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I have shot revolver and auto for 15 + years some of my revolvers have close to 20,000 dry fires DA on them with no problems, my older 610 held up very good but it does not group like it used to the newer 627 is softer metal and the cilinder in rolling a bit, it is posible by spining the cilyinder in fast dry fire that the locking pin hammers the notch when it locks in. I fyou make some dummy rounds with very heavy bullets =it will slow the cilyinder. I made some with two 158 grain bullets in each case. You should be able to feal the difrence. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> <{POST_SNAPBACK}> That's a good idea. I hope to live long enough to be able to get in 20,00 dry fires.

I have shot revolver and auto for 15 + years some of my revolvers have close to 20,000 dry fires DA on them with no problems, my older 610 held up very good but it does not group like it used to the newer 627 is softer metal and the cilinder in rolling a bit, it is posible by spining the cilyinder in fast dry fire that the locking pin hammers the notch when it locks in. I fyou make some dummy rounds with very heavy bullets =it will slow the cilyinder. I made some with two 158 grain bullets in each case. You should be able to feal the difrence. <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I've talked to the S&W tech dept and they said you can dry fire their new revolvers. I fired my 686p 4" hundreds of times with no problems. Good practice for double action shooting. However I still have not mastered the double action firing with live rounds yet. But I'm alot better today than I was a year ago when I fired my first DA revolver.

Hi, I'm new here;this is my first post. As a member of the small hands club, I can sympathise with you. I recently bought a Kimber TLE II. The Pistol shot flawlessly but the trigger reach was about 3/4 of an inch too long to what I usually use in the 1911. I was shooting a GI .45 my father left me. I took the easy way out. After I had about 500 rounds through the Kimber with no malfunctions, I sent it back to them to get the "small hands package". The cost was $209 plus shipping. They installed a short trigger, ultra thin wooden grips and an Ed Brown safety grip that sits higher and deeper than the original grip. The Kimber fits my hands perfectly now. I have over 500 more rounds fired with no malfunctions since the modification. I probably could have saved some money if I ordered the small hands package when I first ordered the pistol through my dealer; Kimber sent back the original grips, trigger and safety grip when they returned the pistol to me. It was about a 5 working day turn around time. If that's too steep for your wallet, then try thin grips and a short trigger. Good Luck