Dry Fire

Dry fire is like studying, and live fire is the test.

This analogy is helpful in reminding me that I need to dry fire i.e. study. If you’re one of those cool cats that got straight A’s and never studied for a test then this analogy ain’t for you. I got ok grades in school, but even those “ok” grades required me to study...sometimes for days even weeks leading up to a big test. That’s dry fire for me, and the amount that I dry fire directly correlates to how successful my range trip is going to be.

Especially right now as ammo is short, we should all be doing our best to take advantage of dry fire. Hubs and I went to the range yesterday and allotted 50 rounds for each of us. My dry fire practice has been consistently irregular to say the least haha. Although, it has been happening more so than it has in the past, so I’ll consider that a partial win. Since I had been dry firing between my last range trip and yesterday’s, I didn’t feel nearly as rusty as I’m used to feeling. I quickly remembered the things that I needed to work on, and was able to dial it in by my 57th round (ssshhh don’t tell hubby that I went 7 rounds over my limit). We did the 5X5 drill. My first one sucked so bad that I stopped 3 rounds in keep from wasting the last two 🤣 My second one was MUCH better than my first, and I left the range feeling happy about how I did on my test. I may not have done as well as some, but it felt like a personal win, and that’s all that mattered 🎉

This morning I started in on Dryfire Reloaded by @benstoeger, and I’m excited to work my way through it. Basically adding a study guide to my dry fire practice. I have absolutely no idea what I’m doing so I’m sure it’ll be very enlightening 😬😆

Have you been studying for your live fire test?