TheChef1 Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 Pretty straight forward question. For those with 2 nearly Identical guns do you dryfire with your main gun or backup? Whats your reason for your answer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CClassForLife Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 The one that's closer to my hands due to convenience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowdyb Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 Dry fire with both. Just all depends on whether I'm in the garage or the house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheChef1 Posted November 29, 2022 Author Share Posted November 29, 2022 58 minutes ago, rowdyb said: Dry fire with both. Just all depends on whether I'm in the garage or the house. That’s kind of what I’m doing now. I have one in the garage and on top n the office. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeMKY Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 I usually use the backup gun since I use the CoolFire Trainer barrel inserts, this way I can still practice before a match via dry fire then just take the match pistol out for that match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowdyb Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 I used to be very regimented and scheduled about all that kind of stuff. Then I realized it was sapping brain power, not making me better and actually making me a little superstitious. Now I have to look at serial numbers to tell one from another cause they are all same same to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X5SigChris Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 with this bit of information, I'd like to ask a follow up question to this. Why is it that with some high-end limited guns or open guns some people will state things like "back up gun with low amounts of dryfire"? I've noticed this a lot lately when looking for a new toy and didn't understand as to why. Do they have some sort of secret that we don't know about? Maybe a 2011 thing? idk. Full disclosure, I don't even have a backup gun yet lol. But I'm working towards getting one and didn't know how to attack it. Probably looking too deep into a simple situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowdyb Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 Many people who view themselves as serious competitors have a gun that basically just serves two functions. 1. It lives in the house as a gun that just gets dry fired daily. 2. If your main gun goes down then you use it while the gun plumber fixes gun #1 aka the match gun. So it's a common sense way I guess of explaining a gun with a crap load of holster wear and white residue on the grip but a relatively low round count of live fire. And after a few years you sell the high round count gun, move the low round count gun up to main and keep the new one as the reserve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X5SigChris Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 That’s a good way of looking at it I suppose. I figured they used the dry fire gun as a back up as well but never did understand the reason as to why there’s a specific dry fire gun. I know some people are scared of certain parts break on certain platforms but I feel like there’s mitigating factors for all that. Like snap caps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowdyb Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 19 hours ago, X5SigChris said: why there’s a specific dry fire gun. Just so that you can abuse it and not have that effect the gun you use for score. Of course you'd like both guns to be as exactly the same as possible. I did this for years and loved it. I turned a guest bedroom over to dry fire. So everything just lived in there, a spare timer, belt rig, mags, dummy rounds, dry fire targets, grip enhancer, training log, training books, and spare gun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X5SigChris Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 My whole goal when my family moved was to have a room to myself for reloading and dry fire. Long story short, the kids have a sweet play room once the shed is done I hope to reorganize the garage and get a back up gun that’ll live in a small safe in there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowdyb Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 I'm an empty nester. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csailer Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 Get a beater as close as possible to your match gun for practice and training. Keep the match gun fresh and only shoot it when close to the match and last dry fire sessions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeMKY Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 On 12/29/2022 at 12:41 PM, rowdyb said: Just so that you can abuse it and not have that effect the gun you use for score. Of course you'd like both guns to be as exactly the same as possible. I did this for years and loved it. I turned a guest bedroom over to dry fire. So everything just lived in there, a spare timer, belt rig, mags, dummy rounds, dry fire targets, grip enhancer, training log, training books, and spare gun. Same here,I have a lot of it setup on a av cart. So when we do have guests over night I just roll it into the closet. one reason I try not use a match gun for dry fire is because for 6 months 4 days a week I was using a beretta 92 for dry fire practice and I went out to practice with it in live fire and the firing pin broke on the first shot. So after that I started investing more in backup guns to use for dry fire and live fire practice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sokam101 Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 I like cycling both so you keep them both fresh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Npoulson Posted May 22, 2023 Share Posted May 22, 2023 I use all the guns so that one isnt getting pounded constantly now practice is different story for just regular training i have one gun for it one for matches i suppose it depends on the gun too the 2011 style you can burn up sears dryfiring a lot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maur Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 Both. The dryfire shouldnt really hurt. I guess if I could only pick one I would use my practice gun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rec0616 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 (edited) I may revise this some point soon but i only just recently got the backup gun, but i continue to put all my practice and match rounds on the first gun, live or dry. i keep round count and session notes snd swap springs and such as needed but i figure the backup is just a backup. Least this way I got a real count on the gun getting beat up, and replace parts, then if a back up is needed in dire straits i know its truly a fresh gun and parts? Idk Edited January 22 by rec0616 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReconNav Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 I have a dedicated dry fire gun for safety. That gun has a barrel block, and can't chamber a round. No live ammo, and no fully functional guns are in the dry fire room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redefined Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 Are you guys using real mags for this or have you picked up the blue fake ones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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