Budget-Proof Training: Improve Shooting Without Spending

By John Sheppard

I have been a firearms instructor for my department since 1998 and the department’s range master for the last three years.

I am regularly tasked with doing more training with less time, equipment and manpower. All those who shoot firearms for work, pleasure or competition know that ammunition is one of the biggest expenses. You may pay from a few hundred dollars up to a couple thousand for your gun up front, but you’ll pay $20 or more for every box of ammunition thereafter—shooting one box a week will cost over $900 per year. Now most of us don’t shoot that much, but if we did, would that maintain or enhance our skill level? Accurate shooting of a firearm is a perishable skill, so practice is required to maintain and improve it.

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The question then becomes how can we develop our shooting without draining our wallets? I bet everyone said dry fire, and, yes, this is probably one of if not the best and most cost-effective methods of practice. But here’s the catch: If you don’t do it right, dry firing can have the opposite effect—you’ll damage your gun, and that will …Read the Rest

Source:: Tactical Life