As with Airsoft or a .22 conversion, you need to live fire with real ammo often enough to maintain your timing and the habit of keeping a strong (support-hand) grip and a strong posture.

1. It is really easy to see your trigger squeeze errors with both lasers turned on; you can see the dot on the wall move as you squeeze the trigger – you don’t have to rely on clock style targets to try to diagnose the problem.

2. This is quite possibly the perfect tool with which to train new shooters.

3. If you’re trying to learn how to point shoot, the SIRT is great to check your point of aim. I don’t even let the trigger break; I just prep the trigger with the red laser turned on.

4. I used to dry-fire extensively (I still do, but now split my time). I was worried that I was training myself to rack the slide every time I shot a round, which is not a problem with the SIRT.

5. Be wary of the dangers of rapid fire without recoil.

6. It takes a lot of concentration to keep one’s focus on the front sight (the green laser seems particularly bright to me). I find that this problem can be partially mitigated with strong ambient light.