It was requested on another thread that folks give their dry fire routine. So those that feel like sharing their drills and their experience with dry fire here is the place to do it. I have not dry fired since October and I don't plan to start until February. I am a firm believer in the effectiveness of dry fire. It will help a lot and it only costs time.
Some things I believe are best practice regarding dry fire:
1) Use full size targets at 10 yards or more if possible.
2) Remember that dry fire is largely about driving the gun with your vision not about trigger pulling.
3) More times per week and few minutes per session is better.
4) Always do SHO and WHO in each session. (fewer reps is ok)
5) Work the essential skills, draw, reloads, transitions.
6) Take notes on what you are seeing on each drill. What are you seeing when it goes well, what are you seeing when it is not.
7) Be honest about where the sights are when you are pulling the trigger.
8) On your full size targets black out the Charlie and delta zones. You don't need to practice shooting C's and D's.
9) Six inch paper plates are also good targets and there are good drills to work transitions with plates.
10) Get a good dry fire manual and use it in the cold months at least. (Ben Stoeger, Steve Anderson)
Some things I believe are best practice regarding dry fire:
1) Use full size targets at 10 yards or more if possible.
2) Remember that dry fire is largely about driving the gun with your vision not about trigger pulling.
3) More times per week and few minutes per session is better.
4) Always do SHO and WHO in each session. (fewer reps is ok)
5) Work the essential skills, draw, reloads, transitions.
6) Take notes on what you are seeing on each drill. What are you seeing when it goes well, what are you seeing when it is not.
7) Be honest about where the sights are when you are pulling the trigger.
8) On your full size targets black out the Charlie and delta zones. You don't need to practice shooting C's and D's.
9) Six inch paper plates are also good targets and there are good drills to work transitions with plates.
10) Get a good dry fire manual and use it in the cold months at least. (Ben Stoeger, Steve Anderson)