Train Daily with the gun you plan to carry or at least one very similar!
With the unprecedented ammo shortages we have now in 2021, shooters serious about keeping their skills tuned in have transitioned most, if not all of their range time, to dry fire training and systems like the Mantis X Dry Fire Training System & Training Aids for Home & Range Use.
Many might now say what they thought was a ridiculous, unnecessary, or even worst feature of a striker fired handgun, being a double strike or re-strike capable, has quickly become a favorite when racking a slide three hundred times with their Glock slows down training because it hurts!
One of the best guns for the money in my opinion, especially for price and availability and considering it’s close similarity to Glock feel and trigger is a Taurus G3C or even the G2C. Both of these cheaper guns, even cheaper than some realistic training guns feature a double strike or re-strike feature. Basically a double action striker fired pistol that you don’t have to rack the slide each time before your next dry fire shot.
After testing the Mantis X2 for strictly dry fire training, I have now purchased and am very happy with the Mantis X Laser Academy Kit to help with shot placement. The Taurus and those like them give us the ability to get more trigger time without tearing our hands up or having to wear one glove just to rack a slide or have to add a charging device like the Recover Tactical Charging Handles For Glocks just to enable easier charging.
Discuss your dry fire training preferences in the comments below.
Video: Understand why some say you might NOT want to train with the re-strike or double strike feature for carry purposes.
Consider yourself challenged to set a daily reminder on your mobile device to take 20 dry fire training shots sometime during the day AFTER YOU CLEAR YOUR WEAPON! Mine is set to 4:06
Randy
A born and raised in SE Montana firearms friendly website developer. I create and maintain independent localized online tools to help law abiding gun owners and gun industry businesses promote, protect, exercise and reclaim lost firearms freedoms. In my previous life I was a 20 year operator and trainer in the emergency roadside service industry. Starting with a childhood and teen years spent in school, farming and family construction in Miles City, MT. Then beyond to Reno, Las Vegas and Northern California. After having a child, my wife and I moved from Tracy, California back to Montana to raise him here. My health has restricted me from working outside of my home now. This is now my service to fellow Montanans. VOTE to help keep Montana pro-gun and I'll keep building and maintaining tools for us to exercise our RTKBA. Feature ads or donate to help keep the lights on and keep me motivated.
Author: Randy
A born and raised in SE Montana firearms friendly website developer. I create and maintain independent localized online tools to help law abiding gun owners and gun industry businesses promote, protect, exercise and reclaim lost firearms freedoms. In my previous life I was a 20 year operator and trainer in the emergency roadside service industry. Starting with a childhood and teen years spent in school, farming and family construction in Miles City, MT. Then beyond to Reno, Las Vegas and Northern California. After having a child, my wife and I moved from Tracy, California back to Montana to raise him here. My health has restricted me from working outside of my home now. This is now my service to fellow Montanans. VOTE to help keep Montana pro-gun and I'll keep building and maintaining tools for us to exercise our RTKBA. Feature ads or donate to help keep the lights on and keep me motivated.
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