MANTIS DRY FIRE SYSTEM

[sirdutch]

Does anyone use Mantis dry or live fire systems! I would like those who have share their opinions on their effectiveness and perhaps offer recommendations. Ammo is expensive.

Thanks in advance.

[TKM]

Bought the AR system for NY special price.... The rest of the system will cost more hundreds.... crap.

And I get dealer pricing ....

[dousan]

I've read enough bad reviews to avoid it. Cost too is crazy. I have tried it at a local shop and it was pretty slick though.

I did read a post online which said:
"One thing I do with AR specifically is place a chapstick tube in the chamber and gently close the bolt to get a dead trigger with a functioning safety"

I dont have chapstick tubes small enough, but might work.

I dry fire without one and while it isn't exactly the same, it's free vs a couple hundred bucks.

[k1dude]

Keep in mind how much you'll save in ammo costs when you price the Mantis.

I have a friend that spent $10,000 on a Laser Shot system. Everyone thought he was nuts for spending that kind of money. But he easily has 200,000 rounds through it. It's paid for itself many times over. Hell, I've put at least 5,000 rounds through his system myself. So have a bunch of other friends of his.

[rodralig]

Does anyone use Mantis dry or live fire systems! I would like those who have share their opinions on their effectiveness and perhaps offer recommendations. Ammo is expensive.

Thanks in advance.

With the caveat that while NOT mandatoryOpen Training routine in Dry Fire to a one (1) inch target at 5-yardsCompressed Surprised Break routine will set you up for high-speed shooting that can be applied to dynamic situations.

That said, I still practice with my X10 even if I blow through about 7K rounds of ammo a year.

Keep in mind how much you'll save in ammo costs when you price the Mantis.

I have a friend that spent $10,000 on a Laser Shot system. Everyone thought he was nuts for spending that kind of money. But he easily has 200,000 rounds through it. It's paid for itself many times over. Hell, I've put at least 5,000 rounds through his system myself. So have a bunch of other friends of his.

[sirdutch]

Thanks for all the replies. It's appreciated!

[Mac Attack]

[theLBC]

i've had a laserlyte cartridge and target for years. i do a lot of dry fire to build up muscle memory etc...it is good to see if the heavy da pull takes you off target and of course can improve your draw times.

[RAMCLAP]

I have one. It seriously improved my pistol marksmanship.

[kcheung2]

Does anyone know how the technology actually works? I don't see any reference to actually zero the system so how does it know where you're pointing?

From what I infer, that little picatinny-mounted dongle has either a radar or an accelerometer (or both) and is always recording, and it senses the vibration from the trigger pull and hammer drop to determine what's going on. And it kinda guesses where you're pointing by assuming if you hold it still for a time, that's where your target is and any movement is a deviation from that aimpoint.

I've seen reviews where people use it for both dry fire and live fire, so is there some special dry fire target that's a reflector or sensor so the system knows where you're pointing?

[Mac Attack]