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Dry Firing
DIR By: allmanav
Date: January 20, 2017, 7:02 am
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[b]Dry practice – practicing shooting techniques without using
live ammunition – is an excellent way to strengthen the basic
skills of good marksmanship. You will notice that I am using the
term “Dry Practice,” instead of “Dry-Fire Practice,” in order to
remind us that there is no firing, no loud noise and no bullet
holes in stuff that you don't want bullet holes in, when dry
practice is done correctly and safely.
All dry practice should begin by unloading the firearm. Check
your gun several times to make sure that there is no ammunition
in it. In fact, you should put all of the ammunition for that
gun in another room. During a dry practice session, you simply
can't check your gun often enough to make sure it is unloaded.
Practice sessions don't have to run very long – 10 to 15 minutes
is plenty of time to focus on your shooting skills.
While dry practice is most often associated with the
personal-defense gun, it is really a good form of practice for
any of the shooting disciplines. The rifle hunter can practice
his field positions and basic marksmanship skills just like the
defensive shooter may practice his pistol presentation. In fact,
I even use dry practice to improve my ability to smoothly mount
my shotgun for the bird-hunting season.
One thing to keep in mind is that some guns should not have
their triggers snapped on an empty chamber because doing so
could damage the firing pin. Rimfire guns are particularly
susceptible to this because the firing pin must hit the rim of
the cartridge in order to detonate it; lacking a cartridge, the
pin will strike the steel chamber and damage to the pin could
result. Older styles of single-action revolvers, such as the
ones cowboy action shooters use, may also be damaged by snapping
the gun on an empty chamber.
This is one reason that I like to have dummy ammunition for all
of my guns. I use them during my dry practice sessions. Not only
will dummy ammunition help protect your gun, but it can also
give you practice in developing ways to reload that gun more
quickly and smoothly. Again, reloading is often thought of as a
part of defensive shooting, but it is just as critical for the
rifle hunter and shotgunner.
Dummy ammunition is made for virtually every common caliber and
gauge, including the rimfire .22s and .17s. Check for dummy
ammunition at your local gun store, or go online to Brownells
for a complete selection.. Dummy ammo is not expensive and it
will go a long way towards preventing damage to a valuable
firearm.
With these winter months coming on, it is a good idea to
establish a regular dry practice session. Three to four times a
week is probably plenty to time to devote. Work on your basics
of sight picture, trigger squeeze and breath control. Work on
your hunting field positions. In fact, you can work on just
about anything that you think will improve your shooting skills.
The key is to do it safely. We keep our guns safe by using dummy
ammo. We keep our home and family safe by making sure that the
gun we are practicing with is completely empty of live
ammunition and that the live ammunition is safely put up, some
distance away.
Just remember...your shooting skills should be almost as strong
as your gun safety skills.[/b]
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