Skarekrow88
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I recently picked up a Tomcat from my LGS and I couldn't be more pleased with the pistol (except for the price it costs to feed it) and I was surprised how pleasant and fun it is to shoot.
I know I'm not supposed to feed the little guy with anything over 130ft/lbs of muzzle energy per the warning/notice that comes in the box (which I plan to abide by) and that you are also not supposed to dry-fire it without snapcaps/spent casings per the manual which leads me to why I am making this post.
When I shoot handguns (per how I was taught and what works for me) I focus on two things and two things only: Front sight and trigger manipulation. Therefore I do not count my rounds and unless the pistol I am shooting locks back/open on the last round then I don't know that its empty until I pull the trigger and get a "click" instead of a "bang". So since the Tomcat doesn't have that last round hold open feature I am dry-firing it at the end of every magazine.
My question/s: Does doing this have me on a crash course with a prematurely broken firing pin? I've read instances where some claimed it did for them but they never disclosed exactly how much dry-firing was done. Should I just go ahead and get myself a spare firing pin and/or start making it a point to count my rounds when shooting my Tomcat or is this a negligible amount of dry-firing? I really love shooting the thing and plan to take it to the range a decent amount so any advice will be appreciated.
I know I'm not supposed to feed the little guy with anything over 130ft/lbs of muzzle energy per the warning/notice that comes in the box (which I plan to abide by) and that you are also not supposed to dry-fire it without snapcaps/spent casings per the manual which leads me to why I am making this post.
When I shoot handguns (per how I was taught and what works for me) I focus on two things and two things only: Front sight and trigger manipulation. Therefore I do not count my rounds and unless the pistol I am shooting locks back/open on the last round then I don't know that its empty until I pull the trigger and get a "click" instead of a "bang". So since the Tomcat doesn't have that last round hold open feature I am dry-firing it at the end of every magazine.
My question/s: Does doing this have me on a crash course with a prematurely broken firing pin? I've read instances where some claimed it did for them but they never disclosed exactly how much dry-firing was done. Should I just go ahead and get myself a spare firing pin and/or start making it a point to count my rounds when shooting my Tomcat or is this a negligible amount of dry-firing? I really love shooting the thing and plan to take it to the range a decent amount so any advice will be appreciated.