Since I'm tired of shooting paper by itself, and after reading the NRA magazine about timers I think that's the next thing I want to add to my training. But then it occurred to me. If I'm shooting at a public range and booms are going off all around me the timer will pick up those sounds. Is that righ? So if my only range is public indoor range the timer is useless right?

Pretty much, there is sensitivity control on it, but I doubt very very much you'd be able to lower it enough just to pick up your shots.

Since I'm tired of shooting paper by itself, and after reading the NRA magazine about timers I think that's the next thing I want to add to my training. But then it occurred to me. If I'm shooting at a public range and booms are going off all around me the timer will pick up those sounds. Is that righ? So if my only range is public indoor range the timer is useless right?

 

 

Yes, at public indoor ranges you won't be able to use a timer.  

Indoors I use my Timer for "PAR " times....

 

I will do a drill where I draw, complete a sequence of shots before the Timer "beeps" again.....

 

I get a lot of my drills from

 

http://pistol-training.com/drills

Now that's not a bad idea. Set it for X Sexonds, beep, start the drill and then see if IV complete before next beep

You may want a Shotmaxx timer. It can work by inertia too. I still have a couple left if you want one. Look at DoubleAlpha for details on it.