Thank you for the tips! Been dry firing enough to soak up the Amazon basin lately. My wife’s eyes are permanently stuck to the side from rolling them at me so much. I told her that if the distinctive features of the walls ever turn on us she’ll be damn glad I spent all that time running drills.
Bonus: I couldn't find chapstick and I didn't want to dig in my wife's makeup kit (she doesn't go through my range bag, fair is fair) but I found the lid from one of my kid's Crayola marker fit perfectly in my upper.
I got my first AR15 earlier today. I haven't fired it yet. I've been using dummy rounds to learn about it The dummy loads have really helped me practice to load and learn how to clear jams. I'm getting much better at learning not to accidentally ride the charging handle forward on release, causing all my jams in the first place :)
Seriously thank you man. The chap stick thing has helped me a lot. My ready ups are a lot more realistic and I’m glad I get to work on the safety muscle memory. Awesome sauce dude!
As a beginner who just wants to focus on drills to build strong fundamentals it’s refreshing to see someone as yourself do a video on basics and explaining and keeping it simple. Great content! Also if you haven’t seen mantis is coming out with a product called Blackbeard auto trigger reset with a option to have red, green, or a IR laser hit confirm. You might enjoy keep up the great content.
Zee uses himself as a back stop for dryfire, and he uses live ammo, and then when confronted with a threat, he spits lead at the target and kills it. Then Karl calls the threat a dumb ass.
Good training. Thank you. An old Army competition shooter taught me to dry fire practice when I was 14 or 15 back in the 70s it works. Your channel has given me even more ideas. Thank you. Yes, I actually do train once or twice a week and am currently setting up a “jungle walk”. I’m trying to figure out size appearance for 100/200 yards etc so I can do longer range estimation during practice. Thank you again.
I’ve been shooting and competing for years, and these are great ways to dry fire practice! Thanks Karl for the refresher. I’m currently rewatching all your videos to try and get back up to speed so when the range opens I will be on par again thanks guys great channel!!!!
I was stuck with a 92% standing average in US Service Rifle Competition. I got a tip from a USAMU Service Rifle shooter, a 50 minute exercise at 100 or 200 yards: dry fire, call shot and plot call in data book's target. Next, live fire, call shot and plot call in data book's target; but, do not spot/mark bullet strike. Repeat this dry/live fire exercise 40 times. Then, look at target and mark the 20 strikes in data book's target. Now, look at divergence of call and strike placement. If there's a consistent corollary adjust the sight to cause calls and strikes to intersect at next practice. After about 15 days of this practice once a day, you can expect a highly refined no wind zero, increased stamina, shot call confidence, and the ability to build a position which can be quickly adjusted for natural point of aim. For me, the exercise improved my standing score to an average of 96%, which helped me earn my US Distinguished Rifleman Badge.
I’ve been doing up drills like a mad man. Thanks for the chapstick tip! Mantis is coming out with a gadget that cycles your hammer so you get your full trigger break.
Put 500 rounds of 9mm down range this week. Decided to test out my 9mm AR pistol build. It was a great time but the cost to replace the ammo shot this week isn't making me happy 😳. Double the cost per round now. As always, Great video! Plus I also have to say, keep up the great work working out. Your upper body is starting to look like Zee's upper body with your own canons for arms... Hey! Shoot Straight and have a safe drive back the midwest.
Sherry Champagne I stopped using any 9mm ammo 2 months ago. I was about to resupply as this hit. Shame since I was about to finish setting up a B&T GHM9. I have an AR9 that's ready to go, but the recoil isn't nearly as nice.
I have a HellBoy BB rifle. Same principle. CO2 Trigger reset, no projectile. Safe "dry-fire". I also use M&P 40 BB replica, one that has a reciprocating slide. Same, Same. Fits my holsters, same feel as my real M&P, AND the slide moves to simulate recoil. Great training, indoors, and can use the BB's in the back yard for accuracy training. Now THAT'S the way we roll here in Kentucky.
