I am a firm believer in muscle memory. When or if you find yourself on a two-way gun range, you’ll find that your training and muscle memory will take over and things will just seem to happen without much thought behind it. Let’s talk about getting off the X.
One of the downsides of training on many public ranges is their prohibition of movement. Not being able to move from side to side, forward and backward, can reduce the effectiveness of our training. While serving in 75th Ranger Regiment, I spent countless hours in a shoot-house with live ammo pre-deployment. I recall one of my team leaders getting after me for simply being stagnant while conducting a reload inside a room. He shouted, “Anyone can hit a target that’s standing still. Move, and get back into the fight!”
Dry-fire practice conducted over countless hours, repetition after repetition, is the framework for building muscle memory. You can never have enough practice, and it doesn’t always have to be done with live ammo. Here’s my advice for an effective and safe dry-fire practice routine:
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I am a firm believer in muscle memory. When or if you find yourself on a two-way gun range, you’ll find that your training and muscle memory will take over and things will just seem to happen without much thought behind it. Let’s talk about getting off the X.
One of the downsides of training on many public ranges is their prohibition of movement. Not being able to move from side to side, forward and backward, can reduce the effectiveness of our training. While serving in 75th Ranger Regiment, I spent countless hours in a shoot-house with live ammo pre-deployment. I recall one of my team leaders getting after me for simply being stagnant while conducting a reload inside a room. He shouted, “Anyone can hit a target that’s standing still. Move, and get back into the fight!”
Dry-fire practice conducted over countless hours, repetition after repetition, is the framework for building muscle memory. You can never have enough practice, and it doesn’t always have to be done with live ammo. Here’s my advice for an effective and safe dry-fire practice routine:
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