Matthew_Mink Posted October 27, 2003 Share Posted October 27, 2003 In a flash of brilliance last night, I had the ultimate idea on a different way to dryfire practice. But first, a story... I got an email detailing the stages of fire for our upcoming Sectional. More importantly to me, it told which classifier was going to be shot. Hmmm, Quicky II, possibly a good one. I look at the hhf, look at the classifier diagram and I realize that I could 100% it in Production, if I am on. But how to find out? I can time my draw from the start position, time my reloads and transfer to the strong or weak hand, and guesstimate my splits and transitions, but how to know for sure if I can't go to the range. I am thinking on this when I see a spare dry erase board. Then it hits me. Quicky II only has one start box and no movement, so I could draw out the targets and noshoots on the board as I envision they would look from the start box. Being a competent artist, that was no biggie. Then I hung it on the wall, geared up and grabbed the timer and set a par time. Now I can dryfire this classifier all I want and see where I am at. But it doesn't stop there, if I need to work on target transitions, I can just draw a couple of targets and dryfire them. If I need to work on hard cover, ditto. Plate racks, ditto. The possibilities are only limited by what one is able to draw on the board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grassy knoll Posted October 27, 2003 Share Posted October 27, 2003 low tech virtual realityof the range and stages Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uscbigdawg Posted October 27, 2003 Share Posted October 27, 2003 Very, very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn jones Posted October 27, 2003 Share Posted October 27, 2003 mmink, jim shannahan at www.aps.3av.com sells a dry fire kit that includes scaled targets and pp for about $10.00. you can stick them all over your walls. no damage to the walls, unless you dry fire with a airsoft gun. lynn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpty1 Posted October 27, 2003 Share Posted October 27, 2003 I use these kits for dry fire practice: http://www.cpwsa.com/DryFireKit.htm However, I never thought about setting them up to duplicate classifiers for practice purposes. Hmmm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn jones Posted October 27, 2003 Share Posted October 27, 2003 mmink hmm, i guess chris patty sells them too! lynn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpty1 Posted October 27, 2003 Share Posted October 27, 2003 Actually, my kits are much different than those Jim sells. The targets in my kits measure roughly 9" x 15", with a perforated A zone of 3" x 5.5", and B, C, and D zones proportionate in size as well. The targets are sized at a 4 to 1 ratio, so one of my targets placed at 3 yards looks exactly like a full size target at 12 yards. The cardboard is the same thickness as that used in full size targets. If memory serves, Jim's targets were much smaller targets and as such were made out of thinner material than those I have. His are more suitable for dryfire at much closer actual distances, assuming you're not practicing long range. Lots of people buy my targets as actual shoot targets as well as dry fire targets. People shoot them with airsoft guns, use them in small indoor ranges to emulate 40 and 50 yard distances, use them as AR targets if their club doesn't have a long distance range, as one of the targets at 50 yards emulates a full size IPSC target at 200 yards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larrys1911 Posted October 28, 2003 Share Posted October 28, 2003 Hey Matt, Arent you training yourself to shoot those WHITE targets...... Real Good! Larry P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew_Mink Posted October 28, 2003 Author Share Posted October 28, 2003 Nah, I just draw an X through the no-shoots. The only drawback to the little sticker kits or cutouts is you can't change the size of them, unless you just put them farther back in the room. With the dry erase board, I literally have an infinate number of targets and sizes. The only limitation is artist ability and board clutter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckS Posted October 31, 2003 Share Posted October 31, 2003 Hi all, I don't mean to take business away from anybody but you can do your own thing if you have access to some sort of CAD system. You can even use powerpoint. I used a program called Visio and drew the IPSC target using the dimensions in the rule book. A single target that fills an 8.5 x 11.0" sheet is about 1/3 scale. I then copied the image to another sheet, scaled it 1/2 again and put 2 images on the sheet in landscape orientation. I repeated the process and got 8 little bitty targets on one sheet. I printed them on a color printer so things look "normal" I have them hanging all over my home office in sheet protectors. It makes my wife a bit nervous, but then, there are quite a few things that do that. The targets are great for draws/dryfire/target transition. DVC, Chuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larrys1911 Posted November 1, 2003 Share Posted November 1, 2003 Im kinda hurt. TSC has some rather COOL DF tgts that some shooter gave him and he's using a Dry erase board!!!!!!!! Just Kidding Man, whatever works! Larry P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew_Mink Posted November 2, 2003 Author Share Posted November 2, 2003 Oh, I set those ultra cool wooden ones off to the side, to expand my field of fire. Plus the ultra cool wooden ones are the ones I carry to matches, because they are ultra cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larrys1911 Posted November 3, 2003 Share Posted November 3, 2003 TSC Ultra Cool, I like that. One of these days I may market that Matt. "Ultra Cool Wood Dryfire Targets" LMAO Thanks, hope they help. They are great for the gun bag. Larry P Maker of "Ultra Cool Wood Dryfire Targets" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew_Mink Posted November 3, 2003 Author Share Posted November 3, 2003 I've always been partial to Superbad also. Feel free to use either. That reminds me, someone was asking where I got those from. They wanted to buy some. Let me think about it and I'll remember who it was..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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