Thread: If you Dry Fire - try using snap caps
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Old 08-29-2017, 11:48 AM
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Originally Posted by oldiegoldie View Post
This is the Nth time I've posted this.....the firing pin retaining pin [keeps the firing pin in the FP channel] takes alot of abuse. My Ruger LC9 had a retaining pin break after alot of dry firing. Ruger fixed it and their advice: "use snap caps with a spring loaded primer when dry firing". That is when I began using Tipton snap caps. I will continue using Tipton snap caps in all pistols.
So how does Ruger quality relate to S&W/Glock/HK? Same raw materials? Same manufacturing process? Just because they have a retaining pin doesn't mean it was engineered the same way or intended to be used the same way. My carry gun has 15 years of shooting and dry fire. Nothing ever broke.

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