THIS is actually VERY GOOD TRAINING .....IMHO the ONLY way to "break in" a gun to fire rounds through it.
And I can't say if dry firing or clicking spent rounds will damage your particular firearm. However, there are some trigger practice techniques using spent cartridges in a revolver shown to me by a retired LEO. May not be proper but i found it interesting. At a safe firing range, Load your revolver with three live and three spend rounds, in a random order, spin the cylinder and close it. The aim is to NOT know whether you have a live round or dummy up next. Concentrate on your trigger pull and try to avoid the "dip" or "pull" of the front sight and also try not to "expect" the BANG! I did this a few times with this former LEOs instruction and improved my pattern in just a few minutes. I know I'll get a few folks telling me this is a wrong or incorrect technique but it made me aware of a few "bad habits".
IMHO the ONLY way to "break in" a gun to fire rounds through it.
And I can't say if dry firing or clicking spent rounds will damage your particular firearm. However, there are some trigger practice techniques using spent cartridges in a revolver shown to me by a retired LEO. May not be proper but i found it interesting. At a safe firing range, Load your revolver with three live and three spend rounds, in a random order, spin the cylinder and close it. The aim is to NOT know whether you have a live round or dummy up next. Concentrate on your trigger pull and try to avoid the "dip" or "pull" of the front sight and also try not to "expect" the BANG! I did this a few times with this former LEOs instruction and improved my pattern in just a few minutes. I know I'll get a few folks telling me this is a wrong or incorrect technique but it made me aware of a few "bad habits".
THIS is actually VERY GOOD TRAINING .....
Somebody on another forum shared that he's made "snap-caps" by seating a bullet in an empty casing and cementing a pencil eraser in the primer pocket. He trimmed the eraser to be level with the case head surface.