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Post by ST BERNARD 9/8/2016, 4:10 pm

Has anyone used these??  Thinking about getting one to dry fire with....just to see if the laser agrees with my shot calls.
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Post by Chris Miceli 9/8/2016, 5:07 pm

Not I, I dry fire on a wall....but not nearly as much as I should. 

This looks cool, has recoil too

http://coolfiretrainer.com/AWSCategories/p/9/Kits

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Post by BE Mike 9/9/2016, 8:20 am

Anything that gets you to train more is good. Some folks get bored with dry firing pretty quickly.
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Post by SteveT 9/9/2016, 11:33 am

If you meant the kind that sends out a laser pulse when the hammer falls, I tried to use one with a video camera on the target. The laser blinked so fast the camera missed it more often than not, even at 60 FPS HD.
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Post by CR10X 9/10/2016, 7:55 am

The biggest issue I found with most of the laser training kits is that they wind up training a shooter to look at the target (to see the impact). That's almost like jumping in the scope to look for the shot.  And that's exactly what I do not want to do.  

I want time to call the shot, then verify the impact point.  Very few of the kits and equipment do this.  

I found it was better to just dryfire and really concentrate on the sight alignment / location than using something that did not suit my purpose better.  

But any training is better than none, just watch out for any other potential consequences. 

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Post by ST BERNARD 9/10/2016, 10:12 am

Thank you for the advice and information folks.... and it's all pretty close to what I was expecting to hear.  Sure would be watching for the dot to flash on the target when the hammer falls.  I dry fire every day....and it's working. Sometimes the hold is dead still for a second or two, but my biggest problem is in getting a decent tigger pull to go with it. Almost have myself talked into getting the roll kit from Mr KC soon.
         I've been lurking around here and reading for a couple months now and have learned a bunch. Mostly that this kind of shooting is the toughest to do, and also the most rewarding when I get it right. (that don't happy very often though).
                                                                                Again, thanks for the replies
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Post by willnewton 9/10/2016, 8:59 pm

I used a rail mount laser for a bit and it was useful for seeing trigger pulling movement with iron sights.  The problem was that I could not focus on aligning the sights and watching the laser at the same time and it was distracting.  I removed it and focused on being able to call my dry-fire shots. 

 I also shoot air pistol in my garage and like that best for practicing, because I get instant visible feedback.
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Post by JayhawkNavy02 9/10/2016, 11:25 pm

Based on advice from Jon I use a dot.  The one on my was gun.   That provides all the feedback I need.
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Post by Jack H 9/10/2016, 11:43 pm

You can always train dryfiring with a coin sitting on top of your muzzle.
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