Every American knows the story of how mighty Casey stood ready to win the ballgame for Mudville.
Yet, at the moment of truth, he failed to connect bat and ball.
Poet Ernest Lawrence Thayer created an image of a powerful batter yet one filled with hubris.
In the end, that overconfidence likely contributed to Caseys failure when it mattered most.
The self-defense lesson here is dont assume youve got the chops when the chips are down.
Dry-fire training is a great way to work regular practice into your busy schedule.
What Is Dry-Fire Practice?
Dry-fire is the process of manipulating and shooting a gun that is unloaded.
Dry-fire is a technique I have used extensively to improve my own shooting.
Ive also helped others build confidence and accuracy using the same training technique.
Dry-fire training is a completely voluntary activity without any time constraints.
You should use the utmost caution when you employ it.
To start with, you need a safe location where the training can be conducted.
This should be away from distractions like kids and the television.
Additionally, you should have a safe direction to point and shoot your firearm.
There should not be people on the other side of that safe direction.
Any gun you will be working with should be unloaded.
Physically move the ammunition to another room along with any loaded magazines.
Likewise, all loaded guns in the area should be locked away or moved to another room.
You should only conduct dry-fire training when you are stone sober.
While dry-fire training, treat the gun as if it were loaded.
You dont want a fatal accident because you thought a gun was unloaded.
Penny on a Pistol
A tried-and-true dry-fire technique is the penny method.
With this technique, you are training your trigger control and sight alignment.
To start, you place a penny on the end of your slide or barrel.
You then extend your weapon toward your safe target.
Keeping the sights aligned, you press the trigger smoothly to the rear.
Return the penny to the gun and take another crack.
Focus on keeping the sights aligned and developing a smooth roll to the trigger press.
When the penny stays on the gun, observe how much the coin moved.
Less movement is better consider minimizing the coin movement as a goal that you should work toward.
I recommend no more than five to 10 minutes of penny training each day.
Over a period of several weeks, a shooter can noticeably improve his or her shooting.
While the company offers fancier units, the Mantis X2 my favorite.
It is a dry-fire-only system that is affordable on nearly every budget.
Additionally, I found the Mantis X2 was excellent for charting progress over time.
you could review data on the app.
Its worked for me, and Ive helped many other shooters increase both accuracy and confidence with dry-fire.
The reality for most folks is money and time constrain the amount of live fire practice we can get.
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