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Old December 16, 2009, 01:11 AM   #4
zippy13
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Grey makes reference to dry firing as HD training. On the competition side, I recall an older elite level shooter who practiced mounting his gun (without firing) 100+ times each day. His reasoning was that he wasn't going to win during an event (there are typical several perfect scores); but, in the subsequent shoot off. His mounting exercises were for conditioning -- he didn't want to lose a long shoot off because of fatigue.

Why worry about shoot-off fatigue?
At the 1968 NSSA World Championship 12-ga event (250 targets), Al Buntrock and Tommy Heffron were in a sudden death shoot-off that went for 32-rounds (800 targets) without a single miss. It had to be carried over to the next day. Finally, Al and Tommy called it quits since everyone there had places to go and flights to catch -- the record book shows co-champions for that year.

Dry firing and mounting exercises are time well spent. Don't forget your snap caps.
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