DryFire in action - a round of ATA trap

The video shows Tom Ridge, our US distributor, shooting a round of American Trap followed by a few skeet targets. Tom is using Version 4 of the DryFire software - the current release is Version 5.

Tom has mounted his DryFire Laser System upside-down on the ceiling (the DryFire software allows for this) and he has placed his laptop to his right to show the results of each shot.

Tom is changing his position between stands but this is not normally necessary because DryFire always brings the targets to you so you see them exactly as you do at the shooting ground.

Note how the DryFire software provides audible messages about stand changes.

When using the DryFire Laser System Tom uses a painted canvas background and a polystyrene trap house to make the experience a little more real. The DryFire Projection System works with a PC data projector to display photo realistic backgrounds and targets.

Tom has the advantage of a very wide wall (he built a room just for DryFire!) but DryFire works with any wall from 3m to 5m in width.

Aislin Jones - world champion and DryFire user

In 2016 Aislin Jones became the youngest woman to win the Australian National Championship, she was the Oceania Region Junior Women's Skeet Record holder and in 2018 she became the Junior World Skeet Champion.

You don't get to be a champion without good instructors and lots of dedicated practice - the sort of thing DryFire is designed for. Aislin used the laser version of DryFire to practice in her parents' home.

Laser v projection

DPS (DryFire Projection System) is undoubtedly more realistic - and certainly more fun! It will appeal to all members of your family, not just the dedicated shooters!

Working with a PC data projector, and displaying photo realistic backgrounds and targets, DPS puts everything in front of you: background, targets and results, with no need to look back at the PC screen for feedback.

With no background displayed, DLS (DryFire Laser System) displays targets as moving laser dots which force you to focus on the three most important things in clay shooting: the target, the target and the target - to quote George Digweed - and he should know!

DLS can display very wide and very high targets. DPS covers the portion of the target trajectory that appears on the screen in front of you.

DPS requires a PC projector and screen - DLS doesn't.

That's it - the choice is yours.

Benefits of DryFire

• Intensive shooting practice.
• Practise indoors, anytime, in the warm and dry.
• Covers all key aspects of clay shooting:
• setup,
• hold point,
• call "Pull",
• target acquisition,
• gun mount,
• gun movement,
• lead,
• shoot,
• follow through,
• relax.
• Builds muscle memory ready for shooting outdoors.
• Improves concentration - if you don't concentrate with DryFire you will miss - just as you would miss outdoors.
• Presents the full range of clay targets: trap, skeet, sporting, FITASC.
• Targets travel through the same angular trajectories, at the same angular speed, as real clays.
• Detailed hit/miss information showing exactly where the shot pattern went in relation to the clay.
• Huge saving in travel, clay and shotgun costs - shoot 100/200 targets every evening!

Key features of DryFire

• Software available from the support page.
• Displays single, simultaneous doubles and on-report doubles.
• Covers all disciplines: trap, skeet, sporting and FITASC - including American and Olympic versions.
• Allows for wind direction and speed.
• Supports all types of chokes.
• Supports all types of cartridges.
• Standard Gun Assembly and trigger switch fit to your gun.
• Full gun movement - no wires between your gun and the system.
• Built-in microphone for you to call "Pull".
• Detects when you shoot and provides detailed feedback on where your shot went.
• Tripod bush for mounting on a photographic tripod.

Flinch

Flinch is the anticipation of recoil which causes the shooter to tense shoulder muscles, push slightly forward and possibly close both eyes at the same time as pressing the trigger. Flinch is a bad thing and can result in the shot string going lower than anticipated. Losing control of gun movement for a fraction of second is not a good idea!

The bad news is that, in our experience, almost everyone suffers from flinch to one degree or another.

How do wo know? Simple. We watch people shooting with DryFire for the first time.

In almost every case we see the movements associated with flinch. In some extreme cases we have seen people forced to step forward after shooting because the anticipated recoil didn't happen and they overbalance.

Apart for clearly demonstrating that DryFire is so realistic that shooters believe they are taking real shots, it also demonstrates that flinch is more widespread than most people believe.

In itself DryFire won't cure flinch - but it can help. It diagnoses the problem and allows you to take hundreds of shots without recoil until flinch goes away completely while shooting indoors. The first time you go outdoors your flinch will certainly be less than before and you know you have to keep working on it.

Sample setup screens for Version 5

Initial setup:

Basic gun setup:

Chokes setup:

Cartridges setup:

Point Of Impact setup: