Frogwatch wrote:
On Dec 5, 1:21 pm, wrote:
On Dec 5, 1:13 pm, Frogwatch wrote:



On Dec 5, 12:58 pm, Gene Kearns
wrote:
On Fri, 5 Dec 2008 08:54:32 -0800 (PST), penned
the following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:
|On Dec 5, 11:51 am, wrote:
| How many of you would play with your weapons, racking and dryfiring
| while talking on the phone to somebody? To me that is pretty stupid,
| but I am not a gun guy... What do you think, should someone like that
| be allowed to have handguns or should there be some kind of safety
| course/mental evaluation first?
|
|I think a mental evaluation should be mandatory for gun ownership. I
|don't want people around me with guns that are unstable. Take someone
|that is so paranoid that they answer their door with a loaded weapon.
I've always considered dry firing a weapon a really bad idea...... I
just wouldn't do it....
If I come to answer the door, I'm not taking the gun out, just to do
so.....
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OK, I know nothing about guns. Why is dry firing bad?- Hide quoted text -
- Show quoted text -
I don't know this for fact, but I think one thing would be excessive
wear from the pin bottoming out because there is no resistence.

Are firing pins generally replaceable?

And cheap, too. It's not a problem.

Gene Kearns wrote:
On Fri, 5 Dec 2008 10:39:52 -0800 (PST), Frogwatch penned the
following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

|On Dec 5, 1:21 pm, wrote:
| On Dec 5, 1:13 pm, Frogwatch wrote:
|
|
|
| On Dec 5, 12:58 pm, Gene Kearns
| wrote:
|
| On Fri, 5 Dec 2008 08:54:32 -0800 (PST), penned
| the following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:
|
| |On Dec 5, 11:51 am, wrote:
| | How many of you would play with your weapons, racking and dryfiring
| | while talking on the phone to somebody? To me that is pretty stupid,
| | but I am not a gun guy... What do you think, should someone like that
| | be allowed to have handguns or should there be some kind of safety
| | course/mental evaluation first?
| |
| |I think a mental evaluation should be mandatory for gun ownership. I
| |don't want people around me with guns that are unstable. Take someone
| |that is so paranoid that they answer their door with a loaded weapon.
|
| I've always considered dry firing a weapon a really bad idea...... I
| just wouldn't do it....
|
| If I come to answer the door, I'm not taking the gun out, just to do
| so.....
|
| --
| Agent 5.00 Build 1159
| Grady-White Gulfstream, out of Oak Island, NC.
|
| Homepagehttp://pamandgene.idleplay.net/
|
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| OK, I know nothing about guns. Why is dry firing bad?- Hide quoted text -
|
| - Show quoted text -
|
| I don't know this for fact, but I think one thing would be excessive
| wear from the pin bottoming out because there is no resistence.
|
|Are firing pins generally replaceable?

Yeah.... figure $50 plus labor..... plus any a$$ociated worn parts and
labor.....



There's very little chance of damaging the parts of a modern semi-auto
centerfire pistol via dry-firing. This subject is discussed ad nauseum
on the gun boards, especially when brought up by newbies.

It's not an issue for any of my semi-auto centerfires. I've read
somewhere it might not be a good idea to dry fire rimfire weapons.

Loogy the assclown..perfect.

On Dec 5, 1:54*pm, Gene Kearns
wrote:

| OK, I know nothing about guns. *Why is dry firing bad?- Hide quoted text -
|
| - Show quoted text -
|
|I don't know this for fact, but I think one thing would be excessive
|wear from the pin bottoming out because there is no resistence.

Generally, it doesn't do any good to the trigger, hammer, striker or
firing pin, and any associated wearing parts.


So generally it's a dumb thing to do with the only benefit being to
the ego of very insecure or stupid people?

On Dec 5, 2:02*pm, Boater wrote:
Gene Kearns wrote:
On Fri, 5 Dec 2008 10:39:52 -0800 (PST), Frogwatch penned the
following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

