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Re: Aim seems OK but I'm doing something wrong
« Reply #15 on: December 19, 2013, 12:13:19 PM »
How helpful will .22 practice be for getting better with a .40?

A lot.  It's all about quality trigger time.

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Or you can use snapcaps, and practice your grip, trigger, sight picture while dry shooting your TV, the cat, wall sockets, etc...

I am always dry shooting, my wife calls it "playing with my gun again"

I keep reminding her "This is my weapon, and this is my gun, one is for killing, one is for fun!

Her standard reply is : Ya, well don't confuse the two!"

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Re: Aim seems OK but I'm doing something wrong
« Reply #16 on: December 19, 2013, 05:14:09 PM »
I am always dry shooting, my wife calls it "playing with my gun again"

I keep reminding her "This is my weapon, and this is my gun, one is for killing, one is for fun!

Her standard reply is : Ya, well don't confuse the two!"

 :chuckle:
Yeah, my wife tells me not to put either on display around her. :chuckle:

I used to hear that too much dry firing would damage the firing pin.  Is that true?

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Re: Aim seems OK but I'm doing something wrong
« Reply #17 on: December 19, 2013, 05:29:49 PM »
You're always better using snap caps for repeated dry firing.  Kinetic energy is being transferred, and needs somewhere to go.

Dry firing is very good practice, but mix it with live fire so that you can see your progress or see any other hidden issues that are arising.  You need some physical confirmation that what you are doing is correct, live fire gives you that.  We can all smoke the 10 ring every shot when we are dry firing. :)
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