Dry firing my pistol improved my confidence leaps and bounds and I was making faster and better shots then I ever have before. I even made my own cadence for drills that made me faster. Good stuff
I bought my teen a P365 BB gun, so he could get used to the pistol I will be giving him, one day. It functions like the real one, so it was a good idea. What I didn’t expect was how much it helped me, when ammo was scarce. I was able to keep my draw time down, and even better my tac-reload times. Ended up being able to teach the tac reload drill to my kid as well. Just a thought for when looking to add fun, to dryfire.
I've been using a plastic rifle flag to hold my M4 out of battery. (Had a buddy's chap-stick burst after repeated use) It has the added bonus of keeping your rifle visibly cleared to onlookers.
Carl/Karl(sp?) you are a heart-and-soul instructor and it is so apparent that you are not hesitant to give "pearls" to your students or followers, an often rare instructor attribute. Your videos and your "delivery" make so much "sense" of the subject-matter you are teaching and the real-world experience you have adds a measure of realism and practicality. Love watching them and they provoke a lot of "thinking," as opposed to just trigger-pulling. Proud to say that I have directed many friends to your channel.
Michael, Thanks for the kind words, and thank you for promoting our channel. I am proud of the group of subject matter experts that I bring together here. Strength & Honor, TR
Also, just got a .177 BB gun Glock 19 non blowback with 15 cans of co2 and 6000 BBs for $125 at Big 5. Really not bad, they were running out. But perfect to practice in the backyard
This was awesome....it's exactly what I asked about last video, and you delivered. I can't wait until I get down to the lower 48 and have a chance to take one of your classes.
Top two things I've learned on RU-vid. 1. Dry Fire 2. Up Drill The third tool I use is a BB gun that's Point of Aim Point of Contact at 10 yards. For follow up shots you'll have to be at the range. Like Jerry said, "bring the weapon up to your dominant eye, line up the sights and make the shot"
The CMMG .22 converter is a decent practice option for close range practice. I was previously using it at an old pistol range that didn't have a backstop that could handle FMJ rifle ammo. The zero is about the same as .223/5.56 at 25 yards and shorter. I'm bummed to be using it again to conserve the good ammo. Yes it's dirtier than rifle ammo, although not nearly as dirty as using a suppressor.
Karl, I recently got the Mantis Blackbeard trigger resetting system for AR platforms. You can get it with or without a laser. Since I already have both a SIRT and a SIRT AR STIC (the new carbine adapter for the SIRT pistol), I got the one without the laser (it's a bit less expensive than the one with the laser). I also have the DryFireMag for my G19, so thanks to the markets (hooray for capitalism!), it's nice to be able to have dry fire products for both carbine and pistol with and without a laser without having to do a bunch of work. So my dry fire gear -- SIRT pistol and SIRT AR STIC for laser dry fire; Sig M400 with Mantis Blackbeard (no laser) and G19 with DryFireMag for no-laser dry fire.
Great points Karl! I'm familiar with the CERTS training system, but will checkout the other companies you mentioned! Remember folks, dry firing develops muscle memory, and (PROPER) practice makes perfect!!
Fast-eye training: play billiards! Watch cue tip position during the critical 1/10 second action/response cycle -- if the cue 'arcs' (bends) during stroke (and misses) then point-of-sight alignment was initially wrong, review data from dominant eye 😉
Lockdown doesnt allow one to buy much. So im going to try the paper to keep glock out of bat to practice ( Its a awesome idea ). Alternatively I use an Airsoft Pistol.
I use the laser cartridge I haven't had a single issue with them sliding out the barrel and across the room 😂 maybe Karl is secretly super human? I also use it to teach new people it's fantastic.
I'd bet tactical edge has licensed KE arms patent on the trigger. I have a KE SLT trigger and it uses the same tech. You can put the weapon on safe without first charging a round. And you get a audible click when the saftey is in the fire position and not loaded. They call it Sear Link. And essentially has no disconector. They are sweet triggers
I really like the Glock trigger from the Glock store since it resets like a real Glock trigger, it's not cheap but it's worth it. The only thing is you need a spare Glock to set it up in since it's not so quick to drop in and out of since the striker is removed to use it and put their's in. The advantage is though you can get an exact training pistol of what you carry.
