Comments on: Dry Fire Advice http://pistol-training.com/archives/3056 for Teachers and Students of the Pistol Tue, 22 May 2012 02:47:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Al Stewart http://pistol-training.com/archives/3056/comment-page-1#comment-4957 Al Stewart Sun, 30 May 2010 04:00:23 +0000 http://pistol-training.com/?p=3056#comment-4957 Hi Tam, the one I saw looked very similar, it was a G17C owned by a friend of mine here. I guess you hang around shooting circles long enough you'll probably see everything. Took me a long time to experience a cracked Beretta locking block, but been there and done that! Hi Tam,

the one I saw looked very similar, it was a G17C owned by a friend of mine here.

I guess you hang around shooting circles long enough you’ll probably see everything. Took me a long time to experience a cracked Beretta locking block, but been there and done that!

]]> By: Tam http://pistol-training.com/archives/3056/comment-page-1#comment-4890 Tam Sun, 23 May 2010 18:54:05 +0000 http://pistol-training.com/?p=3056#comment-4890 Al Stewart, Was it <a href="http://www.glocktalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1087519&page=2" rel="nofollow">this one, or a different one? Heard of it? Yes. But in fifteen years of slinging guns across the glass, I've never seen it in person. While the chance is non-zero, it's finite enough that I'd put it in the "acceptable risk" category.</a> Al Stewart,

Was it this one, or a different one?

Heard of it? Yes. But in fifteen years of slinging guns across the glass, I’ve never seen it in person.

While the chance is non-zero, it’s finite enough that I’d put it in the “acceptable risk” category.

]]> By: Al Stewart http://pistol-training.com/archives/3056/comment-page-1#comment-4888 Al Stewart Sun, 23 May 2010 17:33:25 +0000 http://pistol-training.com/?p=3056#comment-4888 Hi Todd, I saw a Glock 17 down here in Jamaica with a cracked breachface, belonged to a friend of mine and fellow IPSC shooter. First clue was a circular hairline crack in the breach face; that round piece eventually fell out of the gun giving really good access to the firing pin channel. Glock replaced the slide OK, but I am sure the recommendation was to use snap caps in future if he planned to do a lot of dry firing. Hi Todd,

I saw a Glock 17 down here in Jamaica with a cracked breachface, belonged to a friend of mine and fellow IPSC shooter. First clue was a circular hairline crack in the breach face; that round piece eventually fell out of the gun giving really good access to the firing pin channel. Glock replaced the slide OK, but I am sure the recommendation was to use snap caps in future if he planned to do a lot of dry firing.

]]> By: ToddG http://pistol-training.com/archives/3056/comment-page-1#comment-4878 ToddG Sat, 22 May 2010 13:53:17 +0000 http://pistol-training.com/?p=3056#comment-4878 Tam: <em>"People who think guns don't break don't shoot guns enough."</em> Exactly this. I was telling a buddy just the other day, for every pistol I've seen reach the 50,000 round mark, I've seen literally dozens that had major component failures within the first 10-20,000. Tam: “People who think guns don’t break don’t shoot guns enough.”

Exactly this.

I was telling a buddy just the other day, for every pistol I’ve seen reach the 50,000 round mark, I’ve seen literally dozens that had major component failures within the first 10-20,000.

]]> By: Tam http://pistol-training.com/archives/3056/comment-page-1#comment-4876 Tam Fri, 21 May 2010 21:55:33 +0000 http://pistol-training.com/?p=3056#comment-4876 I just asked a roomful of gunsmiths (4) with thirty some odd years of bench time. None have seen a cracked breechface from dry-firing, at least in person, nor have I, although we've all seen pictures. We've seen plenty of them killed from "wet firing", though. (Cracked slides, frames, busted springs, extractors... you know the drill.) People who think guns don't break don't shoot guns enough. This is why I carry a backup. I just asked a roomful of gunsmiths (4) with thirty some odd years of bench time.

None have seen a cracked breechface from dry-firing, at least in person, nor have I, although we’ve all seen pictures.

We’ve seen plenty of them killed from “wet firing”, though. (Cracked slides, frames, busted springs, extractors… you know the drill.)

People who think guns don’t break don’t shoot guns enough.

This is why I carry a backup.

]]> By: Less http://pistol-training.com/archives/3056/comment-page-1#comment-4875 Less Fri, 21 May 2010 21:15:54 +0000 http://pistol-training.com/?p=3056#comment-4875 Hmmm... The reason I ask is because I'm one of those dry-fire a lot kinda folks. Due to all this back and forth, I actually went down, stripped my gun and examined my FP. I can actually see a bit of peening on the "Y-cut"-thingy... Kicker is that this FP is only a year old at this point... (I replace FP, and springs once a year when I actually clean the gun) I guess I'll be using a snap-cap, as Og has recommended... Hmmm… The reason I ask is because I’m one of those dry-fire a lot kinda folks. Due to all this back and forth, I actually went down, stripped my gun and examined my FP. I can actually see a bit of peening on the “Y-cut”-thingy… Kicker is that this FP is only a year old at this point…
(I replace FP, and springs once a year when I actually clean the gun)

I guess I’ll be using a snap-cap, as Og has recommended…

]]> By: ToddG http://pistol-training.com/archives/3056/comment-page-1#comment-4874 ToddG Fri, 21 May 2010 20:47:49 +0000 http://pistol-training.com/?p=3056#comment-4874 Less - Rarely. But then the number of folks who dry fire their Glocks tens of thousands of times is pretty small to begin with. It happens often enough that I don't think it should surprise folks. Less – Rarely. But then the number of folks who dry fire their Glocks tens of thousands of times is pretty small to begin with. It happens often enough that I don’t think it should surprise folks.

]]> By: Less http://pistol-training.com/archives/3056/comment-page-1#comment-4873 Less Fri, 21 May 2010 20:33:03 +0000 http://pistol-training.com/?p=3056#comment-4873 ToddG, Curious from reading Tam's thread on dry fire how often you have seen cracked Glock breech faces... Cuious how common of a problem that is... ToddG,

Curious from reading Tam’s thread on dry fire how often you have seen cracked Glock breech faces…

Cuious how common of a problem that is…

]]> By: Less http://pistol-training.com/archives/3056/comment-page-1#comment-4872 Less Fri, 21 May 2010 16:13:04 +0000 http://pistol-training.com/?p=3056#comment-4872 I should also pipe in here and let folks know that Jake DiVita (USPSA GM) has a great Crossfit-style blog that has daily dry fire exercises posted. Every day, a different technique... Very challenging! <a href="http://jakedivita.com/" rel="nofollow">Jakedivita.com</a> <a href="http://benstoeger.myonlineplace.org/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=46&Itemid=64" rel="nofollow">Ben Stoeger also has a great dry-fire program</a> and he's got scaled-USPSA targets for use (I take 'em to Kinko's and have 'em printed on card stock...) I should also pipe in here and let folks know that Jake DiVita (USPSA GM) has a great Crossfit-style blog that has daily dry fire exercises posted.

Every day, a different technique… Very challenging!

Jakedivita.com

Ben Stoeger also has a great dry-fire program and he’s got scaled-USPSA targets for use (I take ‘em to Kinko’s and have ‘em printed on card stock…)

]]> By: gtmtnbiker98 http://pistol-training.com/archives/3056/comment-page-1#comment-4871 gtmtnbiker98 Fri, 21 May 2010 13:14:34 +0000 http://pistol-training.com/?p=3056#comment-4871 Glad to know that I'm not the only one who find's dry-fire practice to be a labor of love. Glad to know that I’m not the only one who find’s dry-fire practice to be a labor of love.

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