Training: Competitors, hunters and defenders — buy a shot timer

By Andy C

Utilizing a shot timer is one of the best ways to empirically measure your shooting performance and improve, be it as a competitor, hunter or family defender. (Photo: Andy C)
Why do we spend time shooting? There’s plenty of reasons: self-defense, competition, hunting, pure recreation, maybe even as part of a job. But a common thread that underlies all these reasons to shoot is that just about everyone who pulls triggers “practices” at some point with the hopes of improving their skills. After all, we all want better scores, more meat on the table, or to be able to protect ourselves and the people we care about as proficiently as we can within reason.
But practicing to shoot can get expensive quickly between the price of range trips and ammunition. It behooves anybody even a little bit serious to explore ways to make that practice more efficient, as well as measurable. To that end, I’d encourage pretty much anybody who is into shooting guns to buy a shot timer.
Empirical measurements
I find shooters are a pragmatic bunch in most categories, but I’m still puzzled by the aimless practice I see people engage in or want to discuss with me. As a range officer

Source: Guns.com