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Unread 07-23-2015, 09:02 AM   #39
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Originally Posted by John Sabato View Post
Snap Caps as Sergio has recommended is the way to go... if you don't have any, you can use a fired empty case to soften the impact of the firing pin...
If, like me, you don't want to alarm anyone at your local gunshop, just stick & hold a long/new pencil w/eraser into the barrel until the eraser hits the breech, then dry fire it into the eraser. You'll feel it hit.

(Sometimes I shoot the pencil into the air...)

Doesn't work with 7.65 Lugers.
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