Steyr M series owners please step inside.

[LightningMan]

Hello, & thanks for looking. First a little history, about 4 years ago I bought a used Steyr M40 pistol, and really liked it, but about a year or more later it broke. The trigger would not reset, so I had to send it in for repair. Steyr repaired the broken drop safety bar and I got it back in a timely manner, (about 2-3 weeks) and my M40 shoots good as before. But there is the difference in the way my pistol operates than before, and I would like to know is this normal, so here's my question; When you dry-fire the Steyr M series pistol, is it normal to have to hold the trigger back in order to pull the slide back to be able to dry-fire again? The reason I ask is that I didn't have to do that before I sent it in for the repair. Otherwise, when I'm shooting live ammunition, the pistol functions like any other pistol I have. Thanks for your replies in advance. LM

 

[Sam1911]

So, if you dryfire and then take your finger off the trigger, you can't retract the slide?

Never heard of that with any auto pistol.

 

[2zulu1]

I have an M40-A1, never heard of any semi auto that required touching the trigger in anyway to operate the slide.