Lucky Digger Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 I am a new shooter, so still getting familiar with my guns... I have created a bunch of targets from cardboard, painted them and placed screws all over my garage door to simulate different stage placements while dry firing... Question: Have any of you built a portable wall to simulate a window or two and a doorway to practice moving more realistically? If so, could you please post a picture or two? I plan to create something with hinged supports that will fold and store against the wall... Thank you! Lucky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G W Wade Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 I don't have anything like what your asking about, BUT How about hanging a cardboard window from your ceiling on hooks. GW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheyenne Ranger, 48747L Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 PVC frames, without glue, are easy to assemble and knock down as don't much room I know you know this but my EMT training is kicking in: Please, please, please, double and triple check your guns are not loaded when doing this people get in a hurry, or get complacent and bad things happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Jack Black Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 5 hours ago, Lucky Digger said: I am a new shooter, so still getting familiar with my guns... I have created a bunch of targets from cardboard, painted them and placed screws all over my garage door to simulate different stage placements while dry firing... Question: Have any of you built a portable wall to simulate a window or two and a doorway to practice moving more realistically? If so, could you please post a picture or two? I plan to create something with hinged supports that will fold and store against the wall... Thank you! Lucky Why not just go to the range Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assassin Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 You'll want to practice properly. If you crawl into windows, always shoot left target first instead of first target you see, or dancing around rather than planting your feet, the list goes on. You'll only get better at bad habits. Although running your guns is important, it's only a piece of the puzzle. Find a good shooter to critique you and tutor your practice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widder, SASS #59054 Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 As has been mentioned.... watch out for getting into bad habits. As a new shooter, a lot of dry fire practice can induce some bad habits and hard to overcome. And as mentioned above, get a good shooter to help ya out, critique you, etc... I also have a 'dry fire practice room' in my basement, BUT...... I only set it up after a few years of actual shooting to help me overcome my shortfalls. I learned about those shortfalls in actual match situations. Good luck. P.S. - if you use a 97, I'll post some practice videos for you to check out that might help with the 97 functions. There are also some good SxS and 87 practice techniques on YouTube that are helpful. ..........Widder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Eagle Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 Lots of good advice up above. Best thing that happened to me was that one of the best shooters that I shoot with started helping me and giving me advice. Improved my technique, confidence and my scores very quickly. Had to overcome a lot of bad habits and change how I did some things, but it paid off. I have a long way to go and am still working on consistently avoiding the bad habits I started, but now have a clear path forward. I hope he keeps feeling sorry for me and keeps helping. I thank him pretty much every time I see him for all he's done for me. From what I've seen with the cowboy shooting crowd, everyone will help you improve if you ask for advice and at least try to do what they tell you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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