Due to the increase of cost for ammunition, I've turned to dry-fire practicing to improve my firearm handling skills. Commercial dry-fire trainers (MantisX & similar) provide information like muzzle trace and shot timer, but a lot of the customization and data analysis is either blocked off by a payment or not available at all. I wanted to build a device that offers the same measurements from scratch so I can see the raw data and choose my own metrics, and maybe throw in some ideas of my own. Some of the target metrics:
- Reaction time: beep till first movement
- Time to first shot: beep till trigger break
- Muzzle trace: where muzzle was pointing in last 500 ms before trigger break
- Trigger break movement: muzzle trace as trigger breaks (for anticipation/flinch indicator)