|On Dec 5, 1:21 pm, wrote:
| On Dec 5, 1:13 pm, Frogwatch wrote:
|
|
|
| On Dec 5, 12:58 pm, Gene Kearns
| wrote:
|
| On Fri, 5 Dec 2008 08:54:32 -0800 (PST), penned
| the following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:
|
| |On Dec 5, 11:51 am, wrote:
| | How many of you would play with your weapons, racking and dryfiring
| | while talking on the phone to somebody? To me that is pretty stupid,
| | but I am not a gun guy... What do you think, should someone like that
| | be allowed to have handguns or should there be some kind of safety
| | course/mental evaluation first?
| |
| |I think a mental evaluation should be mandatory for gun ownership. I
| |don't want people around me with guns that are unstable. Take someone
| |that is so paranoid that they answer their door with a loaded weapon.
|
| I've always considered dry firing a weapon a really bad idea....... I
| just wouldn't do it....
|
| If I come to answer the door, I'm not taking the gun out, just to do
| so.....
|
| --
| Agent 5.00 Build 1159
| Grady-White Gulfstream, out of Oak Island, NC.
|
| Homepagehttp://pamandgene.idleplay.net/
|
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|
| OK, I know nothing about guns. *Why is dry firing bad?- Hide quoted text -
|
| - Show quoted text -
|
| I don't know this for fact, but I think one thing would be excessive
| wear from the pin bottoming out because there is no resistence.
|
|Are firing pins generally replaceable?

Yeah.... figure $50 plus labor..... plus any a$$ociated worn parts and
labor.....

There's very little chance of damaging the parts of a modern semi-auto
centerfire pistol via dry-firing. This subject is discussed ad nauseum
on the gun boards, especially when brought up by newbies.

It's not an issue for any of my semi-auto centerfires. I've read
somewhere it might not be a good idea to dry fire rimfire weapons.

Loogy the assclown..perfect.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I don't give a damn what the "gun boards" say. Also, once again you
are showing what a perfect piece of crap coward you are. Hiding behind
your little Bozo's bin calling people names. And you have the audacity
to call other people names. What a loser.

"Boater" wrote in message
...
Gene Kearns wrote:
On Fri, 5 Dec 2008 09:37:58 -0800 (PST), penned
the following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

|On Dec 5, 12:10 pm, "CRM" wrote:
| wrote in message
|
|
...
| On Dec 5, 11:51 am, wrote:
|
| How many of you would play with your weapons, racking and dryfiring
| while talking on the phone to somebody? To me that is pretty stupid,
| but I am not a gun guy... What do you think, should someone like
that
| be allowed to have handguns or should there be some kind of safety
| course/mental evaluation first?
|
| I think a mental evaluation should be mandatory for gun ownership. I
| don't want people around me with guns that are unstable. Take someone
| that is so paranoid that they answer their door with a loaded weapon.
|
| -----------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| At least it would stop you two assclowns from owning one.
|
|Great.....another idiot too stupid to make a comment without
|vulgarities. Just what IS an "assclown" anyways? It isn't in any
|dictionary.

Yeah, it is..... Urban Dictionary....
http://www.urbandictionary.com/defin...term=ass+clown


And there's even a drawing of loogy!

Showing his best side.

LoogyPickerwrote
I don't know this for fact, but I think one thing would be excessive
wear from the pin bottoming out because there is no resistence.

Correct, and thats one of the reasons I use snap caps. not so much with
semi-auto but
on centerfire revolvers with spurred hammers,
dryfiring rimfire pistol/rifles is always a bad idea, UD

On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:58:41 -0500, Gene Kearns
wrote:

On Fri, 5 Dec 2008 08:54:32 -0800 (PST), penned
the following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

|On Dec 5, 11:51*am, wrote:
| How many of you would play with your weapons, racking and dryfiring
| while talking on the phone to somebody? To me that is pretty stupid,
| but I am not a gun guy... What do you think, should someone like that
| be allowed to have handguns or should there be some kind of safety
| course/mental evaluation first?
|
|I think a mental evaluation should be mandatory for gun ownership. I
|don't want people around me with guns that are unstable. Take someone
|that is so paranoid that they answer their door with a loaded weapon.


I've always considered dry firing a weapon a really bad idea...... I
just wouldn't do it....

If I come to answer the door, I'm not taking the gun out, just to do
so.....

Dry firing a double action revolver is a good way to learn how to control
the trigger finger. I was taught to do so by one of my cop brothers while
on a firing range. It makes firing the revolver a distinctly two step pull
of the trigger finger and greatly helps accuracy.
--
John H.

