Dryfire Equipment Guide - MARS Mobile

Project MARS (Marksmanship Augmented Reality Simulators) is a dryfire training tool that will allow competitive and tactical shooters run pretty much any shooting drill they can imagine. In this video, we're going to review the equipment requirements that are needed for setting up Project MARS.

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The equipment requirements for MARS Mobile are simple. All you really need are targets, an fairly recently produced android or apple phone, a tripod, and an adapter for holding your phone to your tripod. As well, you'll need a laser dryfire device. We recommend a dedicated dryfire training replica with a red laser, here we have SIRT110 dryfire training pistol which mimics a Glock 17. There are pros and cons to other dryfire devices, we'll be adding more and more reviews of various dryfire products in the future on CRACKSHOT.tv and we will link those from our equipment guide on our blog as we review more products with our system.

For targets, MARS Mobile was built for USPSA style targets as our app is targeted towards competitive shooters. You can make targets out of cardboard quite easily, or you can download printable target templates from our website, crackshot.tv, the links for these are in the equipment guide blog post. MARS Mobile supports Metric and Classic USPSA or IPSC targets of any size. I often drill with full size or half size metric targets.

We have recommendations for the tripod and phone holders that we like on our blog, and we'll keep that list updated with new products as we find others that we like.

MARS Mobile was built using a Google Pixel 5 as a testing device. Most android or iphone devices should be compatible, but realize that hardware including processor speed, RAM, and camera vary considerably, so performance will most likely be best on newer devices. You may need to use our calibration mode if MARS Mobile isn't functioning optimally on your device. Please use the free app version before purchasing to guarantee MARS Mobile will work well for you. We're also working on adding support for laptop and desktop platforms to offer you maximum training capability.

For dryfire devices, we recommend a dryfire training replica laser. We really like the SIRT 110 training pistol. While you can dryfire train with real firearms using products like dryfire laser cartridges, or sound activated lasers, we don't formally recommend doing so for safety reasons. You need to be extremely careful in doing so. We will be adding more and more video reviews of various dryfire products to our blog to help you make a purchasing decision.

If you do choose to dryfire train with a real firearm, you must take extra care to make sure the chamber of the weapon is empty, that magazines are empty, and that there is no live ammunition in the area. Always follow the universal firearms safety rules, treat every weapon as if it is loaded, safety is ultimately your responsibility.

The app itself is free to try, in order for you to be able to make sure the app will work for your training needs. However, most of the features of the app and all new features added in the future will require you to purchase the app itself. At least at the time of editing this video, CRACKSHOT.tv and Project MARS do not sell physical dryfire training tools, we just build the training software. We want to ensure that responsible gun owners are equipped with the best possible tools for training safely and effectively.

This allows us to stay unbiased in terms of our product recommendations. While we do make a little bit from affiliate partnerships if you use our links for equipment sales, our bread and butter is software. So while we make the software as affordable as possible, it is how we keep the lights on. We ask that you would consider purchasing the full version of MARS Mobile. We purposely priced it to be as affordable as possible. MARS Mobile is a one time purchase, there is no subscription for this particular product.

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