Blackstone45 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 Possible stupid question incoming: If I know I'll be doing a lot of dryfiring and no live fire for a decent length of time, would it make sense to remove the firing pin in order to prolong its life? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blockader Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 No. If you are really worried about it you can wedge an o-ring in the hammer channel. That's really only needed with a CZ that includes the firing pin block though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magpulled Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 You can but I don’t think it’s gonna hurt the firing pin. I’ve dryfired my shadows probably 100k times and it still works fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
himurax13 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 If the hammer has nothing to strike, it will just continue to peen the rear of the slide. Using half of a used foam earplug is the easiest solution.Sent from my VS987 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackstone45 Posted May 13, 2019 Author Share Posted May 13, 2019 Thanks for the responses, makes sense! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trinimon Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 I've done my share of dry fire but no issues on my pistols yet. If you reload, make a dummy round and squeeze hot glue or silicone into the primer pocket. if you don't reload, grab one of your spent cases, use a small nail and tap out the old primer, clean out the old carbon from the pocket and fill with hot glue or silicone. or order some Azooms from Amazon or your fav LGS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
858 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 The firing pin has to be in the slide to hold in the firing pin stop plate. Without either of those two parts the hammer will hit the frame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve RA Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 You can shorten a firing pin about a quarter of an inch, can't fire anything and will hold all the parts in the proper place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoRivera Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 Use an o-ring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt1 Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 Use a snap capSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regor Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 +1 to the foam ear plug. Should absorb almost all the impact onto the firing pin, even better than an o-ring. But without the firing pin block it is hardly necessary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tok36 Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 On 5/13/2019 at 1:49 PM, 858 said: The firing pin has to be in the slide to hold in the firing pin stop plate. Without either of those two parts the hammer will hit the frame. This is a good point that i did not think of, if the slide were racked without the FP installed the FP plate may very well fall out. Here is a reference pic for the O ring that was suggested by other forum members above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackstone45 Posted May 17, 2019 Author Share Posted May 17, 2019 13 hours ago, Tok36 said: This is a good point that i did not think of, if the slide were racked without the FP installed the FP plate may very well fall out. Here is a reference pic for the O ring that was suggested by other forum members above. Will try that, thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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