[Logistar]

Guys, tell me if this is a good idea or if I am screwing up here. :what:

Last night at around 2:30am (don't ask :) ) I got an idea.

I had just taken an old worn-out athletic sock out of the dryer. I cut a rectangular piece out of it. I kinda rolled it to form a cylinder. Then I cocked my Beretta Vertec and placed it between the hammer and firing pin.

After trimming the excess (so I could see my sights) I can dry fire and the hammer doesn't quite make it all the way down. Once it gets "squished" in there it seems to stay put.

1. I can practice my DA trigger pull all I want! (I seem to really dent up my snap-caps awfully fast and I was afraid it might still hurt the firing pin using them.)

2. If I keep doing this I should strengthen my firing hand and smooth out the action of my Beretta.

Is this too good to be true? Was I the last one to figure this out? Will I damage the gun?

- The only negative I see is that there is a extra tiny bit of slack when I start the DA pull because the hammer is starting partially back. (Not as far back as the "safety stop" though.)

[euclid]

I'm not a gunsmith but if you have it set up such that the hammer is notdropping against the slide/firing pin, I can't see how it would hurt anything. Have at it.

cheers

[Cal4D4]

Only problem I can see is possible sock debris falling into the frame. It WAS a clean sock, right?

[czhead]

I don't think solvent works on toe-jam.

[forquidder]

Try a thick piece of leather cut to a tight fit to fill the gap in back of the firing pin. Put it in shiny side down and fire away.

[firestar]

I was wondering the same thing. Is not having the hammer fall all the way down going to mess with the trigger or internal parts somehow?

I have done this with T-shirts and pencil erasers on several of my guns that can't be dry fired. I guess I shoul get some snap caps also.

[New_comer]

Not sure, but since the firing pin sticks out while there is that leather/wool damper jammed between the hammer and the slide, you might load a full mag in there and run the gun full auto... :confused:


Can this happen? If it could, then don't do it.


Brain fart happens at the worse of times... :(

[curt]

I really don't understand all of the concerns i've seen on this board about dry firing. Normal amounts of dry firing shouldn't hurt any modern handgun.

[firestar]

Most modern guns can be dry fired without any noticable problems for quite a while but some will have problems after only a few dry fires. If you don't know which guns are safe to dry fire, it is cheap insurance to put some snap caps or a piece of cloth between the hammer and pin. That hammer slamming against metal over and over is going to cause some damage, the question is, will it break the gun or only wear it out faster?

It is not an issue if you only dry fire once in a while but some people dry fire thousands of times.

[Standing Wolf]

Normal amounts of dry firing shouldn't hurt any modern handgun.

If the firing pin strikes the breech, you're going to have a problem.

[Andrew Wyatt]

the breech is a void.

[Blueduck]

Some manufacturers reccomend against it, some say it's fine. I'd go with what the person who made your gun says about it.

Believe Beretta's official position is "a limited amount" of dry firing is ok. S/W says dry fire the heck out of thier autos.

[blue86buick]

the breech is a void.
i believe that it was in reference to rimfire guns.

[Topgun]

The 92 seems to be designed to fire with the FULL pull a limited number of times. (like the first shot)

I was just doing trigger pulls with the safety on so the hammer wasn't even moving.

Take a look inside at that safety pin type spring. FULL pulls really work the hell out of it.

Beretta sent me TWO extras so I would have one extra. THEY know what happens.