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W R Krotts's avatar

Are the foam ear plugs glued in?

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Miguel Gonzalez's avatar

Nope, just shoved in deep

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Raconteur's avatar

When training with .38 Spec. S&W revolver in the Air Force, we would leave a chamber empty to cure "anticipation". It was fun to watch the guys shoving the revolver forward and the sheepish look on their faces when it went "Click!". We would also randomly load dummy rounds in the M16 mags. Really good training.

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Steve S6's avatar

Did they borrow Dave Spaulding's Baby Oil drill? He douses your hands in Baby Oil then you shoot the drill. Yes draw from holster, and yes lot's of juvenile humor over it. Simulates slippery grip from things like mud or blood. (I don't know if Dave was first with the use of Baby Oil.)

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Miguel Gonzalez's avatar

Tactical PDiddy drill? LOL

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Steve S6's avatar

That! That humor right there /grin/

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MartyB's avatar

Ball and Dummy drill. There’s no school like The Olde School.

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Blind Archer's avatar

I've seen guys do it with Snap Caps, too, but this is probably less costly; a handful of foam earplugs shoved into spent cases (both readily available on any range) is probably much cheaper and more field-expedient than buying a bunch of Snap Caps in various calibers.

Same idea, though. Randomly insert inert rounds with the live ones and: 1. see who is anticipating and compensating for recoil by pushing their muzzle down; and 2. practice FTF/malfunction clearance drills.

The only difference I can see is that Snap Caps are weighted to mimic live rounds, and the "foamies" are probably lighter. Then again, one would have to possess greater tactile sensitivity than a certain fairy tale royal daughter kept awake by a legume under her cot to perceive the difference solely by feel, especially working at speed.

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CBMTTek's avatar

First saw that as the Schrodinger drill.

https://gunsinthenews.com/schrodingers-drill/

What I like about it is that you have no idea when the real round will show up. And, being the recipient of this more than once, it is a real test.

Glad you got to encounter it. Very good training technique.

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Korpijarvi's avatar

Are those “softies” or “foamers”? Kek.

Very good. Tap, rack, get it all back.

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Lucian E Laveris's avatar

My thought for a pic caption caption was.

Headache from moaners, take two of these.

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Varangian's avatar

That’s how we learn to remain calm and do our jobs. Making failure just another step.

Awesome innovation

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GringoBalboa's avatar

Like it a lot

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