Originally Posted by
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I think that boils down to how HONEST you are when you’re gripping, pressing the trigger, and managing the sights realistically in dryfire. No you’re not going to have the recoil that you normally would, but you can actually see what the sights are doing when you’re gripping and pressing the trigger like you are expecting the recoil to happen.
Unless you are a human vice or you’re doing something to the gun to keep the sights PERFECTLY still during dryfire then your sights will absolutely be moving to some degree every time you press that trigger. The goal is to keep those presses in the realm of an “acceptable shot” for “the shot you’re trying to make”. If the front sight is leaving the notch when you press the trigger or the shot would go into the “wide C zone or D zone” on the target when you’re pressing the trigger, then you need to fix that. If it’s just moving a tiny bit and the shot would be an A zone hit or “close C zone” then you’re probably making good presses.
That being said, your dryfire needs to be balanced and include skills and handling of other things apart from pressing the trigger. Reloads, transitions, and movement can all be done appropriately without pressing the trigger.
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Ten years ago I would have agreed with what you are saying a hundred percent. Now I believe a few questions are in order.
1. How does one know what is an acceptable sight movement when there is no bullet for confirmation?
2. Can other people do it the same as you?
Can an older retiree who shoots 1200 rounds a year keep doing it? For this retiree I assure you I cannot. I suspect it was a negative the whole time I was doing it but just didn't notice. If I were to do it over again I would never pull the trigger quickly during dry fire. I would only do a few slow presses.
3. Does the ratio of live to dry fire change that ability? Can you get sloppy over time between live fire?
4. Does a person's ability change the answer?
As a retiree I can no longer do what I used to be able to do with a pistol when I was shooting between 12-20K dedicated rounds a year. Dry fire trigger work is just one of many things I had to change.