On Sat, 6 Dec 2008 08:53:07 -0800, (UglyDan®©™) wrote:

I don't shoot Glocks or Sigs, and never really cared for them too much,
just a preference.
Dry firing a 1911 doesn't really matter to much on the pin itself, but
its a good way to flatten out the firing pin spring prematurely.
For the most part, snaps caps used in semi autos are for teaching
purposes, Staggered in the magazine. They're primarly used to show the
shooter when flinching.
Same can be done with revolvers, but I stand by my earlier statement
that its not a good idea to dry fire revolvers with spurred hammers
without snap caps, again not so much because of the firing pin itself,
but the roll pin.
I'm done. UD

I thought it was more fun to stagger .357 rounds with .38 wadcutters to
correct the flinching problem!
--
John H.

wrote:
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.

Hey, I live in a woody rural area. My house sits back aways from the
road. My door bell rang at 4:00 AM. I answered the door (only opening
the little window on the door) with a loaded gun.

It was only some drunk looking for "Janet" or somebody.

Here's a very well done computer animated assembly of a 1911. UD
*
http://splodetv.com/video/1911-breakdown

(JohnH)wrote
I thought it was more fun to stagger .357 rounds with .38 wadcutters to
correct the flinching problem!
--
John H.

LOL, Yeah that would work, Then again I suppose you could get the
reverse effect with some individuals.
FWIW I very rarely shoot .357's its hard on my K-frame revolvers. When I
shoot wheelgun matches I use 151 gr RN Super .38's I load into .38
special cases. UD

""UglyDan®©T"" wrote in message
...
Here's a very well done computer animated assembly of a 1911. UD

http://splodetv.com/video/1911-breakdown


Sure are a lot of springs in those things.

Eisboch

On Sat, 6 Dec 2008 10:15:56 -0800, (UglyDan®©™) wrote:

LOL, Yeah that would work, Then again I suppose you could get the
reverse effect with some individuals.
FWIW I very rarely shoot .357's its hard on my K-frame revolvers. When I
shoot wheelgun matches I use 151 gr RN Super .38's I load into .38
special cases. UD

Mine is an S&W Mod 28-2. I don't often fire .357 rounds through it. Usually
it's just .38 wadcutters. I've got hundreds of those damn things from when
I had two brothers who were cops.

This isn't mine, but it's the same pistol.

http://www.bayourovers.com/SmithWessonModel28-2.jpg
--
John H.

On Dec 6, 3:04*pm, JohnH wrote:
On Sat, 6 Dec 2008 10:15:56 -0800, (UglyDan®©™) wrote:
LOL, Yeah that would work, Then again I suppose you could get the
reverse effect with some individuals.
FWIW I very rarely shoot .357's its hard on my K-frame revolvers. When I
shoot wheelgun matches I use 151 gr RN Super .38's I load into .38
special cases. *UD *

Mine is an S&W Mod 28-2. I don't often fire .357 rounds through it. Usually
it's just .38 wadcutters. I've got hundreds of those damn things from when
I had two brothers who were cops.

This isn't mine, but it's the same pistol.

http://www.bayourovers.com/SmithWessonModel28-2.jpg
--
John H.

I am not a firearm guy, but it doesn't look like a very efficient
piece of equipment. Not trying to be an ass, just sayin'...

On Sat, 6 Dec 2008 12:07:05 -0800 (PST),
wrote:

On Dec 6, 3:04*pm, JohnH wrote:
On Sat, 6 Dec 2008 10:15:56 -0800, (UglyDan®©™) wrote:
LOL, Yeah that would work, Then again I suppose you could get the
reverse effect with some individuals.
FWIW I very rarely shoot .357's its hard on my K-frame revolvers. When I
shoot wheelgun matches I use 151 gr RN Super .38's I load into .38
special cases. *UD *

Mine is an S&W Mod 28-2. I don't often fire .357 rounds through it. Usually
it's just .38 wadcutters. I've got hundreds of those damn things from when
I had two brothers who were cops.

This isn't mine, but it's the same pistol.

http://www.bayourovers.com/SmithWessonModel28-2.jpg
--
John H.

I am not a firearm guy, but it doesn't look like a very efficient
piece of equipment. Not trying to be an ass, just sayin'...

Well, how do you define 'efficient'? It does what I've wanted it to do, and
it was a gift from a cop.

It's not as efficient at some things as at others. All depends...
--
John H.

On Dec 6, 3:11*pm, Gene wrote:
On Fri, 5 Dec 2008 11:02:52 -0800 (PST),





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

| OK, I know nothing about guns. *Why is dry firing bad?- Hide quoted text -
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|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?

From a mechanical stand point I would agree "So generally it's a dumb
thing to do," but I would stop short of trying to divine another
person's motivations for doing so. Why don't you just advise them
against it?
--

Noted... But far be it from me to advise the wise one about anything.
Like I said, when around folks who I feel are not qualified to handle
firearms, I just leave. Now I have to go, my kid and I are going out
back to work with our weapons of choice.... And I don't mean
motorcycles in this instance. My daughter has decided she wants to
train, here's a hint, I bet Loogie has worked with these things here
or there.

wrote in message
...
On Dec 6, 3:11 pm, Gene wrote:
On Fri, 5 Dec 2008 11:02:52 -0800 (PST),





wrote:
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?

From a mechanical stand point I would agree "So generally it's a dumb
thing to do," but I would stop short of trying to divine another
person's motivations for doing so. Why don't you just advise them
against it?
--

Noted... But far be it from me to advise the wise one about anything.
Like I said, when around folks who I feel are not qualified to handle
firearms, I just leave. Now I have to go, my kid and I are going out
back to work with our weapons of choice.... And I don't mean
motorcycles in this instance. My daughter has decided she wants to
train, here's a hint, I bet Loogie has worked with these things here
or there.

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Really?? Shame on you!
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