09-23-2014, 06:08 PM
related loosely on this subject is so called cold bore shot. The phenomenon is widely know that 1st round shot on clod bore (or after longer time between shots) the impact is lightly off where rest of the group is landing.
Bunch of guys, me included, decided to make a practical test on this. Test was divided in 2 parts. First being just follow what one has done always. Go to range and start engaging. But having 2 indentical target. Shooting the first round in one and rest (say 4-5) on the other and record main point of impact plus difference where the first round went.
Second part was do excatly like in first case but BEFORE starting to engage dry fire one's kit for few time.
Now the result collected and it showed that majority of the shooters didn't experience shift on cold bore shot following regimen having few dry fires before going live. I don't want to say that this is the case with everybody and with every rifle. But might be something to focus especially if your shooting session are far in between OR if your round count is fairly low (read less that few thousend).
I see therefore lot of benefits using dry firing kit.
That's my $0,02
Bunch of guys, me included, decided to make a practical test on this. Test was divided in 2 parts. First being just follow what one has done always. Go to range and start engaging. But having 2 indentical target. Shooting the first round in one and rest (say 4-5) on the other and record main point of impact plus difference where the first round went.
Second part was do excatly like in first case but BEFORE starting to engage dry fire one's kit for few time.
Now the result collected and it showed that majority of the shooters didn't experience shift on cold bore shot following regimen having few dry fires before going live. I don't want to say that this is the case with everybody and with every rifle. But might be something to focus especially if your shooting session are far in between OR if your round count is fairly low (read less that few thousend).
I see therefore lot of benefits using dry firing kit.
That's my $0,02