Strikeman 17+

Shooting with the laser cartridge helps focus attention on the grip and trigger control. Feedback is instant in that the laser is visible on the target (depending on the range). Without recoil and muzzle blast, it is easy to feel how grip and trigger pull affect the point of impact.

I am not as pleased with the software. I would prefer to select the number of shots in a session to be three or 5 instead of a minimum of 10. Since one is racking the slide of a semi auto for each shot, shorter sessions would be nice. I am glad to see the targets are retrievable through a template’s history. Reviewing and comparing the hits on a target is much more valuable to me than the minimal metrics displayed. If I’m tracking my progress I’d rather know the spread and center location of my groups. Maybe I have to upgrade to get more metrics?

Even though I don’t feel comfortable with the software, this is a great tool to practice shooting when you can’t get to the range or can’t afford to shoot. It does not take very many sessions to save enough in ammunition costs to pay for the Strikeman. I find myself “shooting” more often and in shorter time blocks with the Strikeman than when my only option was to disturb my rural neighborhood or drive to the range on a weekend when I was lucky enough to score a box of ammo.

Strikeman is the most efficient way I know to develop and maintain firearm marksmanship proficiency skills quickly without incurring the expense, time, and effort of multiple regular trips to the range over a long period of time. “Repetition is the mother of skill” because frequent repetition builds muscle memory that allows your brain to quickly develop the ability to just “run the macro” without having to consciously think through each one of the proper steps of firing the shot. Sometimes this ability is referred to as “point and shoot”, and is critical to becoming proficient with a firearm. When you consider that ammunition is $30-$50/box and fuel is over $4.00/gallon, you will save much more than the cost of the Strikeman system in no time, not to mention the hours of time invested in gathering gear, driving to the range, getting set up, practicing, driving back home, cleaning firearms, putting everything away, etc. Thank you, Strikeman, for an easy-to-use, well-thought-out, effective training system! One request: please go back to tracking raw scores, as targets are scored in the real world, not just calculating average scores.

What an amazingly well thought-out app this turned out to be! It’s polished, easy to use and extremely good at its primary task—to make you a better shooter! And that’s all without having to fire a single live round. Wow, I wish they’d had this technology when I was a lad learning how to shoot, instead of shooting into a box of my mother’s precious magazines and then dealing with the fallout shortly thereafter.

Since shooting (with a pistol anyway) is all about pointing properly and learning how to get better at hitting what you’re intending to hit—over and over and over—this app (and the entire Strikeman system for that matter), is a Godsend! Gone is the expense, the hundreds of rounds of wasted ammo (in my case anyway, as I’m a slow learner), and the time needed to actually go to the range. Instead, all one needs is a few minutes, this fantastic app and the requisite Strikeman system, and you’re good to go. And not with a mediocre product, but with a beautifully thought-out system. If you’re a shooter of any kind and want to be better at hitting what you’re actually aiming for, you simply can’t afford not to invest in a Strikeman system for yourself. It really is a game changer!