Jim Watson
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If you are going to manually cycle a gun a lot, you need dummy rounds weighted to match ammunition, not snap caps which are mostly plastic or aluminum.
Ok, I have tried this. Even looked at a video to do it right. I however did it without a live round to prevent an accident.And now for some bad advise. Taurus does not include a decocker on the 709, however there is a way to carry the 709 where your first pull is double action instead of a cocked single action.
First always have the pistol pointed in a safe direction and have a backstop such as a clearing bucket with five gallons of sand in it. Second rack the slide and chamber a live round. Third while pointed in a safe direction, hold grip in right hand with your FINGER OFF THE TRIGGER, with your left hand pull the slide back like you are doing a press check. Keep the slide back about half an inch to where the barrel has dropped slightly below the axis. Fourth with the slide back slightly the striker cannot engage the primer, now pull the trigger. Fifth take your FINGER OFF THE TRIGGER and ease the slide forward again. You now have a live round in the chamber and your first trigger pull will be double action.
No kidding!No doubt, I think I heard the stray round whiz by my head from the AD when i read that.
If you are going to manually cycle a gun a lot, you need dummy rounds weighted to match ammunition, not snap caps which are mostly plastic or aluminum.
I've never seen a manual for a modern gun other than a rim fire actually say not to dry fire the gun.
I've never seen a manual for a modern gun other than a rim fire actually say not to dry fire the gun. That is really weird that it says that. Well, you better get some snap caps then, hey?
Yeah, that's bad advice. Firstly, the disconnector on your gun is out of spec, if you can do this at all. That is a gun that could fire out of battery. Secondly, as has been said, you are gambling that the striker is going to miss the primer by a fraction of an inch based on feel. Thirdly, even if you can do this safely 100% of the time, the gun is not designed to be carried this way. For all you know, the firing pin safety is bypassed in this condition, so the gun may no longer be dropsafe. I don't know how the gun works for sure, so I can't say. But that would be my guess.And now for some bad advise. Taurus does not include a decocker on the 709, however there is a way to carry the 709 where your first pull is double action instead of a cocked single action.
Out of all the various makes and models I have, only one owner manual says do not dry fire - that would be for my 2nd Generation Taurus PT145 Millennium Pro. I was (not pleasantly) surprised when I read that...I've never seen a manual for a modern gun other than a rim fire actually say not to dry fire the gun.