Shooting in 2021, am I right? 2020, part two, am I right? Hey guys, Clint here with Classic Firearms coming at you all today from Take Aim Training and Range, and today's video is all about our current ammo getting crisis. And because ammo is ... yeah, it's a pretty much now a very precious metal that is hard to attain for some. We might want to practice more dry fire exercises, or maybe even low round count drills, but today we're not even shooting, but that's okay, because we're all talking about manipulation of a firearm that is completely unloaded and dry fire, and why you should definitely be doing it and practicing it. All right.

Dry Firing

But first off, before we hop into this here, we are expecting a fairly hefty ammo shipment here soon. So if you want to be the first on that train, make sure you are signing up for our SMS text alerts. You can simply text video to the number you see at the bottom of your screen, or simply take a picture with your smartphone and this QR code you see right here, and it'll take you right to the area you need to get prompted to sign up for our text alerts. So don't miss out on that, okay? And without any further ado, what is dry firing anyway? So dry firing on most modern firearms is not going to hurt your gun. In fact, for some firearms, it's actually required so you could just assemble it, like Glocks. All right. But anyway, what I've got here is my FNX-45 tactical, and I dry fire this guy all the time. Why? Because I want to actually know my firearm inside and out and be able to manipulate the gun as much as I can, just so I'm comfortable with it. All right. So everything we've got out on the table today is dry, but really it comes down to just simple manipulations like this right here, just dropping the mag, inserting the mag, going from a dry mag or an empty mag up in, and just, again, learning the gun. But let's talk about dry firing. Dry firing is the process of pulling the trigger while no rounds are loaded and the striker or the hammer is falling, causing the gun, what would typically go boom, in this case it's going click. All right. Now you'll notice on most firearms too, like striker fired guns, you just have one type of single action. You don't have a reset to take place unless you manipulate the slide on the firearm. Then you have double action firearms like what you see right here on my FNX, where you'll notice a long, steady take-up and the hammer drops. And it will keep doing that as many times as I pull the trigger.

FNX-45

Single action, double action. Single action is hammer is already prepped, it's already been cocked, and you just have a little bit less travel, a little bit lighter pull on the trigger. All right. Now typically when it comes down to actuating the trigger, what I like to do is I'm coming up from a draw, I'm here, nice and slow. Just something as simple as that right there. Cool. And then from here, I go ahead and start throwing in number two. I'm up, disengaging the safety. Now I'm out. Boom. Here, safety. Nice. Easy enough. Just that right there. And typically, even actuate the locking system on your holster. It's the same thing to do too if you're going for our concealed carry type position. Make sure before you even go out and about with a loaded firearm and your concealed carry, actually run a couple of drills at home to make sure that your clothing isn't snagging on your firearm, because that would be pretty bad if you had to draw on a self-defense situation and your sights got caught on your hoodie pocket or something. Not a good day. So again, just out here all day, just doing that type of stuff. That right there felt bad to me. I feel like my muzzle was too high up. Again. So just here, I'm hitting it out, driving forward. Little basic things like that seems repetitive, but it's all about muscle memory. So let's go ahead and start throwing in the actual trigger pull, all right? So I'm here, unlocking, up, disengaging safety, out. And me personally, I like to do what's called prepping the trigger. As I'm drawing out and I know that the muzzle is pointing in a safe direction, I'm already starting to apply pressure on the trigger. And so I'm out here and then I'm ready to drop. And then from here, I can keep the trigger held back, feel the reset, and then don't allow your finger to go past that reset here. Boom. Just like that. And I'll sit there and do that until my wife gets super annoyed with me.

Walther 509 Edge LS

All right. Also too, for those of you wondering how I'm able to do that, just hold down the slide there. So have the slide release, so that way you can sit there and feel the reset. Boom, just like that. All right, easy enough. Now when it comes down to doing this, there's other guns out there that you kind of have to practice with. This is the VP-9 ... no, the Walther. No, it's actually the 509 Edge LS, brand new this year. We actually talked about it not too long ago in our top new guns of 2021, which is definitely a part one to a series to come, hopefully. And we've got now the 509 Edge here. And what I remember about the 509 tactical is the gritty trigger. And I really love the aesthetic of the gun. I love the look. I love the feel. I love the sights. Love a lot about it, but that trigger. Let's just show you guys really quick, all right? Dry firing here. We are clear. You're going to see we got just ... first off, it's flat facing. Still a polymer trigger, not the metal trigger, which I was hoping, but it's all right. Polymer trigger. And got a little bit of take-up. Do you hear that? For me, I can hear that. And I feel the wall here, breaks. Nice. Not bad. There it is, all right? So my personal take on it is the trigger still feels a little gritty to me. It has a little bit longer take up than what I would like and it just feels like it's kind of dragging along. But I think with time, maybe a couple of hundred rounds through it, a little bit of oil, it'll feel a little bit better. It is completely dry, new right out of the box. And yes, I did shoot just only five rounds to it because I was too excited and I wanted to come out here and check it out. And it does feel very good to shoot, the recoil and everything. But again, it's only been a couple of rounds so far. I'll let you guys know as we move along with it. But anyway, same type of thing though. This is a striker fired gun. This does not have ... you'll notice I've pulled the trigger, but it's not resetting for me like on what a double action would. All right. So you do have to manipulate the slide in order to get that trigger reset, just like that. There you go. Double actions, you don't have to, per se. Let's go ahead and do that to make this easier here. So you got that double actions, but if you actually wanted to feel the reset from when the gun would be ... again, you're simulating the gun firing. Now the hammer's back and there you go, it's in that cocked position. So again, just types of things you have to practice with. And again, just sitting here and just running some drills with the guy, I don't want to actually drop the mags out of here because this is a brand new gun and it's probably going to be going to somebody, but I just wanted to test it. So there we go. So here, dropping, going to throw my dump pouch out, and just like that. And just, again, running those types of practices for extended periods of time aren't bad. My first couple of times with this gun, it doesn't feel that bad at all. Mag release feels pretty good. Nice and intuitive, the mag drops free. Happy about it. All right. So again, I'm here. I'm simulating I've shot. The slide's locked back, dropping the mag out, and boom, just like that there. Really hoping about that trigger. Oh well, anyway. Okay, cool. So overall, really cool looking gun. And if you're curious to see a whole review on this guy, let me know down in the comments.

