Any and all practice is good as long as your fundementals are correct. You dont want to practice something the wrong way! Dryfire will help with draw times alot it will also help with your index and transitions. But dont forget that no matter how much you dryfire you really need to confirm what you have learned from it in live fire. I try to dryfire at least twice a week for about an hour then get to the range once or twice a week for practice. Then shoot a match on Sunday... And I either use dummy rounds mostly for weight or I dont use anything during dryfire practice. Also Steve Anderson put out a book that has alot of good dryfire drills in it that help alot. You can find it on EnosIs it ok to dry fire? And how much is too much?
It was recommended for me to do some dry fire drills. Particularly learning to draw from holster, both standing and seated -draw, aim, shoot. I am worried that doing too much dry firing will harm our guns. Any advice on this? Obviously, safety first. Check 35 times to make sure its unloaded, keep ammo in a seperate room, only aim at a safe place with sufficient backstop (is that what its called?)
Anyone recommend a good snap cap for a 9 mm and 45 acp? I have read some reviews about some brands don't eject properly.
+1 See, it didn't take long before we had good info on snap caps.
Now, would someone that train and teaches advocate the use of snap caps at the range mixed in with live ammo ? I know some who will use someone else and have them load them randomly in mags with live ammo. All this so the person see's their tendency to flinch. For some unknown reason I cannot explain, it just doesn't feel right for myself to be doing this with let's say, my wife or son... I guess it has just something to do with mixing live ammo with something that wont fire... Is this a tool that a trained instructor would use ?
I'm sure it was probably already posted, but sometimes it depends on the gun. Also there are snap caps you can buy that help with dry fire training.