Carbine dry fire drills

[mattpittinger]

What dry fire drills do yall recommend for carbine? Something that is simple, short ( 10 - 15 min.), and does not require much room. Be as detailed as possible, thanks.

[gogetal3]

practice in your "Box" all the typical positions.
Kneeling---Prone and then some. and practice malfunction drills in those positions

[BushmasterFanBoy]

Mostly different shooting positions, practice quickly building a position, and dry firing at a target from it. Be unconventional with your positions. You don't need a lot of distance to do good dry fire, just use smaller targets.

[madisonsfinest]

So can you dry fire your carbine to your hearts delight, like a Glock?

[Abraxas]

So can you dry fire your carbine to your hearts delight, like a Glock?

Yes you can

[John_Wayne777]

What dry fire drills do yall recommend for carbine? Something that is simple, short ( 10 - 15 min.), and does not require much room. Be as detailed as possible, thanks.

Probably the most valuable dry practice you can do with a carbine is basic manipulation drills and shooting on the move.

For manipulations, practice:

- Emergency reloads
- Tap, Rack, Bang drills
- Major malfunction drills (double feed, etc...)

For SOM, obtain a cheap laser pointer, duct-tape it to your barrel, then practice various movement drills:

- Box drills
- Figure 8 drills
- Moving forward
- Moving backward

The goal in each of them is to learn to move in all directions so that you minimize (not eliminate, as it's impossible to eliminate) the movement of the laser. Use a small target (no bigger than a 6" circle) and keep the dot inside that circle as you move. Practice movement until it becomes second nature.

Trigger control can be practiced with dryfire, but it's also extremely easy to ingrain poor trigger control using dryfire since there's no feedback from the round being fired.

[mattpittinger]

John Wayne thanks for the input. I like the idea of using a laser to help with movment. Anouther thought on that line is that the laser can give you feedback on trigger control issues.

[bobbo]

I like the laser idea for dry firing too. Has anyone seen/tried the Laserlyte training laser?

http://www.laserlyte.com/Laser_Train...LT-1/LT-1.html

The site says it's activated by the sound of the hammer falling, or you can switch it to constant on. Seems like a good concept. I'm thinking about trying one.

[mark5pt56]

Trigger control can be practiced with dryfire, but it's also extremely easy to ingrain poor trigger control using dryfire since there's no feedback from the round being fired.

learn to call your shots. Use a 3/8" dot and place 3 of them at standing, kneeling and prone heights, approx 10-15' away. If you can hold on them and call your shot when dropping the hammer, it will help alot.

For snaps from a ready, use a 1" dot or target paster.

AN easy way is to get some manila colored paper, place a period on 3 spots, change the font to make it larger then cut them out with approx 2" of paper around it to simulate the target size. Use double sided tape or do the fold with regular tape and stick them to the garage fridge.

[bkb0000]

dime/washer drills are good for trig control, if you have a partner.