World's Best Training Tip - Dry Fire Practice

[jgRyanD]

Very good vid, I use snap caps and dry fire all my guns, all but my .22 lr. Don't dry fire rim fire rifles and pistols and you should be ok

[T7691E]

Great video!

[mr00jimbo]

Thank-you for this video, I found it very informative. :)

I tend to catch a lot of flinching when I dry fire, and I can iron it out by dry firing it often.

[Vincerama]

My 1911 (and most I think) has a rounded slide, so you can't actually put a case on the top without it immediately falling off!

[hdman97]

How about one on a double action only semiauto?

[Boot2yourHead]

that's great info will have to use this method.

[MrD50boy]

Keeping your hand near your body also helps with balance. If it is extended, your body has the force of that arm fighting against it. I'm going to try this exercise at home. My trigger pull has a lot of room for improvement.

[khakimal]

THANKS FOR A GREAT TIP

[operator223]

use a snap cap.... very cheap insurance.... why take a chance you dont have to?

[vhinz1118]

sir, why do shooters put their other hand on their chest when shooting with 1hand? thanks.

[operator223]

@vhinz1118 some train that way so they dont shoot themselves in the hand while drawing or can have their hand ready to deflect any punches etc.

[vhinz1118]

@operator223 ah. now i know.thanx 4d answer!

[MrUSA96]

i have solved the issue of not being able to shoot during winter. go to florida! lol

[pxli2000]

Great tip. Thanks.

[slingerrrrUSA1]

this is good for shooting at paper. dont rely on your smooth trigger pull technics when your getting shot at and your adrenalines racing a hundred mph, you will find you have wasted your time.

best thing to do in a gun fight is shoot and move and keep repeating untill you or combatant arnt breathing.

[SafeArmsReview]

@slingerrrrUSA1 So slapping or pulling the trigger (poor trigger control) w/ rounds landing 10 inches off target during paper drills will only get worse when you add adrenaline & movement. Remember this is only a PART of what is required to be a better shooter.

Once u can get that under control then work on movement, speed while maintaining accuracy. This is not an 'either, or' scenario, its part of the whole. If u cant get to the range its better than NOT training at all, but thats just me

;)

[elcorsarioglez]

@SafeArmsReview I always listen that is bad for firing pin to do dry fire, what do you think about?

[SafeArmsReview]

@elcorsarioglez Most modern firearms this is not a problem but you can always buy snap caps.

:)

[elcorsarioglez]

@SafeArmsReview thanks for your answer.

[thepdw]

@SafeArmsReview I read in the Beretta M9 manual that its bad for the gun to dry fire. Maybe they're just hedging their bets though?

[SolidSam00]

@elcorsarioglez check manufacturer website, i was looking though smith wesson website for help w/ different issue, and their FAQ listed guns that they said was okay to dry fire. ;)

[Dixielanddelite25]

@elcorsarioglez You should read the manual for your firearm. There is a section in there that talks about dry firing your specific weapon and how to do it properly without damaging it.

[cfleig]

@elcorsarioglez ...depends of the gun...glocks are OK...my Ruger SR9, you need the magazine in. Dry firing the Ruger SR9 without the mag can damage the firing pin (unless you remove the mag safety feature).

[YukonDoItMan]

Had to sub you, awesome tips, I will be using these tips this winter with my G23 GEN4.

[gascanbad]

useful and helpful！

[patton1970]

Maybe I missed it in the video, but about how far away should I place my target?

[rickthewolf27]

is it bad to dry fire some pistols i have a glock 15 or 22

[labartic]

@rickthewolf27 you can dry fire centerfire calibers no problem. glocks you can dry fire forever.

[cutshape]

Just the type exercise I've been looking for, Thanks!

[svt283]

Thanks

[spartan17223137]

Nice vid. Thanks for sharing.

[davidluckey]

1 person didn't use snap caps and broke his firing pin.



[renarudo1]

@SafeArmsReview I tried this on my XD but I didn't have any spent cases on hand...so I supplemented a nickel or dime since it's close to weight and diameter of a casing. Thanks for the vid and I'm going to keep practicing.

[xxkinetikxx]

I do the same exercise but use a hollow point upside down on the slide to make it a bit more involved ;)

[backdraft216]

do you shoot with both eyes open?

[SafeArmsReview]

@backdraft216 Yes I can at short distances.

