Pittbug Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 Before the match this weekend I did some dry fire practicing for a few days. While I think it helped during reloads and better indexing, I found that when I shot the match I would get on target and admire the sight picture instead of pulling the trigger straight away. It felt like I was watching the front sight for about a second before the little voice inside my head told me to pull the trigger. The only thing I can think of is that it's a ghost of dry firing because all I can do there is to look at the front sight. Should I be doing something specific in my dry fire practice to prevent/lessen this effect? Any tips? Thx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasonub Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 when you dry fire always pull the trigger. if your simulating shooting plates, pull trigger once when the sight picture is right. If your simulating shooting at a board target simulate pulling the trigger twice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catfish Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 You should check out Pharoh Bender's Range Diary.... lots of good dry fire practice info there... Between that and Anderson's dry fire book, all kind of good stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pittbug Posted November 11, 2008 Author Share Posted November 11, 2008 Thanks for the tips, I'll have to get a copy of Steve's book once his site is back up and running. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSiess Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 I would get a timer and start setting par times. keep lowering the time between the beeps and youll learn to get a good sight picture and break the trigger before the second beep. -N Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pittbug Posted November 11, 2008 Author Share Posted November 11, 2008 NSiess - I just received a Competition Electronics Pocket Pro II but I just haven't had a chance to use it yet in dry fire practice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 Remember to throw in the other type of practice. Live fire. A big part of the conditioning you'll need. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 Thanks for the tips, I'll have to get a copy of Steve's book once his site is back up and running. You can get Refinement & Repetition, Dry Fire Drills for Dramatic Improvement in our hosts store, as well. (Or maybe from Matt Burkett or Saul Kirsch) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pittbug Posted November 11, 2008 Author Share Posted November 11, 2008 JimmyM: Hmm... maybe that's the piece that I was missing. I needed to do some live fire after a few days of dry firing. I'll give that a try before the next match. Flex: Thanks for the link, maybe I'll bump into you next year, I'd like to give USPSA a try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 I see you've made it down to Circleville for IDPA. Looks like we might squeeze one more USPSA match in...1st Saturday in December (weather permiting). Come on down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-ManBart Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 A couple of things to throw out there. One, Steve Anderson's book specifically tells you to NOT press the trigger when doing at least some of his drills. You can touch and prep the trigger, but don't drop the hammer. I found that I had to throw in a some where I actually press the trigger, but not all the time. Two, if the guns comes up, you get on the front sight and are thinking "why haven't I already pressed the trigger", that's a good thing. It means things aren't happening too fast for you to process them. Some of the absolute fastest runs I've ever had were where I was constantly wondering why I hadn't already shot....the sights were already there and it seemed like I was waiting for something. I wouldn't worry about it too much until you've gotten some more trigger time with a timer to give you a better idea of your baseline times on drills. R, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pittbug Posted November 11, 2008 Author Share Posted November 11, 2008 Flex: Thx, I'll stop by and check it out. G-ManBart: Good to know, thx. I plan on trying the timer tonight and recording some baselines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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