Newbie With First Luger:

John Sabato · 07-23-2015, 07:30 AM

Dry firing a Luger once in a while may be okay, but certainly not a steady diet of dry-firing. That is NOT recommended.

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...

sheepherder · 07-23-2015, 09:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by John Sabato

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.

07-23-2015, 07:30 AM	#1
John Sabato Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Capital of the Free World Posts: 10,156 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 2,308 Times in 1,098 Posts	Dry firing a Luger once in a while may be okay, but certainly not a steady diet of dry-firing. That is NOT recommended. 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... __________________ regards, -John S "...We hold these truths to be self-evident that ALL men are created EQUAL *and are endowed by their Creator* with certain UNALIENABLE* rights, and among these are life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness..."*

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