What's the verdict on dry firing? Snap-caps?

Wernher von Browning · 09-20-2015, 07:56 PM

Thanks.

Indeed dry-firing is one of the best, cheapest ways to improve scores. Some experienced rifle shooters tell me they figure on dry firing 100 times for every live round.

If the Luger is not going to be up to that, I'll have to find some other way to practice. The thing is, you want to practice with the sights and trigger you'll be using for the real thing.

A gunsmith in Switzerland tells me that he can't prove it, but he thinks Snap-Caps break Luger extractors. He's had to replace a few in guns that were used that way.

I shoot in Swiss competition (in the USA). Just got back from their five-yearly matches over there, where I did very well with my K31 rifle. For 2020 I want to be up to speed with pistol as well. My choices are Luger in 7.65 Parabellum or SIG P210 in 7.65 or 9mm (and the usual .22LR space guns). The Luger appealed to me more, and was half the price from Simpson's. The SIG undoubtedly has better sights (adjustable).

Dwight Gruber · 10-27-2015, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Wernher von Browning

A gunsmith in Switzerland tells me that he can't prove it, but he thinks Snap-Caps break Luger extractors. He's had to replace a few in guns that were used that way.

Single-shot loading any cartridge into a Luger's chamber--snap cap or live round--and then closing the breech, can be damaging to the extractor.

The extractor is not designed to slip over the cartridge rim. Under normal operation, the round stripped from the magazine slides up the breech face and the rim hooks under the extractor. Slamming the extractor hook face into the rear of the cartridge can, indeed, break it.

Best practice is to chamber your snap cap from a magazine. This can be a problem if you are using a spent case with a "snubber" primer replacement and no bullet; you could probably manually place the case into the breech face and close the action before it falls out.

Of course, retracting the action far enough to **** the striker does not fully extract the case, so it is not necessary to insert it over and over.

--Dwight

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09-20-2015, 07:56 PM	#1
Wernher von Browning User Join Date: Aug 2015 Posts: 10 Thanks: 2 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Thanks. Indeed dry-firing is one of the best, cheapest ways to improve scores. Some experienced rifle shooters tell me they figure on dry firing 100 times for every live round. If the Luger is not going to be up to that, I'll have to find some other way to practice. The thing is, you want to practice with the sights and trigger you'll be using for the real thing. A gunsmith in Switzerland tells me that he can't prove it, but he thinks Snap-Caps break Luger extractors. He's had to replace a few in guns that were used that way. I shoot in Swiss competition (in the USA). Just got back from their five-yearly matches over there, where I did very well with my K31 rifle. For 2020 I want to be up to speed with pistol as well. My choices are Luger in 7.65 Parabellum or SIG P210 in 7.65 or 9mm (and the usual .22LR space guns). The Luger appealed to me more, and was half the price from Simpson's. The SIG undoubtedly has better sights (adjustable).