Dry fire Glock.

[duad01]

Another option - laser cartridge from these folks: www.itargetpro.com

Basically similar to using a rimless snap cap but also gives laser feedback. They sell a whole practice system with a target and app for your cell phone, but I just use the cartridge.

[God Bless America]

Just a note, you do not need to completely cycle the slide to achieve a trigger reset. If you get tired of picking up your snap caps, just pull the slide back a tad to get your trigger to reset. I personally use the "Dry Fire Magazine" in my G26. Works great.
https://www.dryfiremag.com/

How does it work?

[1911su16b870]

A little pricey. Not having to pull the slide back for each practice shot makes a ton of difference in my dry fire results.

https://www.dryfiremag.com/

These are really great training aids. I use one while teaching handgun to emphasize trigger control (slack, reset etc.) I couple mine with a bladetech training barrel in a lightened/ported Brownells aftermarket slide (to see the yellow). The yellow plastic bladetech barrels IMO which are impossible to find right now.

Another option is the barrel blok by Advanced Holsters that I really like. https://advancedholster.com/products/barrel-blok-pistol

[Notpc]

These are really great training aids. I use one while teaching handgun to emphasize trigger control (slack, reset etc.) I couple mine with a bladetech training barrel in a lightened/ported Brownells aftermarket slide (to see the yellow). The yellow plastic bladetech barrels IMO which are impossible to find right now.

Another option is the barrel blok by Advanced Holsters that I really like. https://advancedholster.com/products/barrel-blok-pistol

Barrel blok in conjunction with the dry fire mag looks like a great classroom solution! Thanks 1911!

[tonyxcom]

Just a note, you do not need to completely cycle the slide to achieve a trigger reset. If you get tired of picking up your snap caps, just pull the slide back a tad to get your trigger to reset. I personally use the "Dry Fire Magazine" in my G26. Works great.
https://www.dryfiremag.com/

The problem is that there is a very fine line between resetting the trigger and either ejecting the snap cap or causing a malfunction. And it's maddening to carefully rack the slide as to accomplish both.

[SnWnMe]

It only takes a teeny tiny backward motion of the slide to reset the Glock trigger. Not enough to eject a Snap Cap. I know, I make a game of how fast I can do it.

[Notpc]

Yeah, I will accidentally reset mine just trying to pull the slide lock tabs down, so I am not sure how you could possibly eject the snap cap or cause a malfunction. Not a problem I have anywho since I went with dry fire mag.

[1911su16b870]

Barrel blok in conjunction with the dry fire mag looks like a great classroom solution! Thanks 1911!

You are welcome! They are a quick and easy way to render pistols inert...and once installed, you can do dry-fire and manipulation work with them.

[Stumpfenhammer]

What is the best way to dry fire my G19 and G17 both Gen 3? Please share your intelligence and knowledge. Thanks.

I currently use the DryFireMag, it works fine.

Before that I used a trick recommended to me by Frank Proctor: Retract the slide just enough (3-5mm) so you can insert a zip tie (or a piece of paper or cardboard folded a few times until it's about 1" x 1/8")n from the side of the ejection port into the gap between the breech face and the rear of the barrel/chamber. This keeps the pistol slightly out of battery so you have more than a "dead trigger" to work with, and that's all you really need to conduct dry fire practice (the DryFireMag is a nice-to-have but not a must-have). The additional benefit of using a zip tie instead of paper is that you can extend one end of the tie out of the barrel, giving yourself another safety indicator.

Then order this book/target set, use it for 15 minutes 3-5 times a week, and in six months you'll be amazed at your progress: https://benstoegerproshop.com/dryfir...caled-targets/

I also hang an old ballistic vest on the safest wall in my house and start my practice on a target hung over that vest. That way if I screwed up all other protocols, the resulting ND would be into a backstop. Just an extra layer of safety on top of all the other safety advice you've received.

[Stumpfenhammer]

How many times does one need to dry fire a gun to get used to IT and the trigger??

Or, is dry firing considered just a thing to do to pass the time?

I've had the good luck to shoot next to some top pistoleros and I've taken classes from a couple to include Robert Vogel. All of the ones I've come in contact with recommend more dry-firing than live fire. Vogel, for example, advised 10 dry fires to every live shot. He also recommended that--for optimal results--every dry fire should be fired as if a real round was in the chamber....same grip, same stance, same recoil preparation, follow through, etc. Which makes sense given the whole point is to develop new, more efficient neural pathways that will deliver performance under stress.

A couple reasons dry-fire produces positive results: (1) You can practice without inducing bad habits that would occur as a response to detonation/recoil, and (2) detonation also masks issues that can be easier to diagnose in dry-fire (e.g. sight alignment, flinching)

I do believe it can be beneficial to practice mag loads while sitting on the couch and watching TV, as long as you offset the "unfocused reps" by finishing the session with reps just as you would do them in a match or in a defense scenario. But then again, doing mag changes exclusively on the couch is still going to improve/sharpen your motor skills more than not doing them at all.

To summarize: Dry fire is considered, by top competitors, to be one of, if not the most, impactful drills for improving shooting performance. Live-fire is done to verify that you are dry firing correctly.