Dry firing a .22 semi auto pistols with snap caps?

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  • BlackBart

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    Mar 20, 2007
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    No it isn't. You think it strikes perfectly each and every time with no deviation? The firing pin hits primer brass perfectly each and every time? The primer would have to concave the exact measurement each strike. It doesn't.
    Does anyone really know why snap caps work?? Wow

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    I never claimed it hit perfectly every time did I? Matters not, the brass is going to STOP the pin from over traveling. On some pistols it matters even less because they have stop pins built into them such as Rugers Model ll & lll which I bet amounts to near the lions share of semi auto .22's on the street.
     

    mike_in_md

    Ultimate Member
    Feb 13, 2008
    2,282
    Howard County
    For 1911 conversions I cut a small piece of weed wacker and insert it between the slide opening over the the firing pin in a "U" shape. See my gallery for picture.

     
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    xcavater

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    Oct 27, 2008
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    MD
    I never claimed it hit perfectly every time did I? Matters not, the brass is going to STOP the pin from over traveling. On some pistols it matters even less because they have stop pins built into them such as Rugers Model ll & lll which I bet amounts to near the lions share of semi auto .22's on the street.

    Thanks brother :thumbup:
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    wilcam47

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    Apr 4, 2008
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    only one I dont dry fire is my Cz-52 if I got the better firing pin I could dry fire it...I know its not a rimfire but all others rugers I have have not had any problems dryfiring...
     

    Nemesis

    Russian Grizzly Adams
    Oct 3, 2009
    3,278
    Martinsburg, WV
    Not the same. Snap cap "primers" are spring loaded to provide some resistance to the firing pin. spent primers are already indented, providing no resistance making the firing pin extend to max "reach" each time.

    Sent from my phone from somewhere in the world.

    I think the bigger problem here is the firing pin striking the barrel itself without anything there softer for it to strike. After 3-4 strikes a spent piece of brass wouldnt be as useful for this because it will compress the brass to the point where theres no give anymore.

    But hey, maybe im compleatly wrong...
     

    lx1x

    Peanut Gallery
    Apr 19, 2009
    26,992
    Maryland
    I think the bigger problem here is the firing pin striking the barrel itself without anything there softer for it to strike. After 3-4 strikes a spent piece of brass wouldnt be as useful for this because it will compress the brass to the point where theres no give anymore.

    But hey, maybe im compleatly wrong...

    You got it right about hitting the face of the chamber. I'll take photo tomorrow, that is if I remember. :)


    Edit: post no.3

    http://glocktalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1435589
     

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