Dry Fire or Air Pistol for in-home practice?

[scott_see]

So I know I'm supposed to dry fire to become a better shooter, but it's so freakin' boring. So I've taken up shooting my air pistols right in my office. I've got an Umarex Colt 1911 A1 and a Crosman 1733, both .177. I've got a bullet trap on the other side of the office. Do-All Bullet Box : Cabela's This is SO much more fun than dry firing.

Sure, the trigger isn't quite the same as a real gun, but it feels like I'm building the same muscle memory.

Anyone else do this too?

Scott

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[Alexx1401]

ANY shooting is good. I too use an air gun when can't or won't get to range. I well remember when I was a kid and got my first air rifle. I saved and paid. Parents had a hard time getting me to come in the house to eat for weeks. Next time Dad took me to shoot my .22 I out shot him so badly he was very impressed. Any practice is good.

 

[ditchtiger]

Is your office at home?

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Went out shooting with some friends and one guy had a BB revolver that looked and handled like a Colt Single Action Army ... It was a hoot to shoot.

So much So that I am saving my pennies for one myself.

Air guns can indeed be a good and fun training tool.
Andy

 

[Stomper]

I practice my CC draw standing naked in front on the full length mirror in the corner of my bedroom when I can.

 

[tac]

I practice my CC draw standing naked in front on the full length mirror in the corner of my bedroom when I can.

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay to much information. Pass the mind-bleach, please.

tac

 

[Stomper]

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay to much information. Pass the mind-bleach, please.

tac

Hey, I'm a damned good lookin' man!!

 

[tac]

Well, I have a few 6mm airsoft SIGs, Glocks, M1911s, and a Luger - all with operating blowback actions. I also have a Tanfoglio IPSC and Walther P88 in .177 cal - shooting pellets rather than little white plastic balls. And I have a collection of what I call 'proper' target air pistols of the serious kind.

Depending on how I feel, I shoot most every day - at reactive as well as passive targets. It helps me to remember what I need to remember when shooting a handgun of any kind, since the only kind I can shoot over here is either a kooky-looking .22 or .357/44, or my .44cal BP revolver.

Cheaper, too.

tac

 

[tac]

Andy, I never would have taken you for a cheapskate - git out there and buy something NOW!

tac

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Andy, I never would have taken you for a cheapskate - git out there and buy something NOW!

tac

Tac ,
Not a cheapskate ... Just seems that whenever I have the money for something fun ...
Something not fun , needs that money ...
Andy

 

[Andy54Hawken]

I practice my CC draw standing naked in front on the full length mirror in the corner of my bedroom when I can.

Stomper ,
Just what "gun" are you drawing .... ERRRR ... Nevermind!.
Andy

 

[etrain16]

Stomper ,
Just what "gun" are you drawing .... ERRRR ... Nevermind!.
Andy

It's the ND's that get a little messy

 

[scott_see]

Is your office at home?

Yes, definitely. I can only imagine what would happen had I tried this when I sat at a desk on 53rd and 5th, NYC.

 

[etrain16]

I practice my CC draw standing naked in front on the full length mirror in the corner of my bedroom when I can.

Careful with those cross draws....you might hit....something. Seems like an appropriate place to add a banana playing a guitar.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Ewww! watch your trigger squeeze !
Maybe I shouldn't have posted this thought....
Andy

 

[etrain16]

Back to the OP, I have several blowback guns at home, airsoft and BB/Pellet. I have two that weigh about the same and have the same feel as real guns, and yes, while the triggers and the recoil are very different, I do find it helpful with acquiring the sight pictures, getting on target, getting proper point of aim. I don't use them as often as I should, but they are a lot of fun to play with. In addition, I keep an airsoft gun at the ready as my anti-squirrel/anti-starling gun for the bird feeder area - the wife and daughter won't allow me to shoot to kill (well, at least when they're home ), so it provides me for some extra fun and practice.

 

[tac]

I keep an airsoft gun at the ready as my anti-squirrel/anti-starling gun for the bird feeder area - the wife and daughter won't allow me to shoot to kill (well, at least when they're home ), so it provides me for some extra fun and practice.

Seeing as how mrs tac and me loves birdies more than cats, I also use a non-lethal method of dealing with the feline hunters of our 'hood.

A catapult + ice cubes works just fine, and leaves no traces....

When THAT fails, I use THIS -



tac

PS - that's not a flash - my eyeballs really ARE that shade of red.....

 

[etrain16]

A catapult + ice cubes works just fine, and leaves no traces....

I assume you mean slingshot?? I forget many outside the US refer to them as 'catapults', haven't heard them called that in a while, at least not since I was a regular on Joerg Sprave's Slingshot Channel forum.

Good idea though. I have a rather healthy collection of slingshots/catapults - I'll have to try the ice cube trick.

 

[tac]

The word 'catapult' comes from the Latin 'catapulta', which in turn comes from the Ancient Greek καταπέλτης (katapeltēs), itself from (kata), "downwards" + πάλλω (pallō), "to toss, to hurl". Catapults were invented by the ancient Greeks.

With that in mind, I guess that those of us over here in Europe can call it whatever we like.

Just as you, over there, can call it whatever YOU like.

tac

 

[SparksFly]

The word 'catapult' comes from the Latin 'catapulta', which in turn comes from the Ancient Greek καταπέλτης (katapeltēs), itself from (kata), "downwards" + πάλλω (pallō), "to toss, to hurl". Catapults were invented by the ancient Greeks.

With that in mind, I guess that those of us over here in Europe can call it whatever we like.

Just as you, over there, can call it whatever YOU like.

tac

You were just waiting for the situation to come up for you to say that weren't you?