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Everything except learning recoil controlwhat training exercises are good with dry firing
Recoil controlwhat exercises can’t you do well while dry firing?
You need to invest in some good SNAP CAPS......Every serious shooter should:
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Those things have spring loaded shock absorbent "primers" so they can take all the punishment that you can dish out and your firing pins will not be damaged.
I got a shitload of them chambered in every caliber of gun that I own. And I practice dry-firing A LOT. This especially helps me get used to the let-off on the trigger of every gun that I am using. I prefer to be well familiarized with the trigger pull BEFORE I go to the range and burn off live ammo. Takes much less actual ammo to sight myself in and more time to actually shoot and make consistent hits.
When I got my Pietta 1858 revolver and placed the cartridge converter in, snapping the hammer on a couple of dummy rounds also let me find out that the trigger pull and duration of travel on this particular gun was just a little too rough for my liking. So I did a bit of polishing on the firing notch of the hammer cam and now the trigger is as smooth as a competition pistol with an adjustable pull.
The empty casing with the pencil eraser in the primer pocket is also good advice and works well for those who need a makeshift snap cap right away. And also allows you to be sure that your firing pin is actually striking dead center on that round. Pull the trigger, eject and look at where the pin made the indent...I do this before I purchase any gun.
Snap caps certainly reduce impact energy on firing pins while dry firing. The necessity of that is up for debate. I use them. They are also good for practicing mag changes.
Dry firing is great practice. It's a good way to keep flinching at bay. It's much more convenient for most of us than the range.
In my experience a firing pin seems to last around 10k dry fires with no snap caps. The pin costs about $30 to replace.
this^ ...i havent dry fired anything 10k times to verify an actual number, but pins will break sometimes dry firing
ive broken 1 personally, and ive seen at least 4 others break in the last couple years...a guy's surgeon firing pin broke on the zero line this past sunday at the match...he went to dry fire a couple times before checking zero, and snap
its a simple fix if you have a spare part, but it can end your day if you dont
this^ ...i havent dry fired anything 10k times to verify an actual number, but pins will break sometimes dry firing
ive broken 1 personally, and ive seen at least 4 others break in the last couple years...a guy's surgeon firing pin broke on the zero line this past sunday at the match...he went to dry fire a couple times before checking zero, and snap
its a simple fix if you have a spare part, but it can end your day if you dont
Neophyte here. Is drying firing a center fire bolt action rifle detrimental to the rifle? Second, what training exercises are good with dry firing, and what exercises can’t you do well while dry firing? Thanks!
Wish i knew that when i was a teenagerDry firing on a daily basis has improved by shooting tremendously. Practice as if every round is live focusing on fundamentals. Practice positions. Try new ways find what’s stable. And do it over and over until it fells like second nature. Don’t rush 10 good pulls are better then a hundred rushed.