MILLERUSAF PSA: IF YOU DON'T DRY FIRE PRACTICE, YOU ARE WRONG!!!

[NC77583]

You don't need snap caps with a centerfire weapon.

[91Roadwarrior]

I wish I lived on a range....but that's why I have snapcaps. 

[ThePatriotGunner]

Very well stated in this video. Practice, practice and practice is most important for anyone who carries consealed so that they are comfortable with their firearm. Thanks for sharing.

[silenthk47]

Any snap cap brands you would recommend? /any ones to stay away from?

[wcropp1]

@silenthk47 The A-Zoom brand that he has in this video are good, but not cheap. Snap caps and dummy rounds aren't exactly the same--usually snap caps are made to have a firing pin repeatedly dropped on their simulated primer and take that abuse. Dummy rounds, on the other hand, are cheaper, but don't hold up as well, and are meant more for failure drills, etc. Magpul makes a small selection of dummy rounds that are made of a tougher-than-usual plastic.

[SFsc616171]

Sure, you can shoot at the range all day, if you have the means! BUT!! You will be so much on your flash-sight, you might not notice that your piece dips when you shoot, and you don't catch it, because you are already mentally beating the bullet out of the barrel to the target, with the next shot.

Dry firing your piece, will show if you are torquing the gun. It will show that you are thinking ahead of the trigger's release. There are so many little semi-auto quirks, it ain't funny!

[BigSean1992]

i dry fire almost daily, i am addicted to keeping the post in the box

[beaker126]

Everyday baby.

[88arau]

Is dry firing a 1911 OK? Alot? Like 1000 trigger pulls?

[esh325]

And to add to that, if you're going to dry fire with rim fire, get snap caps so you don't damage the firing pin. With centerfire it's okay.

[nowthisis2stupid]

Dry firing most centerfire weapons won't hurt them, rimfire on the otherhand....

[daddyoca69]

man I love scheels....

[Winst0nOBoogie]

Is it the same with dry hump?

Are you wrong if your not randomly dry humping?

heh.

[futuresolider96]

im getting tired of all this 155 milimeter shit so i unsubbed him

[Everett07630]

This is sound common sense advice. Good video. I enjoy doing dry fire with my S&W 638 J frame airweight .38 Special +P

[GoreTorn16]

Hey Mr Miller, I own some A-zoom 9mm snap caps as well as Pachmeyer 9mm snap caps. I found after many many hours of dryfire practice with the A-zoom caps that the metal coating comes off after a while and can get into the chamber of your firearm. Personally I prefer Pachmeyer for dryfire practice due to less mess to clean up after. What do you prefer?

[astrowanabe]

Snap caps are great for simulating FTF and FTE failures on the range too, because they load into the chamber just like a live round. Randomly place them in your magazine w/ live ammo and practice clearing a malfunction when you aren't expecting it. Also it can show if you're anticipating your shots (aka "leaning" or "pushing" the shots, ie pushing down in anticipation of recoil).

[219garyind]

so true,good info...

[BlueCollarSurvival]

I heard dry firing a glock is okay because its required to take down the weapon for cleaning...it was designed to be dry fired from time to time

[millerusaf]

@BlueCollarSurvival That's true. Dry firing won't hurt a Glock.

[danthman114]

@BlueCollarSurvival you can dry fire almost all modern weapons.

[gsszuber]

The only thing that makes me nervous about dry-firing my carry piece is that I have to unchamber and rechamber a live round before and after I do it. But, yes, it is necessary.

[silvermediastudio]

@gsszuber Rotate the chambered round through your mag(s) and bullet setback shouldn't be an issue... and shoot your carry ammo first when you do live fire practice, to rotate it out of your inventory and bring in fresh. Hope it helps.

[gsszuber]

@silvermediastudio Thanks for the tip. Nice channel, btw. I, too, am into guns and cameras.

[fear432]

I think that it is important to dry fire, but it's just as important, and easier to practice drawing and loading on your own. You can do it everyday, it's easy, it won't wear down the gun too much too quick and it'll greatly improve your reflexes.

[gboyd242]

So Miller, you are saying that if you go to the range everyday and shoot but don't dry fire you are missing out on something? Dry fire is good but it can never replace live fire. It all just depends how much time and money you want to put into it.

[silvermediastudio]

@gboyd242 Live fire only confirms your technique. Dry fire is where you learn how to shoot. Continuing to pump rounds down range with flawed technique will only grind it in more, making bad habits that make your shooting less consistent harder to break.

[millerusaf]

@gboyd242 Nope. The average person can't get to the range everyday. Because of that dry fire needs to be something done often. Dry fire is where techniques are perfected because it can be done without spending money and can be done anywhere in the home for as long as the person desires.

[wcropp1]

@gboyd242 Live fire is, by most considerations, better, more realistic practice obviously. However, dry fire is a hell of a lot cheaper, and can reveal idiosyncrasies in your shooting that live fire is too "violent" and fast paced, due to recoil and follow up shots, to reveal. They go hand in hand, especially when a shooter is initially learning proper shooting habits.

[dragowulf]

@gboyd242 *dopeslaps* Don't be a tard, gboy242. You know damn good and well Miller meant in addition to live fire practice.

[Ninety9Soulz]

With 00buck being a dollar a bang dryfiring is almost all I can do...

[SupremeAmerican]

@Ninety9Soulz u pay way too much i'll send u a link where its 10 bucks a box of 25.

[KASPLARFO]

@SupremeAmerican Could I please have that link as well?

THANKS

[Ninety9Soulz]

@SupremeAmerican Hey thanks

[gboyd242]

@Ninety9Soulz you could practice with birdshot.....

[Ninety9Soulz]

@gboyd242 I do sometimes but doesn't training with lighter loads affect how well you can shoot with buckshot?

[SuperR3volver]

@Ninety9Soulz Reduced recoil "tactical" buckshot....

[K1ll3rM4st3r]

dryfiring my defence device makes it itchy

[SupremeAmerican]

@K1ll3rM4st3r sometimes it might chap. So be careful.

[SupremeAmerican]

Does dryfire for the tactically superior such as myself, mean not using lotion on my self defense device? 

[K1ll3rM4st3r]

@SupremeAmerican dude u made me lol so hard

[F35Lighting2JSF]

In my book dry firing a loaded sidearm is called a negligent discharge LOL

[1gamoguy]

aww come on miller youve never done an office pop before? lol

[Stangtt]

@1gamoguy hahahaa. i laughed my ass off reading that.. Good movie

[millerusaf]

@1gamoguy ROFL @ office pop :)

[Kevin32001]

@1gamoguy Desk pop! But still funny :D

[1gamoguy]

@Kevin32001 lol i thought yall would like this one :o)

[JoeDurobot]

Snap caps are not needed to use with modern firearms IMO.I would only use them with .22 pistols (Im not even sure they make them in .22) but I use them as dummy rounds to practice loading and ejecting rounds in the chamber.They make dry fire more reallistic and are also great to train new shooters safely.

[ThePrivateMan]

@JoeDurobot I agree with you but I also use SCs with a shotgun (Rem 870). Especially nice practice as high speed and alternate loading techniques while under stress is important. Even with an extender tube, needing to quickly reload your shotgun is likely due to the low number of rounds compared to other firearms. Also, with Glock 9mm, I had SCs stick and it was a big drag getting unjammed. I never used them again in any hand gun. The 22 SCs can be ordered online, but I have never used.

[squidbilly89]

I never liked that 155 millimeter drunkin' douche! HA!

[kaihoosi1]

good msg