DryFire

[OddJob]

In my drive to make better shots of all of those in my school shooting club, I am interesting in the DryFire system that simulates clay shooting indoors. Being a comprehensive school, we do not have any funding and the students are not loaded individuals. This means that training can only take place once a month and any equipment needs to be funded by other means. With limited training capacity, I am trying to think outside of the box for cheaper, or more efficient training methods. Having something that we could use weekly indoors at no cost (bar initial investment) could bring on the shooters.

 

I was wondering if anyone had used it, and if so, what your thoughts were? Does it really help shooting, or is a gimmick that only allows limited progression? I wonder how it represents the distance of the clay from the shooter. Any feedback would be great.

[killer_pigeon]

i have tried one a couple of months back and found it ok-ish but lost interest after 30 minutes . It tells you where the shot is in relation to the bird etc. You need to set it up as accurately as possible otherwise you tend to shoot where it expects you to, not where you're supposed to in real life.

 

Only problem i had was gauging the field of depth. ie you dont know how far away the bird is as the red laser dot appears the same size at all times. You can guess this if you've shot all the clay disciplines but if you never seen DTL or Skeet its a bit tricky.

 

I also missed the recoil and bang which is what shooting is all about for me ! plus the £500-£600 price tag would buy you a lof of real clay shooting !

 

regards

[drut]

I have had one of the early single head systems since 2005,wouldn't part with it but would baulk at todays prices.Good in addition to normal shooting but as stated you have to be able to visualise target distance.Maybe some of the fancy painted backgrounds favoured by american users help in that way but they are expensive(AFAIK around £200)