:)

[Mark1966ful]

@SafeArmsReview Hey guys>> I notice that there are questions as to what, either Steve or other can do and do do.. (HEHE) The biggest thing to remember is to DO!!.. As I am not anyone other then me and it will be me in the situation (I pray not).. so personal standards must be set and reached.. Remember when we tried to make everybody right handed.. There is an opportunity to grow from pennies to spent shell to hollow points or any variation there in.. The key is making it instinctaul/reactive

[flubmooseballs]

In my firearms class the instructor would see how many pennies you could stack on the slide before they fell off when you pulled the trigger. Nice drill.

[lazanfitness]

Great videos mate!

What video editing software do you use?

thanks!

[ud45]

Nice excersise. I'm gonna do this drill.

[The727evolution]

Excellent vid!!

[Myrmidon26]

I'd never thought about using a spent casing like that. Great idea for these cold months!

[A63NT1212]

I've been dry fire training for as long as I can remember, never had it occurred to me to add a spent casing to my front site, brilliant. Another good one is, close your eyes, bring the weapon up to firing position, open your eye's, as you practice this, eventually when you open eyes, you should have a good site picture. Anyways thanks once again for the tip SAR...

[9secondsflat]

A real pro uses an egg on the front of the gun...if you an hold that with out the egg tipping over...you the  man....

[ijsaenz]

you are clearly using a magnet....... haha ;)

[jrossi9250]

Great camera work for site picture near end. Thanks! J R

[noBuzzkillin]

Good reminder. Great video boss.

[BoydMort]

Clever , simple, ingenius.

Great stuff. =]

[jeeperscreepers71]

if your pistol wont allow for a shell casing to be balanced on top you can still dry fire with your pistol laser the lasers movement will tell you everything you didn't want to hear about your trigger control

[Lookinformemarbles]

Great Video! 

[MrAsundstrom]

awesome vid... just one thing tho. I have a Springfield XD .45 with factory sights.. i noticed that you are putting the casing ON the front sight... what type of sights do you have that you have enough room to do this?

[SafeArmsReview]

@MrAsundstrom I have Truglo Tritium/fiber optic sights. THanks for watching.

:)

[urbansurvivor101]

This is good stuff to know for ppl like me. I live near LA and there is no place to shoot around here. This is as good as it gets

[TexasPreppersNetwork]

Great vid and great practice technique . Thank you Steve .

[MrColt45acp]

Great advice, good technique.

thumbs up

[locknloadvideo]

good stuff. I agree in most modern weapons dry firing is perfectly fine and get tired of everyone whining about it or being afraid to. I believe Carlos Hathcock practiced with a dime when he was match shooting.

[ericvasquez62]

That's a great tip to bad I'm not old enough to own a pistal yet lol and that sucks because I won't to get good at shooting but my dad won't even let me touch his guns.

[OilTheGun]

Good info, Iv e been doing this for a while and it really works, freaks visitors out when they walk in and I'm watching TV and dry firing at my wall target.

[epheseus]

Good tip for those who can't practice live fire regularly. Muscle memory is priceless and dry fire is a very good way to establish it - as you said.

I found it really helped me with trigger break. I don't shoot now, but remember well the difference. If I would visit the range once a month and not dry fire during the interim, then my performance would be abysmal. I would waste cartridges trying to reestablish some sense of trigger break.

[mattvanhugenstein]

For me personally dry fire isn't much of a game changer. I agree with Rob Leatham in that there is just no substitue for the real thing and im really only commenting b/c your title insinuates that its the worlds best training tip and thats just not true. However to end on a positive note the empty casing on the slide is cool, but lots of pistols have rounded slides...do this with a ruger mark 3 bull barrel and i'll stand up and applaud : )

[LMarshall32]

I agree somewhat with Derekgrebner87 in the fact that empty-gun practice can help break the "Flinch" bad habit. Most of what people call "flinch" is anticipation of recoil. That is why you see the muzzle dip.

[huguenot67]

Really great tip with the shell casing.

[gstrader73]

Any practice is better than no practice... nice vid!

[airjordon91]

@gstrader73 You hit the nail on the head with that statement. If you live somewhere with harsh winters (Iowa in my case), getting any little bit of training to keep you up to speed until the next spring is great. Otherwise you're playing catch up for a month or two.

[photolarry69]

Good job, works well

[rogrich]

Rock solid tip brother.Thanks for this and all your great videos.

[derekgrebner87]

I still think there isnt anything like live fire, because its easy to not flinch when you know their will be no recoil.