How to test and practice without a range.

[PaperTarget]

Other thread prompted this.

Usually, after transport or disassembly, we function check our guns. That requires a place to do it. In Shelter In Place areas, that isn't possible or practical.

What methods would you advise for testing and practicing without the ability to live fire?

What tools or accessories help with that?

I'll start,

I can use snap caps to check for feeding and lockwork.

I can use spent shells to verify the firing pin strikes the primer. Works great on rimfire.

I don't have a laser shot set up but I am thinking one would help.

[tabascoz28]

My friend in NY has a basement, he's been shooting 22s down there...

[Barang]

if the jail time get extended to months, i'm buying itarget pro for sure.

[theLBC]

i use a laserlyte

at least you know if the firing pin is hitting the laser cartridge hard enough to activate it.

[bhp1410]

Desert. Or maybe turn up the TV real loud?

[dave85620]

Pellet/bb guns. I just bought a Beeman p17 myself and it's great for backyard practice. It's a single shot break barell pistol with fiber optic adjustable sights and light trigger.

[omega]

I have a M&P 45 pellet gun thats the same size & feel as a real one, it's also similar in size to the HK USP 45

I have gun range targets set up and have a cheap laser sight attached

[jimmykan]

My friend in NY has a basement, he's been shooting 22s down there...

[tomk556]

[tnlrat37]

[tabascoz28]

He only shot a few bullets really to test the subsonic ones when I went to visit him. I'll remind him this is an issue and CA was almost about to pass a law to stop this exact thing from happening...

[Divehobo]

Sirt pistol, idryfire app on iPad, FrontSight target and hunting scope tripod. Allows drawing from holster, mag changes and timed response.

[Wordupmybrotha]

Just good ole fashioned dry fire.

[August]

Buy all the Tacticool gear you can get on Amazon; don't forget military brain bucket. Binge watch The Walking Dead and run around the house yelling, "PEW" "PEW', "PEW'

[ar15barrels]

I can use snap caps to check for feeding and lockwork.

Feeding or not feeding with snap caps or dummies does not guarantee function or problems.

Look at all the threads of people who check their new gun with dummies and can't get them to work and start threads about it and then finally go live fire and the gun works fine.

Guns that won't feed dummies will often work just fine with live ammo and guns that will feed dummies can still have problems with live rounds.
So, dummies are not really any more useful than just being used as snap caps.