Originally Posted by
HCM
1) Most progress is made in dryfire. There are various training aids to facilitate dryfire. For accuracy work the Mantis X system is worth a look. You make progress dry and validate it in live fire.
2) Proficient pistol shooters are normally proficient rifle shooters but the reverse is often not the case.
3) There are some skills you can train dryfire and/or with .22s. Accuracy, draw and presentation to first shot etc. and some you can’t such as timed multi shot drills where recoil is a factor. .22s are fun and shooting for fun is a good thing.
Once you reach a basic level of accuracy slow fire, say 10 rounds in a 6” circle or B8 bullseye at 10 yards consistently you want to look into introducing a shot timer and doing both live and dry practice under time pressure.
At that point consider following the program in Steve Anderson dryfire book “Refinement and Repetition” you can find it on Amazon, you can get a shot timer and dummy rounds on there, too.
Invest in a few private lessons with a reputable local instructor. The value is in their feed back as to what you are actually doing vs what you think you are doing and what to work on in your own dry and live fire.