Adapt and Overcome
by Marshall Bowen on June 22, 2012
You can always find time to train, but you can’t always find the perfect training environment. You might find yourself low on ammo, not able to pay range fees, etc. Although we would all love to be able to train whenever, and however we want, this is not always possible. That is no excuse to let your skills diminish. One road block that I think most of us have run into is not being able to get to a range as often as we would like. There are plenty of drills you can do from your home, garage, or back yard. One of my favorites is the “dry-fire” drill. Find a point on the wall, like a light switch, or just grab a sharpie marker or some tape and make some 1”x1” squares. I would not recommend using your living room, although I’m sure your wives, or significant others would love to have sharpie marker targets all over the wall!
You have just created your own indoor “dry-fire” range, and have a never ending supply of magic bullets. Now you can work on draw from the holster drills and sighting in on your targets. One tool I found that makes this a little more realistic and entertaining is called “Laser Ammo”. I found this awesome training tool at Laser-Ammo.
It costs about $150 and I think it is worth every penny. Make sure you don’t pass up the opportunity to send actual rounds down range. There are thousands of training tools out there but there is still nothing better than the real thing.
-Marshall Bowen
Comments
This is a wonderful resource. I’ve been eyeballing this since you first told me about it and it’s certainly a better value then the LaserMax trainer. Especially if you want multiple calibers.
Dry-fire has always been great for refining the fundamentals of marksmanship but this tool will help bridge the gap in reactive and speed shooting practice, such as immediate CQ engagement from the hip and such.
I do have a question. Is it able to be used without the safety nut and barrel tube and whatnot? Can you just drop the laser into the chamber like you would a round?
Thanks for bringing this product to my attention!
August 08 2012 at 02:08 PM
Travis,
Yes, you can use it without the “barrel tube”. One problem you will run into is that you won’t be able to move the weapon around too much without the “barrel tube”. There is nothing holding the laser in place when you pull the slide to the rear.
August 08 2012 at 02:08 PM