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Post by serpenthammer on Apr 30, 2012 21:41:58 GMT -8
Since most of us do not get paid to shoot and loot nor are we authorized to do so like our beloved Mil and LE guys , please share your training alternatives that you already use to keep your skills honed.
On a side note please do not confess that you do use your XBoX , WII or Playstation as a training platform. I remember reading last week that the Norwegian who created that mass carnage practiced playing MoH , CoD , Battlefield etc.
This is to allow your fellow St.Crispians a training alternative aside from the range classes or perhaps an indoor alternate during those days when the ranges are closed or one's too time restrained to go regularly.
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Post by mqd123 on Apr 30, 2012 23:44:32 GMT -8
My wife let me turn my garage into a mini-gym. I read a book recently by some special force guy. He said that 70% of the training on the weapon is dry firing - meaning they only work with live rounds 30% of the time. So, I started to keep a rifle and pistol in the garage and do a ton of dry firing working on form and speed. It's to early too tell if this kind of traing will help but at least I get to play with my guns more.
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Post by Stan on May 1, 2012 20:43:38 GMT -8
My wife let me turn my garage into a mini-gym. I read a book recently by some special force guy. He said that 70% of the training on the weapon is dry firing - meaning they only work with live rounds 30% of the time. So, I started to keep a rifle and pistol in the garage and do a ton of dry firing working on form and speed. It's to early too tell if this kind of traing will help but at least I get to play with my guns more. Absolutely! Dry practice is not only for the fundamentals of marksmanship but manipulation and handling as well. Think of it as the tai chi or "kata" of firearms. Just ensure condition 4 before doing so... ;D |
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2012 21:07:10 GMT -8
mqd123 your favorite bedtime firearms instructor, Paul Howe has a lengthy section on dry fire drills and miniature targets to paste all over your walls. If you drink some strong coffee, maybe you can get through it. Otherwise, hire a stenographer to transcribe the proceedings for you.
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Post by mqd123 on May 1, 2012 22:04:25 GMT -8
mqd123 your favorite bedtime firearms instructor, Paul Howe has a lengthy section on dry fire drills and miniature targets to paste all over your walls. If you drink some strong coffee, maybe you can get through it. Otherwise, hire a stenographer to transcribe the proceedings for you. LOL that guy is a cure for insomnia! |
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Post by tiernone06 on May 2, 2012 1:27:55 GMT -8
This may sound stupid, but I come from with an eight year background in airsoft and if you do actually use it the right way, you can actually get a lot of out of it that transfers over to shooting big boy toys.
*Gear Setup. It gives you a chance to actually run your load-bearing stuff both in an austere and built-up environment, and identify what rattles where, what hurts when you hit the dirt and where to put your mags for quickest access. Stuff like that. Also, you learn what gear falls apart even for a hobby - had numerous knockoff products fail from airsoft use, so I'm definitely not using those brands for my go-to gear.
*Weapons manipulations. Again, if you take the care to do it correctly, handling airsoft replicas has big-time pay off when it comes to shooting actual guns, especially in terms of reloads, working the safety, and even correct shooting posture / weapons safety. Case in point - I have used an AR-type replica since I was fourteen for airsoft. When I fired an AR for the first time 6 years later (shooting on the move, I might add, which I also learned to do through airsoft), I had already developed muscle memory for no chicken-winging, working the safety + mag release, grip, etc. Especially works well if you have an airsoft replica that matches your real gun.
*Teamwork under stressful situations. It's great to rehearse battle drills, IMTs, what have you on the static range. We all know that from Stan's CWR teaching method. But, even though it's just toys shooting BB's, airsoft allows you to move as a team with people shooting back at you. Believe what you will, but that's still a reinforcing factor that tells you "don't get shot" and really changes your mindset to know that someone else is gunning for you as opposed to you just sending rounds downrange at paper.
*360 Degree awareness. Yeah, we do threat scans on the range, but out of the sheer terror of getting hit by 6mm bbs you learn to keep your head on a swivel. Also helps develop your OODA loop as you learn to look for potential threat areas/indicators both out in the woods or in the buildings.
Other than that, yeah. I do a lot of dry fire, set up a target on the wall and go from the holster with handgun or low ready with the rifle.
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Post by serpenthammer on May 2, 2012 7:56:39 GMT -8
Maybe we should have an informal TASC training day and go train airlifting with Tiernone this summer. We could do a day in SC Village and train together as a team using our skillets polished off from 202 and 303.
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Post by mqd123 on May 2, 2012 15:12:32 GMT -8
mqd123 your favorite bedtime firearms instructor, Paul Howe has a lengthy section on dry fire drills and miniature targets to paste all over your walls. If you drink some strong coffee, maybe you can get through it. Otherwise, hire a stenographer to transcribe the proceedings for you. I just realized I'm reading his book!  He's much easier in print. So, I guess you've got something there. |
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Post by jmsenk on May 6, 2012 22:38:57 GMT -8
Dry fire is essential.
William and I discussed some Dry fire drills at the course on May 4th. Pistol specific, I told him I dryfire at my TV quite a bit (when the girlfriend is working of course) I will draw from the holster or have the pistol at my side (snap caps) and aquire targets, and go through the full fundamentals. This works well as most TV and movies these days cuts scenes every second or so, and there is a lot of movement. Drawing and getting that satisfying "Click" from your snap caps before the scene changes or your target moves is more difficult than it may seem, and a lot more complicated than just "shooting the TV"
Again, it's only good practice if you are practicing all the correct fundamentals. Remember, slow is smooth, smooth is fast.
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