bgary Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 One of the barriers to my dry-fire routine has been, I can only do it at certain points in the day (or out in the garage), because the timer "beep" bugs the crap out of anyone else that might be... oh, say, watching TV or trying to sleep. I first thought about wiring a headphone jack in-line with the speaker circuit on the timer, so I could dry-fire with headphones, but... ... then I figured out a way to make "timer" audio files for my iPod! par_time_1.5s_LOOP__10x_.zip the attached zip-file, for example, has a "loop" of 10 timer sequences, 1.5 second par-time, 5 seconds apart. So, now, I can fire up my iPod, put on my headphones, and run some drills whenever and wherever I dang-well feel like it B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoofy Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 That's great! So, you're saying that if I can wrestle an iPod away from one of the kids, and they show me how to use it, that I could dryfire more? btw, What's on your iPod? BEEEEEEEP!! BEEEEEEEP!! BEEEEEEEP!! BEEEEEEEP!! BEEEEEEEP!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonT Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 Cool, now if I could just figure out how to blast "Crazy Train" through my ear protection and still hear the timer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SA Friday Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 Jeesh, I just put a couple of layers of duct tape over the speaker on the timer. Can't hear it outside the room then. When I'm done, I take the tape off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UW Mitch Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 There's also a program that someone wrote that does a par timer on your computer. I've used that with my headphones on - of course it requires you to practice where you computer is. I'll try and dig that one up (it's on the old computer). ~Mitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joecichlid Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 I can't find the thread right now but there is one on here that has a download for a virtual shot timer. It is the R U Ready timer, programable par time, programable resets. I have it and use it all the time. Joe W. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galt11 Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 I can't find the thread right now but there is one on here that has a download for a virtual shot timer. It is the R U Ready timer, programable par time, programable resets. I have it and use it all the time. Joe W. Here is the link to the thread with the R U Ready timer. http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=58634 Also, thanks to bgary for the ipod track. Adam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Keen Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 Just get a CED 7000, and set the volume to LOW. It is very soft and un-annoying to others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricW Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 Bruce, I must confess that I too waver between ambivalent and offended at your portable dryfire solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgary Posted February 24, 2008 Author Share Posted February 24, 2008 offended? At the solution, or the whole notion of dry-firing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joecichlid Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 Adam, thanks for the link. I already had the program on my PC but for the life of me I couldn't remember where the thread was that I last saw it in. lol Joe W. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricW Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 offended?At the solution, or the whole notion of dry-firing? At the fact that you're got the bit between your teeth and are going to start laying down the whoopass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyinBlue Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 Hey Genius...don't break your arm pattin yourself on the back! Just kidding...I've been using an MP3 player for awhile and had very little trouble getting some music on it. My grand daughter got an ipod for Christmas and I still can't get any tunes on it. Is being under the age of 20 a prerequisite for operating high tech stuff or do you have to be a frickin' genius? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XRe Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 Cool, now if I could just figure out how to blast "Crazy Train" through my ear protection and still hear the timer Dimension 2s.... http://www.pro-ears.com/shootingsportshearingprotection.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n2ipsc Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 ... then I figured out a way to make "timer" audio files for my iPod!par_time_1.5s_LOOP__10x_.zip the attached zip-file, for example, has a "loop" of 10 timer sequences, 1.5 second par-time, 5 seconds apart. So, now, I can fire up my iPod, put on my headphones, and run some drills whenever and wherever I dang-well feel like it B Hats off to BGary - and thanks, too, for the pointer to the RU Ready timer program. I honestly hadn't thought about doing this before (I should care if others are annoyed because..? ), but... I've now taken this to the "next level" (?) for my own iPod, adding "are you ready" and "standby" commands (from the RU Ready timer program), and putting ten practice drills (1 sec par time) into a handy MP3 file... Draw drill MP3... Worth it to me to not have to push the timer button each time, instead concentrating on the draw/mag change/et al. Curse you BGary, now I've got no excuse - er, reason - not to practice... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimel Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 Oh crap...what is the world coming to? Bruce and Floyd are claiming to be practicing? :D So Bruce...your employer know you have an iPod? I figured y'all would be forced to use those Zune things. I just use the ear phones on my CED 8000. Works great, less filling (of my iPod). I can't wait until Bruce/Floyd hits shuffle on some long flight and it gets to "are you ready, standby" and they find themselves standing bolt upright making drawing motions. Yeah...we'll read about that one in the paper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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