text: In reply to message61464: Firearms Instructor and life-long student here.Before I begin, I’m happy you are doing something, many don’t train at all.. Dry-fire training is a great way to hone technique and I advise all students to do this.1st fallacy- practice makes perfect. If you practice incorrect techniques or drills you are setting yourself up for failure. Under stress your mind will fall back to muscle memory and practicing bad things just drives that home. *Perfect practice makes perfect*What you are doing isn’t helping you. Nobody is ever going to transition like that in a real-world scenario. Also, unless you are picking up a weapon that has not been checked prior, racking it every time is setting you up for failure- wasted time/energy. Again- TRAIN HOW YOU FIGHT. *Some tips to better your training: -invest in some dummy rounds.-rack your sidearm/safety before holstering.-rack your rifle/safety before starting again.-transitioning from rifle to pistol is for malfunctions. Keep the rifle going. -transitioning from left to right is for shooting around corners/barricades and should be done:*rifle from left side to right side and back again.*pistol from left to right and back again unless practicing for injuries in which you practice picking up from ground/tableWe need a training event to get everyone on the same page.