ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,473, issued on Sept. 16.
"Dry fire practice training device" was invented by Stanley H. Seigler (Kamiah, Idaho).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "When a semi-automatic weapon is live fired, it's firing pin is reset, and it is ready to be fired again. The shooter's hands remain in the firing position, and just the trigger finger and trigger are employed. With dry fire practice, the shooter must manually rack the slide to reset the firing pin, allowing the trigger to return to its unfired position each time a shot is simulated. This invention provides, realistic muscle memory training by duplicating the action of the trigger in normal liv...