Thanks for this vid and what you do. Big fan of CoolFire and LASR to track hits. I’ve also invested in the forthcoming Blackbeard resetting AR trigger - it’ll have an IR laser like my CoolFire so I can use it with LASR, and the system resets your actual AR trigger so the pull is correct and the safety works as normal. While I wait I’ll try the chapstick trick, what I’ve been doing is just pulling to the trigger wall, and using any breaks as a mag change drill where I pull the dummy round mag, charge and reset safety, and insert the mag again or one on my belt also with dummy rounds. I tried the SIRT AR bolt and was apparently sent a defective one. I try to dry fire every single non live fire day.
Well spoke amazing video as always truly appreciate the information being provided for all of us I ordered the NLT ar sirt bolt two weeks ago if anyone is interested in placing orders for one NLT is currently out of stock on the adjustable trigger pin that allows the repeated trigger pull the out source the development of this part and as with everything right now covid19 as presented issues with NLT getting these parts in order to complete shipments that are currently waiting I as of roughly 20 min ago spoke with their team these parts should be in today or tomorrow so anyone wanting to place an order direct through NLT now is the time to do it before they are out of stock again
I bought the SIRT bolt for AR a couple of years ago. After a short time the thing broke. The little button that fires the laser stopped moving/got stuck open. Sent it back to them to be fixed, they sent it back to me, said it was fixed but it wasn't no change at all, you put the battery in and the laser comes on and stays on. MantisX is about to come out with a magazine that resets the AR trigger and fires a laser. I would wait for that and skip the SIRT.
I think what you're talking about is called the Black Beard, from their site, just pre-ordered mine today. To be honest I came down here to grip about how I should have bought the SIRT bolt but you've renewed my confidence in the purchase.
@@warrenphilips8441 Just wrote a different reply having totally misunderstood what you said. But yeah, I think the blackbeard will be way better. You get a real trigger pull with your true trigger break, whilst on the SIRT your trigger just pushes a rod up to a button (which might break) and is mushy.
Dude! I never thought of running the Dry Fire (TV) video with carbine. DUH, Homer Simpson on my part! Very good suggestion. We don't shoot our Rogers Range with 5.56 -- we have the thicker 8" targets in the conex, but i have never have seen them installed. SWAT (who does the training on our Rogers Range) does shoot it with 9mm PCCs . :)
There are some blowback airsoft pistols you can use as well, but they tend to cost as more than the other options listed in the video, and you still need to make sure said thing is made to the same dimensions as the real thing.
You can also buy BB guns that are very very nice replicas like the SIG p226. Same weight same size same everything. It shoots pretty accurate too and has a picattinny rail under the barrel so you can slap a laser underneath also. Uses Co2 blowback action that has a little kick.
I want to send this to our Illinois Governor Prickster (Pritzker) to see how his blood pressure fares after that. First time on this channel and man I'm glad I came across, didn't dissapoint.
Thank you very much for this great information. There are 9mm dry fire laser systems for around $39 on Amazon like G-Sight and Pink Rhino that you can use in conjunction with G-Sight’s app ($4.99 to unlock unlimited shooting) which let you use your phone’s camera to watch any target and register where you hit. I’ve only been using it for a week but it has helped me get much better aiming with my carry pistol. I would recommend buying a cheap 51” tripod to hold your phone (about another $15).
Great info thanks, seems like really useful stuff to take advantage of in the military. Always wonder why we don’t do more dry fire stuff. Closest we do is BD6 but we never really work on weapon handling/firing.
Could you also use one of those silly little orange chamber flags? I’m more worried about my girlfriend skinning me in my sleep for putting her chapstick in my AR than I am about the boogaloo 😂
