Dry fire tip

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Shopdog posted this 26 April 2020

A year or so ago on another forum I made a suggestion for dry fire practice using bolt action rifles. Recently had bought a VERY basic,1970's Wittner branded(made in the US) metronome. Recieved some good natured ribbing about the name.... which was kinda funny. The problem however was that the tip of using the adjustable beep,beep,beep... bong to strengthen muscle memory got lost because of the jokes.

I still use this metronome,and can say unequivocally it has helped my follow up varmint hunting,2nd shots. It also helped bench shooting my bolt rigs trying to catch a "condition".

So here's another tip,this time for dry fire practice with iron sighted handguns. Just found it this morning,while loading more cast 22-250 fodder. Am blessed to have a corner spare bedroom as a loading room. This is only for loading and very light gunsmith chores. I'm putting a new front sight on an older(not 3 screw) Ruger Blackhawk 357. And before it gets screwed down,which means tapping barrel. I just have it taped on,figured to dry fire a bit as I'm not in a hurry.

So taking a break from loading,I start practicing looking out the window at a big field next to the house. Have a rock out @150 yds for rifle practice.... so am thinking about hanging something from a tree out about 25-35 yds,when it hits me.

To help reinforce and maintain front sight focus,try dryfiring out a window that has a screen on it. I started using the screen which is 6 or so feet from my swivel chair. And picked a target on a tree branch. Then started noticing that I can see the actual "squares" of the screen. Which at this point is maybe 3 feet beyond the muzzle. Try it,I swear it's as good as the metronome for bolt actions. Make all the jokes you want.

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RicinYakima posted this 26 April 2020

No jokes here! A Master NRA bullseye pistol shooter would drill me for timed and rapid fire with a metronome 40 years ago. He would fire hundreds of round of 22 shorts for International Rapid Fire in an afternoon's practice. Of course USMCR was funding his shooting, so he got really good at timing shots.

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