The AMG Lab Sidekick is the smallest full-featured shot timer ever made — a pocket-sized Bluetooth training tool built for dry fire practice and live fire use. At $66, it's the only dedicated dry fire shot timer that reliably detects striker clicks on Glocks, CZs, and striker-fired pistols without modification. If you're serious about structured dry fire, this is the hardware upgrade that phone apps can't replicate.

What Makes the Sidekick Different

Most shot timers are built for live fire and struggle or fail to pick up the click of a striker or hammer falling during dry fire practice. The Sidekick's high-sensitivity microphone is specifically tuned to detect dry fire at 10 adjustable sensitivity levels — from a light striker click to a hammer-down DA pull. It also works in live fire for range sessions and warm-up timing at matches.

The coin battery is one of the most practical design decisions: weeks of battery life on a single coin cell, not hours. Take it to a match, leave it in your range bag for a week, come back — it's still running.

Full Feature List

• Dry fire detection — high sensitivity picks up striker clicks and hammer falls
• Bluetooth connectivity — integrates with PractiScore Competitor and PractiScore Log apps for match timing and practice session logging
• 9 par times — set up complex drill sequences with multiple par beeps
• 5 string memory — review recent strings on device
• 3 presets — save and recall sensitivity/volume configurations instantly
• Shot number, absolute time, and split times displayed
• Start modes — Instant, Delayed, or Random start signal
• Variable beep length and volume
• Repeated start mode for drills
• PRS and NRL Hunter stage countdown timer
• Workout timer alarm
• Stopwatch mode
• Metronome mode — set a pace cadence to train transitions and splits at controlled rhythm
• Coin battery — weeks of continuous use per battery
• Pocket-size form factor — smallest full-featured shot timer available

Who It's For

The Sidekick is built for competitors who do structured dry fire at home and want dedicated hardware instead of a phone app. Phone mics can't reliably detect dry fire, and phone apps add friction to a practice session. The Sidekick sits in your pocket, connects to your phone via Bluetooth when you want to log sessions in PractiScore, and disappears the rest of the time. For dry fire draw work, transition drills, par-timed reloads, and metronome cadence training — this is the tool.

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