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ducks_n_bucks01 · 06-21-2008, 06:47 PM

should i use em or just dry fire the heck out of it?

rickett · 06-21-2008, 07:00 PM

I've had the same dilemma. I think the main advantage of snap-caps is to practice malfunction drills, but you can dry fire all you like without 'em. It seems most people I've talked (myself included) to dry fire their pistols more than they actually shoot, mostly without snap-caps. But if it makes you more comfortable, get 'em and use 'em! Can't hurt. Just my $.02.

ducks_n_bucks01 · 06-21-2008, 07:11 PM

thats pretty much how i feel about it, but just wanting to make sure there were no major concerns. read some stuff about abusing a pin, but heck that should take thousands upon thousands of dry fires to have any effect.

Mountaineer10 · 06-21-2008, 07:22 PM

I don't use them. I dry fire 25 times every evening.

Joeywhat · 06-21-2008, 07:35 PM

I dry fire every day and I don't use them.

I'm buying some to cure a flinch problem.

**dakotaracing** · 06-21-2008, 07:37 PM

I got 5 of the A-Zoom aluminum ones (.45acp of course) for $12.00. Seemed like cheap insurance to me.

**Loves2Shoot** · 06-21-2008, 07:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ducks_n_bucks01

thats pretty much how i feel about it, but just wanting to make sure there were no major concerns. read some stuff about abusing a pin, but heck that should take thousands upon thousands of dry fires to have any effect.

You would be mistaken.

Joeywhat · 06-21-2008, 07:49 PM

The striker retainer pin can come loose after dry firing (or firing in general). You can buy more for REAL cheap.

**nikon777** · 06-21-2008, 07:51 PM

snap caps

CommieHunter · 06-21-2008, 08:16 PM

Loves2Shoot, can you extrapolate?

Is there an issue you know of here?

I've been told that dry firing does not hurt modern centerfire firearms.

However, if there is a possibilty of something coming loose, I'd rather not take the chance of it happening when I need it.

06-21-2008, 06:47 PM	#1
ducks_n_bucks01 XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 172	to snap cap or not to snap cap? should i use em or just dry fire the heck out of it?

06-21-2008, 07:00 PM	#2
rickett XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 765	I've had the same dilemma. I think the main advantage of snap-caps is to practice malfunction drills, but you can dry fire all you like without 'em. It seems most people I've talked (myself included) to dry fire their pistols more than they actually shoot, mostly without snap-caps. But if it makes you more comfortable, get 'em and use 'em! Can't hurt. Just my $.02. __________________ XD-45 service with Trijicon night sights GP-100 6" stainless .357Mag. Heritage Rough Rider 4 3/4" 22LR/22Mag. Savage 99 EG .300 Savage "At long last I have discovered that most shooters are not interested in firearms as tools, but rather as toys. Such people do not acquire their weapons because of what they will do, but rather to gratify the "Christmas morning joy" that we largely left behind in our childhood." -Jeff Cooper

06-21-2008, 07:35 PM	#5
Joeywhat XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Dearborn Heights, MI Posts: 1,976	I dry fire every day and I don't use them. I'm buying some to cure a flinch problem. __________________ Ruger LCP GLOCK 19 RRA AR 15 (DONE!) Hi Point 4095 Mossberg 9200

06-21-2008, 07:37 PM	#6
dakotaracing XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Brunswick, GA Posts: 213	I got 5 of the A-Zoom aluminum ones (.45acp of course) for $12.00. Seemed like cheap insurance to me. __________________ .45 XD Compact .45 ACP Colt 1911 - Gold Cup National Match 12 Ga. 590 Mossberg Persuader 7.62X39 SKS - Folding Stock 7.62X54 Mosin Nagant .22 Ruger 10/22 Match Rifle For all your days prepare, and meet them ever alike. When you are the Anvil,, Bear. When you are the Hammer,, STRIKE! ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ!!

06-21-2008, 07:49 PM	#8
Joeywhat XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Dearborn Heights, MI Posts: 1,976	The striker retainer pin can come loose after dry firing (or firing in general). You can buy more for REAL cheap. __________________ Ruger LCP GLOCK 19 RRA AR 15 (DONE!) Hi Point 4095 Mossberg 9200

06-21-2008, 07:11 PM	#3
ducks_n_bucks01 XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 172	thats pretty much how i feel about it, but just wanting to make sure there were no major concerns. read some stuff about abusing a pin, but heck that should take thousands upon thousands of dry fires to have any effect.

06-21-2008, 07:22 PM	#4
Mountaineer10 XDTalk Newbie Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 12	I don't use them. I dry fire 25 times every evening.

06-21-2008, 07:51 PM	#9
nikon777 XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Cleveland, OH. The Danger Zone. Posts: 7,035	snap caps __________________ Wu-Tang Killa' Bees on Da' Swarm! Liberals Click Here!

06-21-2008, 08:16 PM	#10
CommieHunter XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Beaverton, OR Posts: 198	Loves2Shoot, can you extrapolate? Is there an issue you know of here? I've been told that dry firing does not hurt modern centerfire firearms. However, if there is a possibilty of something coming loose, I'd rather not take the chance of it happening when I need it.

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