Kirstang - I will definitely do dry firing with the rifle. I started doing this with my pistols in order to build wrist/finger strength. Even though I do quite a bit of weight training/p90x, it really doesn't do much for my wrists. And after shooting pistols for a while I can tell my hands start fatiguing. So what I did is I bought a used tlr-2 (as can be seen in the gun porn thread) and put it on my usp-c. I put a snap cap in the usp and start pulling the trigger over and over for about 10 minutes, and the laser helps me see how much I start bouncing around and reminds me to keep a good grip with my support hand and to have a smooth trigger squeeze directly to the rear.
I certainly need to overall just become more familiar with the battery of arms on the rifle, multiple times when I would pull go to squeeze the trigger on the first round I would hear a click because I had forgot to actually chamber the first round, which never happens when I am using my glock. My muscle memory automatically racks the slide when I insert a new mag into the glock.
Also, the basic carbine course I plan on taking in the fall says to come with your rifle zero'ed for 50 yards, so I guess this will be the range we will be working in.
Remy - I have heard some people say in those competitions you do a lot of standing around and not very much shooting, but it would probably be useful once I get a certain level of competency wit the rifle. I also don't have a shotgun
