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United States  Old 12th February 2007, 21:46
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Dry Firing a Combat Commander, is this bad practice?
I need to learn the feel of the trigger of a new combat commander and want to do some dry firing...will this harm the pistol? what kind of harm will it do?

I read somewhere that a dummy load can alleviate the bad effects of dry firning, what kind are they and where can I get them?

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Follow this link for snap caps / dummy loads.
http://www.midwayusa.com/esearch.exe/search
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Unless you plan to practice 500 dry-fire cycles every day for the rest of your life, I do not think you will have a problem.
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Unless you plan to practice 500 dry-fire cycles every day for the rest of your life, I do not think you will have a problem.


Thank you...I just want to do a few practice dry firing when I am at the range to get use to proper trigger squeezing to prevent going to 7 o'clock on the target.

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I recommend dry-firing for my students as a daily ritual...

Dry-firing will not damage your Colt with or without snap-caps, but I in fact do recommend them for the drills when you DF to practice loading, misfire, etc...


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Psssst: I occasionally hear of a MIM firing pin stop cracking from dry firing, however, that just gives you a good reason to replace it with an EGW over-sized stop (all steel/milled)...

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Another Use for Snap Caps
When you go to the range with a friend have him or her load a snap cap in your magazine, but not tell you which round it is. Then, when the hammer drops on the snap cap, if your sights on not right on target, you can see what you're doing wrong: such as jerking the trigger (pulling the sights down), heeling (pushing the sights up), etc.
You can load the magazine yourself, if you have a bad memory or don't count your shots. Or you can just close your eyes and load a handful of cartridges that contains one or two snap caps.

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When you go to the range with a friend have him or her load a snap cap in your magazine, but not tell you which round it is. Then, when the hammer drops on the snap cap, if your sights on not right on target, you can see what you're doing wrong: such as jerking the trigger (pulling the sights down), heeling (pushing the sights up), etc.Doug

Thanks I will try this. I will load up two magazines and mix it up so I do not know which one has the snap shots.
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Dry firing modern pistols will not damage them. Some do feel more comfortable with the use of a snap cap. With or without, you won't damage your 1911 by dry firing it.
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Shouldn't be an issue but when in doubt snap caps are cheap insurance. I don't always use 'em but they are not expensive. Gander, Cablela's most shooting supppliers (Brownell's online has 'em). Even if you don't get 'em I wouldn't worry. Older pins may be of a more brittle alloy but modern one's should take it.
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It is a proven fact that dry firing doesn't harm your gun. But like mentioned above if it worry you buy some snap caps.....
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