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Jim Van Eldik · 01-02-2002, 02:26 PM

At the risk of beating a point to death, and venturing into the always hazardous world of metalurgy, it would seem that a hard (brittle) piece of steel like a firing pin would be an all or nothing proposition. Either you fractured it or you didn't. The number of dry fires would seem irrelevant. It is not a piece that flexes like a spring.

Or is it possible to create some minute stress fractures that eventually lead to failure.

Thanks for the erasure idea John.

01-02-2002, 02:26 PM	#7
Jim Van Eldik User Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 76 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: You can snap on an empty case once or twice... At the risk of beating a point to death, and venturing into the always hazardous world of metalurgy, it would seem that a hard (brittle) piece of steel like a firing pin would be an all or nothing proposition. Either you fractured it or you didn't. The number of dry fires would seem irrelevant. It is not a piece that flexes like a spring. Or is it possible to create some minute stress fractures that eventually lead to failure. Thanks for the erasure idea John.