Well i read the manual and it says if the gun does this to not shoot or load the gun... After the gun has been dry fired, i notice if i pull the slide back and lock it in the open position that the firing pin is sticking out about an eighth of an inch. I didn't notice this before putting 255 rounds through it. I am now curious if this is normal or not. The firing pin does disappear after the slide is completley pulled back, as if chambering a round. I guess another way to put it is if i cock the gun, the pin disappears. It only shows if the gun has been dry fired before cocking it again. ive gotten alot of help with this forum so im sure by tomorrow ill have a dirrection of where to go. My gun is supposedly bran new, well with 255 rounds through it... with some jammings/ misfiring that i think was more the bullets than the gun. It is an SW40F