Desire to Dry Fire

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"BlueEyes have you ever heard of Plasti Guage?"

Oh, no! Not Plastiguage!!!:eek:

Sorry about that, still on my first cup of coffee this morning. On one of the "car forums" to which I belong (actually, a forum devoted to a particular ENGINE); a discussion arose as to the use of Plasti-guage as opposed to precision micrometers for measuring bearing clearances, etc. Turned into a verbal fist fight; with one of the "engine builder" members leaving the group entirely.

ON TOPIC: I've dry fired over a cylinder with the nipples out; but only a few times while stoning some 'grit' out of the hammer. I don't know if the hammer slaps the nipples on either of my (Pietta) Remingtons; never tried it. On the other hand, maybe a judiciously measured amount of "mushroom" on the nipples will cause Remington #11 caps fit securely on the Pietta nipples :rolleyes:
 
Yumakid some people just take the internet and them selves too seriously.

Personnally I think if you don't like my opinion, don't use it. Of course some one may say things to you on a forum they would never say to your face. I try not to ever do that.
 
Oh, yeah; it's pretty much a matter of 'perspective'. If your livelihood depends upon people thinking that your $7-10 thousand "Stage II" engine built on a 40-year-old block ('cause "Ford don't make 'em no mo!") is worth every penny; you're gonna go the extra 12 miles and have PRECISE instruments for measuring! But the guy who just got his 40-year-old block from the local NAPA machine shop, to stuff in his '70 Mustang for cruise nights, that guy will be happy with Plasti-Guage.

From a shooter's point of view: Right now I'm just lacking the HF rock-tumbler to start making my own BP from brushippie's recipe, and I can hardly wait. However; I certainly hope the folks at IMR or Hodgdon are 'a little more PRECISE' in their component measurements when batching up more 2400, Unique, or even Pyrodex!

I seem to remember reading something to the effect of "Take sheet of typing paper and fold it over once. If it can just fit between the forcing cone and the face of the cylinder without any visible gaps; your spacing is correct". With THAT as a baseline, Plasti-Guage is alarmingly High-Tech! :p
 
I use a CVA Police model that never went together right to pratice with, The revolver never had clearance for Caps! It clicks fast and is fun to shoot at the Bad Guys on TV!
ZVP
 
My Pietta 1858 NMA has a ring on the hammer face, even though it's never been dry fired.
I've thought about facing off the nipples.
 
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