The following paragraphs will explain how dry firing training will affect firearms owners. Using dry firing training allows gun owners to practice how to shoot a firearm without ammunition in the chamber, improve shooting skills, and is cost-effective.
Dry firing has many benefits, such as, decreasing the number of accidental shootings that occur with life rounds, improving various skills like trigger control, draw of the gun, reloading, positions, and accuracy of firing the weapon, as well as lowering the amount of ammunition used by the gun owner which reduces need and cost of purchasing ammunition.
Some people, such as beginners, like to use the dry firing technique when they are first learning how to shoot a gun. It is less threatening without ammunition in the firearm. All the steps for shooting a gun are used even though there isn’t any ammunition in the chamber. It is like doing a mock training of a loaded gun which includes following dry fire safety techniques, such as double-checking that your firearm is unloaded before practicing firing the gun, orient the firearm in a safe direction, and follow all gun safety rules at all times. This will prevent a lot of accidental shootings that frequently occur at firing ranges or at the home with live ammunition in the chamber. Practicing this drill every time will cause the shooter to develop a routine that is followed when the gun is loaded.
Next, the shooter can focus more on the target and sites and the feel of the trigger/gun, instead of where worrying where the bullet hit on the target. The dry firing will improve the ability to focus on the target which will improve the accuracy when they are shooting live rounds. Majority of shooters anticipate the recoil of the gun and jerk the gun up changing the trajectory of the bullet. By practicing with dry fire, there isn’t any recoil to cause the shooter to jerk and miss, or not keeping their vision on the field of view. Every repetition simulates perfect live fire, and it is not costing the shooter any ammunition.
Inserting a few rounds of dry fire periodically when practicing at the range or at home, a box of shells may last longer when practicing. Dry firing reduces the need of buying ammunition frequently, as well as the cost to support the shooter’s hobby. Currently, there is a shortage of ammunition due to the pandemic, so if hobbyists want to continue to shoot their firearms, they will need to become familiar with the dry firing method or become frustrated with the lack of available ammunition to enjoy themselves at the range. The shortage may cause the gun owner to lock their gun away until the shortage is over.
I believe that by utilizing dry firing training (except rim-fire guns, older revolvers), gun enthusiasts will become better firearm owners, marksmen, more safety conscious, enjoy the sport more because there isn’t a need to locate ammunition to purchase which is in short supply, and won’t break their bank accounts because of the increase in cost of ammunition at this time.
