Following TLG’s sample dry fire routine.

Week 1, Day 2, draws.

1. 10 reps of wall drill from press-out 2H
2. 20 reps of wall drill from holster 2H
3. 5 reps of wall drill from holster, SHO
4. 5 reps of wall drill from holster, WHO
5. 10 reps draw & fire at 3/4 speed, 2H
6. 10 reps draw & fire slow 2H

I’m trying to make the strings that don’t specify speed be at “full speed”. Granted, they aren’t as good as they could be, but I am seeing the sights and able to call my shots, which is still of use. But it just means on the 3/4 speed and slow speed to make them all perfect. From that will come the correctness.

Following the TLG 4-week sample dry fire routine.

Week 2, Day 1

Basic routine

1. 20 reps of Wall Drill, from extension 2H
2. 5 reps of Wall Drill from extension, SHO
3. 5 reps of Wall Drill from extension, WHO
4. 20 reps of Wall Drill from press-out, 2H
5. 5 reps of Wall Drill from press-out, SHO
6. 5 reps of Wall Drill from press-out, WHO

Today felt like a bit of regression for some reason. I was in a hurry for sure. Was not a quality session. My own fault.

Following the TLG 4-week sample dry fire routine.

Week 1, Day 4

Basic routine

1. 20 reps of Wall Drill, from extension 2H
2. 5 reps of Wall Drill from extension, SHO
3. 5 reps of Wall Drill from extension, WHO
4. 20 reps of Wall Drill from press-out, 2H
5. 5 reps of Wall Drill from press-out, SHO
6. 5 reps of Wall Drill from press-out, WHO

I need to ask Karl about something with trigger work during dry fire. Because we don’t have reset and because I’m so conditioned to “the break” and then other artifacts of dry fire, like holding the trigger back, manually cycling the slide, then reset and fire again, I notice that I always hold the trigger back. I started instead pressing the trigger, click, then releasing the trigger to about where the reset point is. So basically, working the trigger like you really would, tho there’s no reset. I think that’s better and more correct, and creates less training artifacts. But could it have any other side-effects? Hrm.

Anyways, I did that through most of the practice, and I noticed my front sight moving less. I think when I hold the trigger back I end up holding the trigger back. Coupled with my grip, it basically forms a big tight squeeze and my brain is basically thinking to clench the hell out of the gun… which causes front sight to dip, which is no good. But when I just press and release, like a real trigger press should be, dip goes away. Hrm.

Maybe I’ve been doing my dry practice wrong all this time? *sigh*

Following TLG’s sample dry fire routine.

Week 1, Day 3, reloads

1. 10 reps of wall drill from press-out 2H
2. 20 reps reload from slidelock, slow, 2H
3. 20 reps reload from slidelock, 3/4 speed, 2H
4. 10 reps reload from slidelock, slow, 2H
5. 10 reps of wall drill form press-out, 2H

I need to get another set of weighted practice magazines, but I wish I didn’t have to buy through RINGS given my prior poor experiences with them. Well, I don’t need, but it does help to have magazines of full weight and that can also allow the slide to be cycled without locking.