On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:02:07 -0500, Boater wrote:

Gene Kearns wrote:
On Fri, 5 Dec 2008 10:39:52 -0800 (PST), Frogwatch penned the
following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

|On Dec 5, 1:21 pm, wrote:
| On Dec 5, 1:13 pm, Frogwatch wrote:
|
|
|
| On Dec 5, 12:58 pm, Gene Kearns
| wrote:
|
| On Fri, 5 Dec 2008 08:54:32 -0800 (PST), penned
| the following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:
|
| |On Dec 5, 11:51 am, wrote:
| | How many of you would play with your weapons, racking and dryfiring
| | while talking on the phone to somebody? To me that is pretty stupid,
| | but I am not a gun guy... What do you think, should someone like that
| | be allowed to have handguns or should there be some kind of safety
| | course/mental evaluation first?
| |
| |I think a mental evaluation should be mandatory for gun ownership. I
| |don't want people around me with guns that are unstable. Take someone
| |that is so paranoid that they answer their door with a loaded weapon.
|
| I've always considered dry firing a weapon a really bad idea...... I
| just wouldn't do it....
|
| If I come to answer the door, I'm not taking the gun out, just to do
| so.....
|
| --
| Agent 5.00 Build 1159
| Grady-White Gulfstream, out of Oak Island, NC.
|
| Homepagehttp://pamandgene.idleplay.net/
|
| Rec.boats at Lee Yeaton's Bayguidehttp://www.thebayguide.com/rec.boats
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|
| OK, I know nothing about guns. Why is dry firing bad?- Hide quoted text -
|
| - Show quoted text -
|
| I don't know this for fact, but I think one thing would be excessive
| wear from the pin bottoming out because there is no resistence.
|
|Are firing pins generally replaceable?

Yeah.... figure $50 plus labor..... plus any a$$ociated worn parts and
labor.....



There's very little chance of damaging the parts of a modern semi-auto
centerfire pistol via dry-firing. This subject is discussed ad nauseum
on the gun boards, especially when brought up by newbies.

It's not an issue for any of my semi-auto centerfires. I've read
somewhere it might not be a good idea to dry fire rimfire weapons.

Loogy the assclown..perfect.

It's hard for you to stop, isn't it Harry?
--
John H.

wrote:
How many of you would play with your weapons, racking and dryfiring
while talking on the phone to somebody? To me that is pretty stupid,
but I am not a gun guy... What do you think, should someone like that
be allowed to have handguns or should there be some kind of safety
course/mental evaluation first?

Broken firing pin comes to mind.

"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 5 Dec 2008 10:39:52 -0800 (PST), Frogwatch penned the
following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

|On Dec 5, 1:21 pm, wrote:
| On Dec 5, 1:13 pm, Frogwatch wrote:
|
|
|
| On Dec 5, 12:58 pm, Gene Kearns

| wrote:
|
| On Fri, 5 Dec 2008 08:54:32 -0800 (PST),
penned
| the following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:
|
| |On Dec 5, 11:51 am, wrote:
| | How many of you would play with your weapons, racking and
dryfiring
| | while talking on the phone to somebody? To me that is pretty
stupid,
| | but I am not a gun guy... What do you think, should someone like
that
| | be allowed to have handguns or should there be some kind of
safety
| | course/mental evaluation first?
| |
| |I think a mental evaluation should be mandatory for gun ownership.
I
| |don't want people around me with guns that are unstable. Take
someone
| |that is so paranoid that they answer their door with a loaded
weapon.
|
| I've always considered dry firing a weapon a really bad idea......
I
| just wouldn't do it....
|
| If I come to answer the door, I'm not taking the gun out, just to
do
| so.....
|
| --
| Agent 5.00 Build 1159
| Grady-White Gulfstream, out of Oak Island, NC.
|
| Homepagehttp://pamandgene.idleplay.net/
|
| Rec.boats at Lee Yeaton's
Bayguidehttp://www.thebayguide.com/rec.boats
|
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| Access your favorite newsgroups from home or on the road
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|
| OK, I know nothing about guns. Why is dry firing bad?- Hide quoted
text -
|
| - Show quoted text -
|
| I don't know this for fact, but I think one thing would be excessive
| wear from the pin bottoming out because there is no resistence.
|
|Are firing pins generally replaceable?

Yeah.... figure $50 plus labor..... plus any a$$ociated worn parts and
labor.....

--
Agent 5.00 Build 1159
Grady-White Gulfstream, out of Oak Island, NC.

Homepage
http://pamandgene.idleplay.net/

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On a rifle or maybe the newer drop safe pistols, but to change a hammer
because you broke the pin, would probably be more expensive. There are snap
caps to install in the weapon to prevent problems. You can make one by
removing the primer from the cartridge and installing a pencil erasure.
Paint the cartridge a different color.