Our Friend Ben Morgan with Morgan Timing Systems shares his experiences on dry-fire training.

Dry- firing is one of the most important things a shooter can do to improve their speed as well as their accuracy. Being that I make a dry fire training device that records and displays a shooters time from when the app on the phone beeps to when the shooter breaks their trigger, I get a lot of questions and comments about dry firing.

The most common question or comment is about recoil. “Why waste time dry firing if there is no actual recoil?” The simple answer is, when dry firing you focus on the fundamentals that help you manage recoil including, stance, grip and grip pressure. The second you pull the trigger, it’s too late to try and manage the recoil. If you are trying to manage recoil while pulling the trigger, you are going to tighten your grip and twist the gun left or right depending on which hand you are using (usually it’s the non-dominate hand). This twist results in rounds going to the left or right of your desired POA/POI (point of aim/point of impact). That or the shooter tries to counter act the recoil by pushing forward into the gun. This push results in the gun being forced low and creates an impact lower than the desired POA/POI. By dry firing and evaluating yourself after each shot, you can check your stance, check your grip, and check your grip pressure. With the timer, you can see exactly how long it takes you to apply your fundamentals and break that trigger. Once you are comfortable dry firing at a certain speed, you can go a little faster and see how well your fundamentals hold up.

The other question I get a lot is about accuracy. “How can I tell where the bullet would go when I dry fire?” You can tell where your bullet would go when you are dry firing, you just need to be focused on your sights, primarily your front sight. Many shooters are looking at their sights but are not truly focused on them. A simple drill to help you focus on your front sight is to dry fire with no target in your backdrop. This shows your eyes and brain what front sight focus should look like, since there is no target to distract your vision. Your eyes can’t focus on two thigs at the same time. If you try to focus on your target and your front sight at the same time you will get a blurry target and a blurry front sight. That blurry front sight makes shot placement unpredictable. The more you practice dry firing and get better and better at picking up that front sight, you will not only be able to break that first shot faster, you will see your shot groups tighten up dramatically. Holding yourself to a high standard when it comes to accuracy is important because those shot groups on the range will grow three and four times bigger under extreme stress, when targets are moving or in low light conditions.

Dry firing gives us everything we need to improve our speed and accuracy, without having to go to the range and shoot thousands and thousands of rounds of expensive ammo.

For more information take a look at:

Website- Morgan Timing Systems

Instagram- @morgantiming

We are always are looking for unique new products that make a difference. We feel that we found that in the Slide Spider™ by ArachniGRIP™. This grip is not a lot different than our own TALON Grips.

The Slide Spider™, by ArachniGRIP™, is a patented one piece adhesive grip wrap for semi auto pistol slides. The grip is designed to enhance safety and control in the operation of the hand gun. The Slide Spider enables the shooter to gain increased control through a safe and secure hold. The product offers additional tactical advantages under challenging operating conditions, including extreme moisture and temperature. In addition, the product aids shooters with weak or weakened hand strength and those with medical conditions such as arthritis. We offer a variety of designs to fit most semi-automatic hand guns. The product size is approximately 1″ by 3″ We also offer custom imprinting on the product.

The Slide Spider recently concluded a one year Testing and Evaluation program by an active military unit. The grip underwent extreme environmental assessments and was deemed to be reliable while withstanding over 20,000 rounds of live fire.

Website: www.arachnigrip.com

About us: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Skh3ltcAZnM&t=31s

Grip advantages: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBnmtk7GYL0

Keep an eye out for ArachniGRIP on TriggerTimeTV which can be found on the Pursuit Channel.

After the whirlwind of SHOT Show in Las Vegas we decided to attend the IWA Outdoor Classics Tradeshow in Nuremberg Germany on March 9-12. Our booth  number is 9-303 and is shared with Blackhawk! Apparel, Fobus Holsters, Kestrel Weather Trackers, and Tru-Spec Boots.

Over the last 44 years IWA OutdoorClassics has developed into a world-leading trade fair for hunting, shooting sports, equipment for outdoor activities and for civilian and official security applications. 58.5 % of the 49,253 trade visitors in 2017 came to Nuremberg from 119 countries outside Germany and 79% of the altogether 1,504 exhibitors too. IWA OutdoorClassics offers an unparalleled international spectrum of products. IWA is truly an outdoor marketplace for the world.

Our hometown, Steamboat Springs is known as a Winter Olympic athlete factory, producing close to 100 olympic athletes (see the complete list here). One thing Steamboat has not produced is a summer olympian competing in the Shotgun events. That may change with Logan Bakard. Logan has been shooting since the age of 8 and is ranked in the top 20 by USA Shooting Open Class. He is a contender to represent the United States at the 2020 Olympic games in Tokyo.

He is currently attending the University of Wyoming where he is studying mechanical engineering. He is the president of the University of Wyoming Shotgun Sports Team.

Logan’s Tools Of The Trade:

• Sporting and Skeet competition gun: Beretta DT11 International Skeet with custom rubber and granulate TALON Grips
• Trap competition gun: Browning Citori XT Trap with custom rubber and granulate TALON Grips
• Optics: Pila Outlaw Shooting Lenses and Frames
• Apparel: Shoot the Moon Shooting Vest