I'll admit I practice FTF far more with my pistol than with an AR (or did before all my guns were lost in a tragic shed fire) best way I found is buy a pack of snap caps or high quality dummy rounds, and have a friend at the range load your mags for you and put the dummy in at random. That way it's more of a surprise when it goes click and not bang.
I have a set of 9mm ammo I reloaded where I intentionally left the old primer in and didn't put any powder in. I would load up a few magazines with those mixed in so while I was shooting I would just get a click instead of a bang. It was mainly to train myself to not flinch due to anticipating recoil, but it also helped with learning to clear the dud round immediately and continue firing.
I'll admit I practice FTF far more with my pistol than with an AR (or did before all my guns were lost in a tragic shed fire) best way I found is buy a pack of snap caps or high quality dummy rounds, and have a friend at the range load your mags for you and put the dummy in at random. That way it's more of a surprise when it goes click and not bang.
I have a set of 9mm ammo I reloaded where I intentionally left the old primer in and didn't put any powder in. I would load up a few magazines with those mixed in so while I was shooting I would just get a click instead of a bang. It was mainly to train myself to not flinch due to anticipating recoil, but it also helped with learning to clear the dud round immediately and continue firing.
That works too👍