Is dry firing a S&W with a hammer mounted firing pin ok?

[The Norseman]

Anchors away

My opinion is; I don't care what anybody says about
Dry Firing a Gun, you won't catch me doing it.

I do like the Plastic Anchor idea though!

The Best to you all out there and your Endeavors. Peace.

 

[moosedog]

Been doing it on hundreds of guns since 1973 with no broken or damaged anything.

 

[.357magger]

Been doing it on hundreds of guns since 1973 with no broken or damaged anything.

Ditto for me, since about 1978. Mine still all go bang.

 

[Andy Taylor]

I had a gunsmith tell me that sometimes the hole on the recoil shield will get a burr from the firing pin peening the hole. He said it could cause the burr to bury into the primer and cause trouble revolving the cylinder. He said a quick filing with a emery board would fix it. He told me, "Dry fire if you want to."

Never heard or seen that no a S&W Hand Ejector. Seen it first hand on a Colt SAA.

 

[renquestor`]

One exception I’ve found is if you have the first generation stainless steel hammer nose, like on. Model 64 no dash. The steel used was brittle and could break. I had that happen to me on my model 64 and I was using snap caps.


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[Hang-Fire Hank]

If you guys are hand-loaders, just make some dummy rounds w/out powder nor primers. I fill the primer pockets w/automotive gasket sealer for the hammer to hit. Also easy to spot compared to a live primer. Tried painting the base, but it rubbed off against the recoil shield. I prefer dry-firing with dummy rounds, 'cause the bullet weights make the trigger pull the same as a fully loaded revolver.
Hank M.

 

[NY-1]

I broke a hammer-mounted firing pin while dry firing my used Model 10 (1969/1970 manufacture AFAIK) a few months back. The gun was well-worn when I purchased it. Fired five chambers, and on the sixth I heard a sharp *tink* noise. Looked at the pin afterward and it sheared right off.

 

[rifmon]

I too, broke my model 13-2 firing pin by dry firing. I sent it off to Frank Glen and decided to get a basic trigger job while he replaced my firing pin. Frank told me it appeared to him that my firing pin seemed to break due to it hitting the top portion of the firing pin hole. He added that the early pins where not spring loaded and were susceptible to raising ever since slightly through inertia. He installed a model 66 spring loaded firing pin to prevent this from ever happening again.

I was shocked when I saw the broken pin since I’ve always dry fired my center fired Smiths for decades but evidently, it can happen!

 

[Narragansett]

This question seems to pop up all the time. Personally I do not dry fire, but if you are going to, why not just get snap caps, and be done with it?

 

[murphydog]

Third reboot of an 11 year old thread, guys. The OP seems to stop by every July or so, look for him in about 6 weeks.

And there he was, right on time for his anniversary!

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