Walther 509 LS

 

Tara TM-9

Next gun we've got up is one that I definitely have to practice with, because it is a striker fired gun, but it is also double action, single action. I know, it's pretty weird. So yes, it does have a striker. You'll notice this, boom, clicks. It would go boom, but it also resets. And now I have that double action type of thing going on. Now you'll notice, look where the reset is all the way out here. It has to pretty much go fully out for that reset to engage, but once I manipulate the slide, reset is very short. There's that single action type of take-up. Pretty wild. Again, something I would have to get used to and just sit here and just practice with over and over again. Right there, I was expecting the single action. So I would have to sit there and just practice, practice, practice, or if I'm coming from a draw, I'm up and then I'm starting to get that double action feel. I'm up, boom. So it's great ... again, dry firing is great, because you're becoming more and more familiar with your firearm. Scars, even. I have to definitely practice with Scars or else I'll end up cutting myself on the EOTech I've gotten mounted here, but whatever. But anyway, let's use one of my empty range mags. I don't care about dropping that on the ground. And that's an empty too, cool. Make sure we're clear here. All right. So let's just say I'm simulating it just by hitting my knuckle again. I'm here. I'm empty. So click, nothing's happening. Bolt is locked back. I'm out, dropping the gun here. Oh, that was bad. That was sloppy. So let's try it one more time. And again, it just comes down to familiarizing yourself with your gun. And it's a great thing to do, because doing all of this, again, muscle memory will help build that muscle memory and you'll be able to just run and run out at the range. So I'm here, again, stimulating. Nothing's happening, dropping the mag. There we go. That felt a lot better to me in getting on target. All right. Fun stuff. So ultimately ... actually, I can go ahead and just end the video here. I'll do it with the mag that it comes with. All right, how about that? But yeah, let me know your thoughts down below all about your dry firing and different practices. One other thing I like to do too, take your firearm, and then also too, look at different background objects, look at different things that you can try to focus on and then get your ... for instance, we got a target over there. Go ahead and get that sighted in. Boom. Okay, cool. There we go, nice. And then there's an object over there. Practice just moving just a little bit and driving, foot placement, everything.

Tara Aerospace TM-9

Roundoff

And go get some actual professional training. That's another big thing. And they'll probably talk about dry firing and all that type of fun stuff that you should be doing at home, especially during these crazy times. All right. Anyway, back to the Scar. I'll see you guys down in the comment section. It's all about, again, your favorite dry firing and your methods and everything you, like to use. I just kind of lightly touched on it today because boy howdy, you can keep on going about it. Anyway, this right here is our current giveaway. This is the Western Viper camouflage on the FN Scar 17S with the EOTech holographic weapon sight and the 3X magnifier, the G33. And we also decided to throw in the NForce WMLX light, which I am a huge fan of so far. It's pretty freaking cool, and it's also IR capable. You just flip this little switch here and now it's going to be all infrared. Of course, you guys can't see that. I can't either without night vision. Pretty neat stuff. And I am getting a little bit more and more into the night vision game. So I figured getting a couple of these in for future giveaways and to practice with would be kind of fun. So why not throw it on here? All right. But anyway, one 20 round mag, 762 NATO, and you can get your entries in at classicfirearms.com. Hit that top banner, and it'll show you all the different ways to get said entries. And one of those ways is code word. And since I forgot to mention it in the last video with the Zenith, there's two code words you can use, but you're still only going to get credit for one, all right? Just throwing it out there. You can use Viper for the camo. I think that's pretty obvious. And something else pretty obvious, you can also use Scar. And if you want to find out more information about this rifle here and this setup, make sure you check out our video announcing this as our giveaway. And of course, a little shooty shoot too. So that's always fun. I'm going to leave it off there guys. God bless you all and we'll see you next time at classicfirearms.com. Shop All Handguns
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