finding the right sensitivity. I’ve been between 7/10-8/10, but sometimes I think my holster makes too much noise and it picks that up too.

[SV650Squid]

I just replaced my CED blue box with another one but with bluetooth.

 

Makes it real handy to make fake matches in practiscore to run drills on and use it as a diary.

[SIGcurious]

On 6/13/2022 at 7:20 PM, CClassForLife said:

AMG Lab Commander is the gold standard.

 

https://www.brasspickers.com/range-supplies/p/amg-lab-commander

 

It requires a platform that has a loud enough hammer/striker fall. For example, my Sig P320 is too quiet to register, but anything with a sound signature as loud or louder than a Glock striker should work. Note that it's basically a dude making them in his basement, so it's usually out of stock.

 

2nd this.  Worth the wait. 

[pete627]

Competition Electronics is claiming that their new "Pro Timer" w/Bluetooth is sensitive enough to pick up the snap of a finger.

https://benstoegerproshop.com/competition-electronics-pro-timer-w-bluetooth-shot-timer/

 

[Scrounger]

On 6/13/2022 at 4:20 PM, CClassForLife said:

 

AMG Lab Commander is the gold standard.

 

https://www.brasspickers.com/range-supplies/p/amg-lab-commander

 

 

Third this. They often come up on brass pickers. Jump on it when they do. The Bluetooth interface is a fantastic training tool. I bring it to matches and use it to speak to the tablets, which reduces human error and speeds up the process. 

[mule169]

AMG was everyone says, the IPSC store has them in stock instantly more than anyone. But they do cost an extra $100 more for the “NOW” factor. Maybe place an order on AMG’s website in the meantime and purchase a pact timer off Amazon and when the time comes you can resale your pact timer or keep it. But having a timer is crucial to your training regime. 

[euxx]

On 7/10/2022 at 9:51 PM, SV650Squid said:

I just replaced my CED blue box with another one but with bluetooth.

 

Makes it real handy to make fake matches in practiscore to run drills on and use it as a diary.

When you get tired creating fake matches, stages and shooters in the PractiScore app, take a look at the PractiScore Log app which is specifically created to run drills https://community.practiscore.com/t/practiscore-log-app-info/215

and then more - https://forums.brianenos.com/topic/298342-best-android-tablet-for-practiscore-log/?do=findComment&comment=3299026

 

[SV650Squid]

On 9/29/2022 at 8:11 AM, euxx said:

When you get tired creating fake matches, stages and shooters in the PractiScore app, take a look at the PractiScore Log app which is specifically created to run drills https://community.practiscore.com/t/practiscore-log-app-info/215

and then more - https://forums.brianenos.com/topic/298342-best-android-tablet-for-practiscore-log/?do=findComment&comment=3299026

 

I wasn't aware this app exists.  It looks pretty interesting!  Thanks!

[Cuz]

On 9/29/2022 at 10:11 AM, euxx said:

When you get tired creating fake matches, stages and shooters in the PractiScore app, take a look at the PractiScore Log app which is specifically created to run drills https://community.practiscore.com/t/practiscore-log-app-info/215

and then more - https://forums.brianenos.com/topic/298342-best-android-tablet-for-practiscore-log/?do=findComment&comment=3299026

 

I didn’t know about it either, thanks. 

[eboos]

Using my 25+ year old Pact Mk IV. My dry fire practice is pretty basic and I am just using the par time function. It isn't registering the click (or maybe it is; doubt it, but I never checked), but since I am only getting one trigger pull per draw registering dryfire clicks didn't seem very useful.

[Bolt_Thrower]

Has anyone used the SG Smart Shot Timer (https://timer.shooters.global/#overview)?

[CHuynh]

On 1/30/2023 at 7:26 PM, Bolt_Thrower said:

Has anyone used the SG Smart Shot Timer (https://timer.shooters.global/#overview)?

Yup, got mine and love it compared to my Pact timer.

 

the added functionality of creating drills that repeat is amazing. I don't have to hit the button over and over. The app works well 

[Bolt_Thrower]

6 minutes ago, CHuynh said:

Yup, got mine and love it compared to my Pact timer.

 

the added functionality of creating drills that repeat is amazing. I don't have to hit the button over and over. The app works well 

Excellent. I believe this is the timer that MDT picked up to manufacture/distribute, so hopefully will be readily available soon.

 

Does it actually work with dryfire? 

[CHuynh]

Just now, Bolt_Thrower said:

Excellent. I believe this is the timer that MDT picked up to manufacture/distribute, so hopefully will be readily available soon.

 

Does it actually work with dryfire? 

To be fair, it DOES pick up the hammer/striker drop BUT it will also pick up the sound from drawing.

 

I find it more valuable to run repetitive drills without having to hit a button. For example  (25) .8 second draw drills with a 5 second delay between drills 

[Bolt_Thrower]

16 minutes ago, CHuynh said:

To be fair, it DOES pick up the hammer/striker drop BUT it will also pick up the sound from drawing.

 

I find it more valuable to run repetitive drills without having to hit a button. For example  (25) .8 second draw drills with a 5 second delay between drills 

Thank you. Looking forward to picking one of these up. 

[frankr2]

I have had success with the shot timer on my Mantis X as well as my ShotMaxx wrist watch timer. As I have been getting better I am using the dedicated timer more to avoid some of the distraction or working a phone app to control things.

[OldRunner]

On 6/13/2022 at 6:20 PM, CClassForLife said:

AMG Lab Commander is the gold standard.

 

https://www.brasspickers.com/range-supplies/p/amg-lab-commander

 

It requires a platform that has a loud enough hammer/striker fall. For example, my Sig P320 is too quiet to register, but anything with a sound signature as loud or louder than a Glock striker should work. Note that it's basically a dude making them in his basement, so it's usually out of stock.

 

Any suggestion's on how to contact the AMG timer maker/builder? I ordered 1 this past Feb. wanted to upgrade my order for the OLED version so sent an email thru his website but only crickets since I sent that so .........

Edited May 3, 2023 by OldRunner

[Npoulson]

I cant for the life of me remember the name of it but if you scroll through jj racazas facebook he had a super awesome one for just this

other than that

i use dry practice drill app

u can set loads of your own drills and par times.

its a lot quieter if you want for indoors. My favorite part is you can set how many reps you want.

so i go in label all the par times and make them so i can just jump through all my training drills quickly with the amount of reps i want

[ReconNav]

For dry fire, I'm a fan of the Dry Practice Drill app.

 

It makes dry fire way less tedious, as you can set it up to do multiple reps, and even multiple strings with descending par times, so you start your drill, and don't have to constantly reset a timer for each rep.

 

For good phones:  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details/Dry_Practice_Drill?id=com.sartuga.android.drypractice&hl=en_US

 

For overpriced crappy phones:  https://apps.apple.com/us/app/dry-practice-drill/id828121161

 

 

Edited November 13, 2023 by ReconNav