Trigger practice at home/room.

[.40Cal]

Hey guys,

I read a while back somewhere (can remember now), where you could get a dart board like toy, and use it for trigger practice. Can anyone help me find what is it? And is anyone using such kind of an item at home for trigger/dry shooting practice?

Thanks in advance.

[Gnome]

You don't need a dart board to practice a smooth trigger pull. All you need is your handgun. Just empty clear your handgun of its rounds, visually and manually inspect that the chamber is clear, drop the slide, and squeeze. Focus on your front sight, and repeat.

Many believe this is one of the best ways to improve your shooting. It's cheap (no ammo needed) and helps to combat flinching when squeezing the trigger.

[pipboy]

Something like this?

http://www.laserlyte.com/collections/laser-trainer-systems

Its an interesting concept.

[Old4eyes]

I have the Laserlyte products.

The LTS Pro is adjustable to fit multiple calibers but it suffers from accuracy problems and it has no on/off switch. You must dis-assemble it after each use or the batteries will drain out. It is the only choice if you were using this on a revolver. The vibration of the hammer falling triggers the laser pulse. If you use it on a striker style pistol, the slide racking will also trigger it and each pulse consumes battery life.

The Training cartridges are more accurate since they are not trying to fit multiple calibers. They use the firing pin striking the rubber primer area and thus are not on all the time. You do not have to dis-assemble between usages to conserve battery life. The downside is that you must buy a cartridge for each caliber and thus becomes more expensive than the LTS-Pro.

I've got cartridges in 9mm, 45acp and the LTS-Pro which I reserve for the revolvers and the Ruger SR9c (the firing pin is pushed out until the slide cycle, it keeps the light on rather than just a transitory pulse).

The LTS target is useful in that you can focus on the front sight, do you shot(s) and then hit the display target and find out where you hit. If you don't have this target, you may have a tendency to let your focus drift from the front sight to the target in order to see where you hit. Downside of the target is that you must remember to turn it off or you'll go through batteries.

Is it useful? - for me it has been. It shows me when I am not concentrating and allowing the muzzle to drift while pulling the trigger, especially on double action weapons. Where it does shine is practicing drawing from a holster or just bringing up the gun to firing position, snapping off the shot and then seeing where it hit, either by noticing the beam as it hits the target or by recalling the strike on the LTS Target.

Because the light sources are fired by the falling hammer/striker they have the following limitation. For SA only weapons the slide must be racked or hammer cocked between shots. On striker style guns, you don't need to fully retract the slide, only enough to cock the striker.

The cartridges can act as snap caps, but not for a malfunction drill. They do not have rims and thus can't be ejected normally. You'll need a stick to push down the muzzle to push it out of the chamber. But that's a good thing. If the cartridge had a rim, every time the slide came forward after being racked, the extractor would have to jump over the rim, hard on the extractor.

If you use the LTS-Pro you could use (and I would advise should use) snap caps.

It does not take the place of live firing, you are not simulating recoil, noise or muzzle flash.

[gorenut]

Definitely a nice training tool when coupled with range time and 22 practice. To be honest though, I did improve more simply with 22 vs solely with the laser trainer – even if it wasn't on the same platform. Maybe because with the 22 I had more positive feedback with moving targets.

[JaeOne3345]

As said above, all you need is an empty pistol.

Just learn to watch the front sight. Do a google search on "Calling your shots."

The front sight does not lie. It is aligned in the rear notch, the front sight tells you exactly where the bullet went (assuming the gun is zeroed).

If you wan't to spend big bucks, get an SRT pistol.

Jessie on dry firing...


Dave Sevigny uses an SRT pistol in this video. Watch all the way through.

[dholla]

I'll do what ever Jessie tells me to do.

[JaeOne3345]

Yea, she's a dime piece.

[Mr310]

Didn't her husband leave her for a 14 year old girl, or something?

[Garand1911]

its Jessie Harrison now.
she left her ex-husband who was cheating on her with a 15yo girl, hes been in prison since august, charged in 2 states for child molestation and child porn.
its a seriously f'ed up case for everyone involved.

[Striker]

Hey guys,

I read a while back somewhere (can remember now), where you could get a dart board like toy, and use it for trigger practice. Can anyone help me find what is it? And is anyone using such kind of an item at home for trigger/dry shooting practice?

Thanks in advance.

As Gnome said, you don't really need a dartboard. Watch your front sight, see if it moves and if so how much. Ideally, it won't move at all when you pull the trigger. Dry fire is simply working your mechanics.

Personally, I try to do dry fire static, moving and from the draw. Almost the same as a range session. Same movements, just no live rounds. The other thing is I have a target set up in my garage and an airsoft pistol, so I can go out there and shoot. The dry fire has helped my shooting immensely. The airsoft, we'll see. It's a new tool for me.

The point of dry fire, airsoft, laserlyte etc is to be able to work on your skill set when you can't get to the range. Using a combination of dry fire and airsoft allows me to shoot everyday without going to the range everyday. I'd love to go to the range everyday, but until I can get paid for it, that's impossible and I would still use these tools anyway as most shooters do.

its Jessie Harrison now.
she left her ex-husband who was cheating on her with a 15yo girl, hes been in prison since august, charged in 2 states for child molestation and child porn.
its a seriously f'ed up case for everyone involved.

I missed this. I wondered why she was going by Jessie Harrison now.

[theneko]

A high-end option is the SIRT pistol - the trigger is self-resetting so you don't have to cycle the slide like some other options. But it's not cheap. Check out

http://nextleveltraining.com/

[wtkaiser]

I hear a lot of talk about snap caps. But I own several Rugers, mainly .44 (ok, 43) caliber. I am too cheap to buy snap caps. Dry firing will be fine, right>? It's not like I am shooting ancient Colts and am going to form crystals on the firing pin....

[chillincody]

I'll do what ever Jessie tells me to do.

took the words right out of my mouth lol

[chillincody]

Hey guys,

I read a while back somewhere (can remember now), where you could get a dart board like toy, and use it for trigger practice. Can anyone help me find what is it? And is anyone using such kind of an item at home for trigger/dry shooting practice?

Thanks in advance.

and why not just use snap caps???