Dry Fired Antique Swiss Revolver

foztrotunicorncharliekilo said:
No. Not what so ever by and measurable amount. Steel does not soften, harden, change its metallurgy, become weaker or stronger over any period of time.

These guns did not have an expected dry fire countunless there was a manufacturing defect in one of these components one would certainly imagine the gun as designed should be able to handle hundreds of dry fires, if not thousands or tens of thousands.


Your dry firing was a mere drop in the bucket of its dry firing lifespan. Was the bucket almost full when you got the pistol or were yours the first drops?

I wouldn't be afraid you created any significant damage. If there is damage, it was already there.
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What a collection of words that make no sense at all.
By this theory anything made of steel don't brake?
You get an anvil from ACME supply and a hammer from same place, start hammering on the anvil. Something will brake eventually
 
gewehr76 said:
What a collection of words that make no sense at all.
By this theory anything made of steel don't brake?
You get an anvil from ACME supply and a hammer from same place, start hammering on the anvil. Something will brake eventually
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What happens in a semi auto rifle when the bolt is slammed forward onto the breech? Slammed forward into the automatic hold open? When a semi automatic slide slams forward locking the breech? When the hammer strikes the firing pin? When the anvil in an air hammer strikes? When the anvil in an impact gun strikes? When the anvil in an impact drill strikes?

You can bet the average single or double action revolver will see thoundsands of dry fires if not tens of thounsands over 150years.

I was just reading about a guy who figures he logs on spring 38,000 per year and has never had an issue.

Sure it's not good for it as in it's not benefiting the gun but a few dry fires isn't going to cause any significant damage.
 
There is a low melting point rubber call Vinamold. It can be used to fill empty casings to make snap caps for hard to find calibers. It's remeltable and reusable so neither rubber nor casing is ruined. Much better than dry firing.
 
My point is that steel fatigue and impact by other, harder object will slowly but inevitably fail by breaking one or the other. We are talking about specific design of revolver here, not semi auto, and not about rifle. In this revolver as it was stated being antique, frame is the firearm that is valuable due to its date of manufacture. Therefore by dryfiring one can cause damage to the frame on that revolver by design, and not to the hammer or fp as its all one piece construction. Harder metal usually used on hammers than frames, therefore failure will occur on the frame of the revolver and not the hammer.

walks with loud stick said:
What happens in a semi auto rifle when the bolt is slammed forward onto the breech? Slammed forward into the automatic hold open? When a semi automatic slide slams forward locking the breech? When the hammer strikes the firing pin? When the anvil in an air hammer strikes? When the anvil in an impact gun strikes? When the anvil in an impact drill strikes?

You can bet the average single or double action revolver will see thoundsands of dry fires if not tens of thounsands over 150years.

I was just reading about a guy who figures he logs on spring 38,000 per year and has never had an issue.

Sure it's not good for it as in it's not benefiting the gun but a few dry fires isn't going to cause any significant damage.
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Much ado about nothing IMO. It's probably one of the best revolvers of it's day, it's well built.
Probably don't do it again.
Proceed as per normal with due diligence.
 
Possibly stretched the firing pin hole in the frame a little. Better steel in that pisol than most from that time frame so maybe no damage at all. Use a fired case for a snap cap next time.
 
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