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Old 06-18-2017, 06:23 AM
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Is the 41 ok to leave clicked back as I've been pulling the slide back a touch and dry firing.

But some range officers hate me throwing a magazine back into a cleared gun to do this.
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Old 06-18-2017, 07:26 AM
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When I am done cleaning my M41 I insert a Snap Cap (#4 yellow plastic wall anchor) and pull the trigger with the magazine in. BTW the wall anchor snap Cap will feed in the Magazine too. I do NOT leave any firearms in the cocked position when stored - use Snap Caps.
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Old 06-18-2017, 05:04 PM
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Never dry fire any M41 unless you have a snap cap or something in there to cushion the blow from the firing pin. You will damage it over time if you don't. Nothing worse then a gun that can't fire because of a badly damaged firing pin.

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Never use snap caps, they are only for training purposes. I pull bullets from
22s, fire the primer mixture, and use the empty as a snap cap. You can not get a fired 22 back into the chamber. I get about 5 or 6 uses from each snap cap. I never leave any of my guns cocked in storage.
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Never use snap caps, they are only for training purposes. I pull bullets from
22s, fire the primer mixture, and use the empty as a snap cap. You can not get a fired 22 back into the chamber. I get about 5 or 6 uses from each snap cap. I never leave any of my guns cocked in storage.
I don't understand the logic here. Snap caps cushion the blow from the firing pin against the chamber face. Dummy rounds are for training use. Snap caps are designed to receive the blow from the firing pin, to protect the firearm. Some of the older snap caps have springs to receive the blow from the firing pin. No just for "training purposes".
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22s, fire the primer mixture, and use the empty as a snap cap.
I used to do this with my shotgun that I used for trapshooting until I showed up at the gun club one day and removed my shotgun from the case and opened the action and my dummy round went flying out of the receiver. I got about a half dozen very dirty looks from other shooters and haven't done it since. I leave my model 41 cocked unless I will not be shooting it for an extended time.
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I stick a drywall anchor (#4 yellow one) in the chamber, close the slide and pull the trigger. Have been doing this for quite a while and there are no signs of dings or damage to the edge of the chamber on my model 41.
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K Frame Keith, the dummy rounds I have have a warning in the package NOT to use them as snap caps. The bolt wont close on them as their rim is too thick, but they function perfectly as training ammo.
WPROCT, a fired hull is useless as a snap cap as the primer has been fully indented and offers no resistance to the firing pin. Regular snap caps are relatively inexspensive. I have had a chrome pair with rubber
inserts I have used for years. I was told many years ago...."never go to
sleep with a dirty gun, or one that has been left cocked" Detroit
Police Dept. armorer.
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For many many years I have simply pulled the slide back (on many brands) a tiny bit and dry fired it. The FP doesn't hit the edge of the barrel.

Many gunsmiths do this all the time, they do not mess with a snap cap,
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No need to be constantly decocking the gun at the range,and no need to insert a magazine to do it either.(The ROs are right-you're breaking protocol for no reason at all.They don't if the magazine is loaded or not)
When you get home and you're ready to put the gun away,then you can do your routine.
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I close the breech and put my lock on and put my 41 away in her case. Lock the case and drop it in the trunk until I am going back to the range. While at home its in the gun safe with her big brothers. In the meantime I don't even look at them unless I am giving them a servicing. About every 800-1000 rounds. No Snap caps or wall anchors at all. The trigger won't be touched again until its fired again.
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