Shoot Straight With That Pistol

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Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• instruction
• shooting
• handgun
• pistol

[25286969]

I thought dry firing can bend your firing pin..

[MartySchrader]

@25286969 Dry firing a rimfire piece is a bad idea because the pin could make contact with the face of the barrel head. This is typical of low- and medium-cost .22s and things like that. However, on precision rimfire firearms even this danger is eliminated because the pin is prevented from contacting the head by limiting its travel.

On center fire pieces there is no problem because there's nothing for the pin to hit. And, the travel of the pin is limited by its carriage.

[pjanak]

Granted it may take some practice. But right off the bat the grip of the gun feels weak with this method. I cannot get a good solid feeling grip. Or maybe a someone should develop aftermarket recievers that have a canted grip. LOL

[MartySchrader]

@pjanak I dig. The lower three fingers of your hand have less purchase on the front strap, not a thing to instill confidence in your grip. If you have small hands and a large pistol this technique may be unusable -- a small woman holding a DE, for instance, prolly can't get enough finger meat on the front strap for it to work. Most men, however, will find that the heel of the hand will swallow the back strap sufficiently for the pistol to remain firmly embedded in the hand.

[Haxxploits]

@25286969 you thought wrong :)

[rzvb100]

@voodazz

I tend to agree with him...I own a sigma and it's got one of the heaviest trigger pulls out of every gun I own and is it the most inconsistent one I own in terms of accuracy.

[CheeseSteakJim]

@voodazz It's actually pretty well known and well agreed-upon within the firearms community that S&W's first foray into the polymer handgun market was a tremendous failure...

[MartySchrader]

@treysturgeon Oh, right -- you mean the magazine follower didn't push the slide lock up into battery. I dig it. Anyway, I'm glad your Sigma is a well-behaved piece. As I have already stated multiple times, there is ample evidence that S&W changed the course of Sigma engineering long after my unit was produced (12 years or so ago). I've read plenty of guys on rec.guns who said what you've said, so I can believe it. It's just that my analysis of my generation Sigma remains valid for *that* piece.

[treysturgeon]

@treysturgeon I meant the magazine not the slide.

[treysturgeon]

@MartySchrader I'm not trying to be a troll, or upset you in anyway. But, I own a Sigma 9mm, and it has never failed to chamber, fire, or cycle. The only thing that has happened was the slide didn't lock back when I was out of rounds. But, that was because of the slide, not the gun itself. I bought the Sigma in February of 2011. I am not sure the differences between mine and yours since your Sigma is probably the first generation. The only argument I have about my Sigma is the hard trigger pull.