Gun Digest's Defensive Handguns & Gear Collection eShort by David Fessenden

Author:David Fessenden [Fessenden, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-4402-3440-8
Publisher: F+W Media
Published: 2012-04-10T04:00:00+00:00

Dry Practice: A Typical Session

We will now run through a simulation of an actual dry practice session as it might be conducted by a student. First, set up your area for practice and remove ALL ammunition from the room. You will use no blanks, snap caps, empty casings or other forms of dummy rounds. No ammunition! You will have no magazines in the room, as well.

Chamber check your weapon several times, until you are absolutely convinced that you are handling an empty weapon. Now, say out loud, “I am starting my dry practice session.” Establish, in your mind, what you wish to practice and begin your drill. You may chamber check your weapon from time to time to reinforce in your mind that the weapon remains empty. This is good for your focus and confidence while you practice.

Again, you will not have any magazines available during your sessions. This gives pause to semiautomatic owners who wish to dry practice with guns that have an onboard magazine safety feature that requires a magazine in place to allow the weapon to cycle and the trigger to operate. In these sessions, you will need to set up a procedure for using an EMPTY magazine for those techniques that require you to cycle your slide in order to complete your practice session.

It is important that once you have completed these drills that you remove the magazine from the room. Another option is to plan your dry practice session to run those techniques that require a magazine to be used for just that one practice time. That way you can stay focused on the drills and not have to include a magazine in any of the other sessions.

When you are satisfied with your progress or have been doing it for the prescribed amount of time, then say “Stop” out loud. Then add, “My dry practice is now over.” Chamber check your weapon and safely store it away. Remove your target from the wall and double check the room to be sure there is no remaining evidence of your dry practice activities.

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