Bill DeShivs
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You know- I guess I'm an "ACTUAL GUNSMITH-WITH YEARS OF EXPERIENCE."
About 45 years. Is that enough?
My remark about not using drywall anchors has nothing to do with cushioning the breech face. It has to do with not cushioning the FIRING PIN. Firing pins break with some regularity. Dry firing with a wall anchor or other such crap does nothing to slow the firing pin, and it slams to a stop in it's channel-causing the metal to work-harden, become brittle and break. The firing pin simply pierces the soft plastic, and it doesn't slow down by any appreciable amount.
Any idiot can see chamber peening and know that it isn't good.
Advice from someone with knowledge of actual gunsmithing and a little knowledge of metallurgy will prevent your firing pin from breaking. Use snap caps or ( rotated) fired cases, not some crap that a hack tells you about.
BTW- I experimented with wall anchors 40 years ago.
About 45 years. Is that enough?
My remark about not using drywall anchors has nothing to do with cushioning the breech face. It has to do with not cushioning the FIRING PIN. Firing pins break with some regularity. Dry firing with a wall anchor or other such crap does nothing to slow the firing pin, and it slams to a stop in it's channel-causing the metal to work-harden, become brittle and break. The firing pin simply pierces the soft plastic, and it doesn't slow down by any appreciable amount.
Any idiot can see chamber peening and know that it isn't good.
Advice from someone with knowledge of actual gunsmithing and a little knowledge of metallurgy will prevent your firing pin from breaking. Use snap caps or ( rotated) fired cases, not some crap that a hack tells you about.
BTW- I experimented with wall anchors 40 years ago.