Everybody "knows" that "dry firing" is bad on nipples, right?
But I am a confirmed "dry firer" from my IPSC practice days, as well as my numerous trigger tuning jobs I have done in my life. SO I have many times (Granted, only a few times with each weapon, not the thousands and thousands of times with my .45....) have dry fired my Traditions 1860 revolver, my son's 1851 CVA Navy, my son's CVA Frontier carbine, and now my Bondini target pistol.
I used to remove the nipples, but was told that was bad if the hammer couldn't hit something to stop it, so thinking if I damaged them, the "old" nipples would become my dry firing ones, since new ones are not that expensive.
BUT...my old ones still work fine, and I have never had to replace them????
Is there a chance that occasional dry firing (after working on triggers, and to get the feel of the break, etc) does NOT hurt nipples like we all "know" (were told?) that it will?
But I am a confirmed "dry firer" from my IPSC practice days, as well as my numerous trigger tuning jobs I have done in my life. SO I have many times (Granted, only a few times with each weapon, not the thousands and thousands of times with my .45....) have dry fired my Traditions 1860 revolver, my son's 1851 CVA Navy, my son's CVA Frontier carbine, and now my Bondini target pistol.
I used to remove the nipples, but was told that was bad if the hammer couldn't hit something to stop it, so thinking if I damaged them, the "old" nipples would become my dry firing ones, since new ones are not that expensive.
BUT...my old ones still work fine, and I have never had to replace them????
Is there a chance that occasional dry firing (after working on triggers, and to get the feel of the break, etc) does NOT hurt nipples like we all "know" (were told?) that it will?