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My dry-fire routine after 6 months — sharing what finally worked

Rangium Community TeamStarter contentApr 25, 2026

I plateaued hard last winter and couldn't figure out why my live-fire wasn't improving. Turns out I was practicing for time instead of practicing perfect reps. I switched to 10 minutes a night, three positions (press-out, reload, draw), and I use a wall as my backstop with a verified empty gun and ammo in another room. My splits and trigger control improved more in a month of this than in the previous four months at the range.

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The 'ammo in another room' part is the most important line in this post. Every negligent discharge story I've read started with someone skipping that step. Make it a hard rule.
What are you using for a target? I've been doing dry fire against a printed dot but thinking about getting one of the laser training systems.
Adding the reload to your dry routine is underrated. So many people only practice the trigger press and then fumble every reload at a match.
Curious how you track progress with dry fire since there's no hole in paper to look at. Shot timer with par times?
This matches my experience exactly. Quality over quantity. 10 focused minutes beats an hour of sloppy reps that just groove in bad habits.