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Comprehensive List of Popular Dry-Fire Firearm Training Tools

By Jacob Paulsen / June 20, 2025

An overview of all the various training pistols, targets, cards, and other tools designed to enhance your dryfire training experience and results. There are as many dry fire techniques as there are products to support them!

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Where Does the Glock E-Trainer Fit In Your Dry fire Training Strategy?

By Jacob Paulsen / May 24, 2022

Dryfire training is important but does the Glock E-Trainer do more harm than good? A quick look at the product that is getting everyone talking.

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10 Christmas Gifts For Your Favorite Gun Owner – 2021

By Matthew Maruster / November 16, 2021

Between inflation and unprecedented supply chain issues, shopping for Christmas gifts will be especially challenging this year. It’s nearly Thanksgiving, so if you’re like me, you’re getting ready to knock…

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1 Question: Will Dry Firing Hurt My Gun?

By Matthew Maruster / May 13, 2021

A common question I get asked is, “will dry firing hurt my gun?” There are so many different answers that people don’t know what to believe. I want to cut…

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Review: The New Mantis Laser Academy

By Matthew Maruster / March 25, 2021

What is the Laser Academy from MantisX? Mantis Laser Academy is a laser, shot recording smartphone application with built-in training modes. The app is from the same well-known company that…

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LASR VS Mantis X – Comparing These Training Tools

By Jacob Paulsen / August 6, 2019

How do these two popular firearm training tools stack up? What do they each bring to the table? Read now to understand the differences between MantisX and LASR and how you might choose between them.

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Why Dry Fire Helps

By Joshua Gillem / July 31, 2019

I’ll be the first to admit that I wasn’t dry firing as much as the rest of the team was–not until lately, that is. It’s not that I didn’t see…

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[Video] Cool Fire Trainer Review – Dry Fire Laser Recoil Tool

By Jacob Paulsen / July 22, 2019

Table of Contents: What Is The Cool Fire Trainer? Where Does it Fit In A Dry Fire Toolbox? Why You Need This Tool Some Drawbacks Cool Fire Trainer Video Review…

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Episode 334: Dry Fire Guns and Gun Tools

By Riley Bowman / July 16, 2019

Today Jacob and Matthew discuss about 15 different tools that you either attach to your gun or use as a dedicated gun for dry fire training. This is meant to put ALL the various gear and products in context relative to each other and cover the various pros and cons so one can identify the next tool they need to obtain to up their dry fire game! Join in and listen!

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Episode 311: Teaching Firearms & the NEW Firearm Trainer’s Podcast w/ Rob Beckman

By Riley Bowman / April 19, 2019

Today, Riley and Rob Beckman talk about teaching others about firearms, becoming a firearms instructor, best practices, and we announce the official launch of the exciting NEW Firearm Trainer’s Podcast, of which Rob is the host!!

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Episode 310: 9 Gun Myths…BUSTED!!!

By Riley Bowman / April 17, 2019

Today, Riley and Matthew discuss 9 myths about guns and shooting and what is actually true. What are these myths? And how can we all be better “students of the gun” and not get swayed by uneducated guesses and opinions??

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Episode 306: Beyond the One Percent – Karl Rehn

By Riley Bowman / March 29, 2019

Today, Riley interviews Karl Rehn of KR Training and talk about training and practice, pistol red dots, and his new book “Strategies and Standards for Defensive Handgun Training.” Plus we discuss the idea of going Beyond the One Percent and how one accomplishes that. Karl is one of the brightest minds in the shooting and firearms instruction industry, and he’s a fantastic shooter to boot–a USPSA Grandmaster.

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Episode 304: Using Micro-Drills to Up Your Shooting Game

By Riley Bowman / March 25, 2019

Today, Riley and Jacob talk about a little known secret to DRAMATICALLY improving your shooting performance, and it has to do with “Micro-Drills.” What are they? And how can you use them most effectively??

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SHOP Talk: More Dryfire Tools

By Joshua Gillem / March 25, 2019

On this episode of SHOP Talk, Riley shows off a couple other products that he uses on a regular basis in his training routine. He pulls them right off the…

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SHOP Talk: Dry Fire Drills

By Joshua Gillem / March 19, 2019

If you’ve been following us for any extended amount of time you know that we’re huge advocates of dry firing your gun. The benefits of dry firing cannot be overstated…

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