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Just a heads up for CPK pistol enthusiasts;

If you’re into dry fire practice ***everyone should be. Drills muscle memory. Zero ammo cost. You can train all the fundamentals without live ammo except for two; recoil control/mitigation, and malfunction clearing-reaction speed (i.e. you can drill the motions of clearing malfunctions, but to train the speed of reaction mid-fire, requires training with live ammo mixed with dummy rounds, to reduce the pause when going, “Huh? Where’s the bang? Oh…” ***tap, rack, bang***).

DryFireMag is available for various semiautomatic platforms, so you can do dry fire drills without needing to rack the slide.

Even better, they have a Smart DryFireMag that works with a proprietary laser insert, for laser training.

They’re currently having a 35% off sale on DryFireMags and Smart DryFireMags with code:
THANKYOU.

The code is valid until midnight Thursday 6/12.

The cool thing about something like the Glock 9mm Smart DryFireMag, is that you can use it in any doublestack 9mm Glock. Just clear the gun, insert the laser, insert the mag, and you can do laser training with it.
 
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bluemax_1 said:
Just a heads up for CPK pistol enthusiasts;

If you’re into dry fire practice ***everyone should be. Drills muscle memory. Zero ammo cost. You can train all the fundamentals without live ammo except for two; recoil control/mitigation, and malfunction clearing-reaction speed (i.e. you can drill the motions of clearing malfunctions, but to train the speed of reaction mid-fire, requires training with live ammo mixed with dummy rounds, to reduce the pause when going, “Huh? Where’s the bang? Oh…” ***tap, rack, bang***).

DryFireMag is available for various semiautomatic platforms, so you can do dry fire drills without needing to rack the slide.

Even better, they have a Smart DryFireMag that works with a proprietary laser insert, for laser training.

They’re currently having a 35% off sale on DryFireMags and Smart DryFireMags with code:
THANKYOU.

The code is valid until midnight Thursday 6/12.

The cool thing about something like the Glock 9mm Smart DryFireMag, is that you can use it in any doublestack 9mm Glock. Just clear the gun, insert the laser, insert the mag, and you can do laser training with it.
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That's awesome! Just ordered. Thank you for sharing!
 
ferider said:
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15 yards, 9mm; 2.5" barrel .... not bad:

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15 yards, 45 ACP +P Buffalo Bore Outdoorsman (255 gr. Hard Cast); usable, but still need more training ....

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Just wondering if the first 2 shots with the .45 Buffalo Bore were higher ones. I see it frequently when folks switch to ‘bear loads’, the added recoil tends to make them subconsciously push down after they feel the initial increased snap. Just curious from my standpoint. I carry a 2 3/4” 629 with buffalo bore hard casts in the woods and it lets me know when it goes off. My 4” 500 S&W with BB had me shooting low until I consciously worked through it.
 
beeinak said:
Just wondering if the first 2 shots with the .45 Buffalo Bore were higher ones. I see it frequently when folks switch to ‘bear loads’, the added recoil tends to make them subconsciously push down after they feel the initial increased snap. Just curious from my standpoint. I carry a 2 3/4” 629 with buffalo bore hard casts in the woods and it lets me know when it goes off. My 4” 500 S&W with BB had me shooting low until I consciously worked through it.
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At least one of them I remember, yes. Good guidance, thanks.
 
adluginb said:
^ Has anyone ever heard of that company or that product? Can’t seem to find any reviews by any popular YouTubers? Maybe new product? Seems cool though, especially the laser one.
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Dryfiremag is a good tool. Works well with the stock glock trigger. A little sticky with an Overwatch Precision trigger even after making adjustments. A good tool if you are serious about dryfire. Been too lazy to use the laser function.
 
adluginb said:
^ Has anyone ever heard of that company or that product? Can’t seem to find any reviews by any popular YouTubers? Maybe new product? Seems cool though, especially the laser one.
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Got a regular DryFireMag years ago. It’s a convenient tool for practice.

I used the code to order the Smart mag, as I find laser training a valuable tool for both newbs and experienced users alike.

For folks who’ve never tried a visible laser trainer, one of the most valuable benefits to me, is the visual feedback for your trigger pull.

Almost all of them produce a laser impulse that’s about 0.2s or thereabouts (long enough to see the dot), but the biggest advantage, is that when you aim it at a simple white wall, you have a very clear visual cue, to see if you’re jerking/upsetting the gun when you pull the trigger rapidly.

If you’re holding steady, the laser makes a dot on the wall. If you’re upsetting the gun, it makes a zig/line. The clear visual feedback allows the user to make adjustments so they can pull the trigger rapidly while holding steady.

This is something that almost all newbies to shooting (and more than a few long time firearms owners) tend to do (jerk the gun), if they don’t specifically train fast trigger pulls without upsetting the pistol.

I’ve gone to the range with friends/coworkers who I’ve known were long time firearms owners, and noted that many of them only ever practiced slow target/precision style shooting.

Absolutely nothing wrong with target/precision shooting, but the problem is if someone NEVER does any other kind of shooting.

As they’re doing their usual; hold steady… aim… breathe… slooooowly squeeze the trigger…, they watched me switch from precision shooting (which I usually start with), to other drills, from fast doubles, to Mozambiques, Bill Drills etc.

Then they go, “Oh, that’s cool. Lemme try that”, and I realize they’ve NEVER practiced pulling the trigger rapidly, because when they tried double taps, NONE of the shots even hit the paper ANYWHERE, on a full sized IPSC/USPSA target at just 5-7 yards 😮

One of them actually pulled the gun so much, at an indoor range, they managed to shoot the overhead line that runs the targets out and back.

We were lucky that the particular indoor range we were at, is apparently used to this. Their setup uses nylon line for the pulley system. They simply said, “Oh, yeah… that happens. Don’t worry about it. We just string it back up after we close for the day”, and switched us to another lane. A different indoor range uses a steel cable for their pulley system. There’s a sign that clearly states if someone shoots the cable, the range will charge them $$$ for the repair.

The other cool thing about visible laser training, is that you can simply use anything as a target, but it’s a lot of fun to use reactive targets. The i-MTTS system is cool. I got the 5-pack on sale several years back, and also have 2 Keiron targets and a Keiron Speed target.

You can just set these up around the basement/living room etc. and practice dry fire/laser training, and what’s even more fun is to make a game of it, when there are multiple people. Setup the targets in various spots/ways, and always have the Keiron Speed in the same place. The Speed has a timer function; so at the beep, each person clears all targets as quickly as possible, shooting the Keiron Speed target last, to stop the timer. Makes for a fun game, and it’s easily portable to bring along for an after dinner game with friends/family who are shooting enthusiasts (the i-MTTS targets especially, are small enough to easily stick in a small bag/pouch).
 
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