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Here was my drill for the evening:
Revolver holstered, hands at side, empty moonclip in gun. Six full dummy clips on belt.
At the beep, draw, fire two, reload, fire two, etc. At the last fire two, slap the timer to set it off, if you didn't have it mounted by the gun.
When I'm hustling, I get in the 15s. When something a little bad happens, 17s. Note that this is draw, 6 reloads, and 6 splits for the total.
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Revolver skills: Dryfire Reloads
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Posted 17 June 2009 - 10:59 PM
Sounds like a great drill. I need to do that while trotting back and forth.
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Posted 18 June 2009 - 02:02 PM
I did just that today at lunch, fire two at the corner of the room, then reload to the other corner and fire two. It generally added 1.5 seconds to the circuit. But it's great practice for matches, so you really shouldn't do it.
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Posted 18 June 2009 - 08:51 PM
Houngan, on Jun 18 2009, 03:02 PM, said:
I did just that today at lunch, fire two at the corner of the room, then reload to the other corner and fire two. It generally added 1.5 seconds to the circuit. But it's great practice for matches, so you really shouldn't do it.
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From my experience with bottom-feeders-only, I would suggest a variation: More triggering between reloads.
I'd noticed that my 2-reload-2-reload-2 <and so on> stationary dryfire technique was vastly different from the "cerebral palsy" reload I seemed to prefer during classifiers.
So now I set up a half-dozen targets, and do more pretend shooting (10 shots) between reloads. Preferably while moving. Keeps you out of the "focus totally on the reloads" mentality, and gets you to do them consistently as part of the stage. Works much better for me during matches.
This post has been edited by MemphisMechanic: 18 June 2009 - 08:52 PM
The truth is that there is no choice between the two. You line the sights up in the A-zone and let it fly at the absolute soonest moment that you see what your experience tells you will put the hole where you're aiming it using the amount of trigger control you need to keep the gun lined up in that spot. There is no concern about accuracy or speed - either one is an illusion from behind the gun. There's "where do I want to hit" and "is the gun lined up there or not"... followed up with "did the sights lift from where I wanted to hit". To assign an "either/or" to the equation is to deny the fact that the gun can be shot ridiculously fast while shooting all As - but it won't be done while you're determined that one must be sacrificed for the other - and it also has the amusing side effect of pressuring the shooter to ignore "the shooting" in the name of "the speed" - XRe
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Posted 25 June 2009 - 02:33 PM
MemphisMechanic, on Jun 18 2009, 11:51 PM, said:
Houngan, on Jun 18 2009, 03:02 PM, said:
I did just that today at lunch, fire two at the corner of the room, then reload to the other corner and fire two. It generally added 1.5 seconds to the circuit. But it's great practice for matches, so you really shouldn't do it.
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From my experience with bottom-feeders-only, I would suggest a variation: More triggering between reloads.
I'd noticed that my 2-reload-2-reload-2 <and so on> stationary dryfire technique was vastly different from the "cerebral palsy" reload I seemed to prefer during classifiers.
So now I set up a half-dozen targets, and do more pretend shooting (10 shots) between reloads. Preferably while moving. Keeps you out of the "focus totally on the reloads" mentality, and gets you to do them consistently as part of the stage. Works much better for me during matches.
While I certainly agree that variation is a good thing, revolvers tend to wear you out a lot faster during dryfire, that's why I limit it to 2. If I throw six I have to stop after two circuits.
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Posted 26 June 2009 - 07:34 PM
MemphisMechanic, on Jun 18 2009, 10:51 PM, said:
Houngan, on Jun 18 2009, 03:02 PM, said:
I did just that today at lunch, fire two at the corner of the room, then reload to the other corner and fire two. It generally added 1.5 seconds to the circuit. But it's great practice for matches, so you really shouldn't do it.
H.
H.
From my experience with bottom-feeders-only, I would suggest a variation: More triggering between reloads.
I'd noticed that my 2-reload-2-reload-2 <and so on> stationary dryfire technique was vastly different from the "cerebral palsy" reload I seemed to prefer during classifiers.
So now I set up a half-dozen targets, and do more pretend shooting (10 shots) between reloads. Preferably while moving. Keeps you out of the "focus totally on the reloads" mentality, and gets you to do them consistently as part of the stage. Works much better for me during matches.
Hmmm. I do the exact opposite. If I focus hard on my reloads it buys me more time to shoot.
Works for me, I'm not a revo expert though... lol
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