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About dry firing. I used to use info available for gun before deciding whether or not to dry fire. Owners manuals will usually tell you if manufacturer recommends against dry firing, but often says nothing if they think its okay. I like to dry fire a new revolver several thousand times before taking it out to shoot for real because the action smooths and lightens during that period.
When I bought a BNIB Colt Anaconda .44mag, the manual said nothing about dry firing. So I called the company and spoke to a technical expert. He said no amount of dry firing would hurt, and snap caps weren't necessary. So I dry fired several thousand times over a period of many days. Action smoothed and lightened and stabilized. Then I took the gun to the woods. She failed to fire on the third round. Broken firing pin. Did the firing pin break because of all the dry firing without snap caps? I don't know. But I'm suspicious. After that I've always used snap caps, even for just a few dry fires of guns supposedly unharmed by dry firing.
When I bought a BNIB Colt Anaconda .44mag, the manual said nothing about dry firing. So I called the company and spoke to a technical expert. He said no amount of dry firing would hurt, and snap caps weren't necessary. So I dry fired several thousand times over a period of many days. Action smoothed and lightened and stabilized. Then I took the gun to the woods. She failed to fire on the third round. Broken firing pin. Did the firing pin break because of all the dry firing without snap caps? I don't know. But I'm suspicious. After that I've always used snap caps, even for just a few dry fires of guns supposedly unharmed by dry firing.