Gear Review: Glock E-Trainer — Rack-free dry fire for noobs

By Eve Flanigan

The Glock E-Trainer is model-specific. (Photo: Eve Flanigan/Guns.com)
Ever seen a new shooter frustrated by the need to rack the slide to practice the art of the trigger press? Now there’s a product to circumvent that chore so new shooters can concentrate on that, as well as the other fundamentals.  Meet the Glock E-Trainer.
This little widget is distributed in the States by ConcealedCarry.com. It’s an extremely lightweight (think paperclip), W-shaped device that clamps onto the rear of a Glock slide. E-Trainers are model-specific; there’s one for every Glock except the 42. I’ve been using ones that fit models 19 and 43.
Amongst new shooters there are almost always some which find dry fire practice can be slightly detrimental when they get a loaded pistol in their hands, as the memory of racking the slide to reset the trigger becomes something of a habit. Yes, I’ve explained that the gun does that without human help when loaded, but in the avalanche of information that is my state’s concealed carry course, that little fact can be forgotten.
The view from the back of the E-Trainer. It doesn’t interfere with grip or slide manipulation. (Photo: Eve Flanigan/Guns.com)
I was pretty stoked when I read about the E-Trainer, thinking

Source: Guns.com