Dryfiring percussion revolvers

[nick_1]

All that being said I have not figured out a way to dry fire my cap and ball Remington's that is easy and good. The single shot set trigger rigs are great because you just set the trigger and snap that without ever cocking the hammer. I will sometimes do a trigger snap in competition just before my shot to help beat back the bad habits.

 

[GYJ]

Yes it is hard to take a shooter seriously that openly scoffs at dry firing.

Wise, couldn't possibly know anything.

Especially about revolver shooting. Only have 117 of them and shoot every day. Many big bores, up to .500JRH, so probably don't know jack about working through a flinch either.

 

[M. De Land]

All that being said I have not figured out a way to dry fire my cap and ball Remington's that is easy and good. The single shot set trigger rigs are great because you just set the trigger and snap that without ever cocking the hammer. I will sometimes do a trigger snap in competition just before my shot to help beat back the bad habits.

The hammer fall will disturb the sight alignment some what but snapping the set trigger dry fire still has value because it strengthens the muscles and trains what set trigger break feels like.

 

[extreme_fudd]

Wise, couldn't possibly know anything.

Especially about revolver shooting. Only have 117 of them and shoot every day. Many big bores, up to .500JRH, so probably don't know jack about working through a flinch either.

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Why doesn't anyone state at what range they shoot targets at? This could be 15 feet or 50 yards? What's your classification?

 

[Robin101]

Dry firing is a time honored practice used by top shooters around the world to improve and or maintain their abilities. I don't understand the controversy.
Is it about mail box height again?
Robin

 

[GYJ]

Dry firing is a time honored practice used by top shooters around the world to improve and or maintain their abilities. I don't understand the controversy.
Is it about mail box height again?
Robin

All I said was that it's overrated. Then the folks who believe in it like a religion got triggered.

Why doesn't anyone state at what range they shoot targets at? This could be 15 feet or 50 yards? What's your classification?

25yds. 50yd groups are around 1". That's a 300gr at 1450fps.

 

[Secesh]

All I said was that it's overrated. Then the folks who believe in it like a religion got triggered.



25yds. 50yd groups are around 1". That's a 300gr at 1450fps.

That’s a mighty respectable grouping.

 

[TNGhost]

Whether it’s a good practice or bad practice, I’ll let the experts hash that out and I’ll say, okay. As for me, I’ve just never liked hearing the sound effects of dry firing anything but like I said, that’s just me.

Interesting, sounds like an invention idea for a blue tooth equipped snap cap that sends a gunshot like sound to a speaker

I believe that bpd303 has created the post where the "FAT" lady has finally sung.

Thank you sir.

Not so fast....

Wise, couldn't possibly know anything.

Especially about revolver shooting. Only have 117 of them and shoot every day. Many big bores, up to .500JRH, so probably don't know jack about working through a flinch either.

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Someone has a tiny,...viewpoint.

 

[Deavertex]

A friend of mine told me about a sergeant he knew who would practice dry fire with his .45 auto using a pencil with a rubber eraser, at maybe 10" on to paper. He said this guy was a great shot from doing it too!

That was an Army standard back in the days of the 1911. You have to wrap the pencil with a couple of bands of tape to make it a good sliding fit in the barrel, and it's still a great practice exercise for any semi-auto pistol. You need the muzzle to be no more than about 3 inches from the target, and what you're exercising here is your trigger pull. A good trigger pull won't disturb your sight picture, and you'll come close to a one dot or hole group.

 

[M. De Land]

Why doesn't anyone state at what range they shoot targets at? This could be 15 feet or 50 yards? What's your classification?

Most slow and rapid fire pistol venues I've shot in were 25 and 50 yards.

 

[GYJ]

Someone has a tiny,...viewpoint.

Oh the irony.

 

[extreme_fudd]

All I said was that it's overrated. Then the folks who believe in it like a religion got triggered.



25yds. 50yd groups are around 1". That's a 300gr at 1450fps.

I really doubt you are shooting one inch groups at 50 yards offhand, on a regular basis. The X ring on a B6 target is 1.695 inches. You would be able to make the President's 100 if you shot that well. I call BS.

 

[extreme_fudd]

Most slow and rapid fire pistol venues I've shot in were 25 and 50 yards.

The standard outdoor bullseye course of fire is slowfire at 50 yards and timed and rapid at 25 yards.

 

[Mogadishu Meanderer]

Yes, and I believe to this date no one has ever shot a perfect score! Someone can correct me if I am wrong since I stop competing back in 98 or so! Also, I had a two pound weight welded to an old magazine to add weight to the gun to strengthen muscles while DRY FIRING!!!

 

[Ohio Rusty]

Don't do that. Don't dry fire percussion revolvers. It mushrooms the openings of the nipples and makes it hard to put caps on. If you have to do that, you should have six crappy nipples and then dry fire all you want. When you are done, remove the mushroomed ruined nipples and put 6 good ones back on.
Ohio Rusty ><>

 

[M. De Land]

Don't do that. Don't dry fire percussion revolvers. It mushrooms the openings of the nipples and makes it hard to put caps on. If you have to do that, you should have six crappy nipples and then dry fire all you want. When you are done, remove the mushroomed ruined nipples and put 6 good ones back on.
Ohio Rusty ><>

If your battering nipples your also buggering the hammer face and with open face guns encouraging the safety notch to suck caps.

 

[AlexB]

I have been gleefully snapping mine for a while now..........just jammed ear plug in and off I went.
Haven't harmed myself or the gun but I will keep trying until I do.

 

[D Yager]

Just remove the nipples. I did it for years on my Walkers. No harm done. Another alternative is set up the revolver like a Ruger Old Army with .005 clearance between the nipples and hammer face. You can dry fire away with no worries about mushrooming the nipples or beating up the hammer face. It will still fire a cap when you are ready to live fire.

 

[Loyalist Dave]

Pretty well covered

LD