Snap Caps

[Kagnew]

Uhh i dunno i always hear its better to use them than not. So against...breakage...i suppose lol.

I thought maybe they were for protection from zombies!

Seriously, though, some form of snap-caps are a good idea for dry-firing regardless of what your manual or anyone else says.

 

[VERT]

So.......I guess all of us that shoot competitively are damaging our guns because after every course of fire we have to "unload, show clear, and hammer down" which means dry fire each time.

I think I'm doing more damage actually firing the gun than dry firing it. That exposion going off inside the chamber and the battery of the slide going forward and back sure have a lot more energy going into things than my hammer hitting the back of my firing pin.

Little bit different. Showing hammer down is one pull of the trigger. Dry fire practice might be hundreds of repetitions for some people. You are correct in that the firing of the gun is much more aggressive. But when you fire the gun with a live round the firing pin hits a primer and stops.