Just brought home my new Smith & Wesson Model 41, sat down, and went through the owners' manual (I'm an owners' manual kinda guy; what can I say?). During the course of learning the operation, conducting a strip, reassembly, etc., it seemed to me that the safety began to only move when the gun was cocked, and not when it wasn't. When I first touched the gun and handled it in the store, it seemed like the safety moved in either mode. It seems like it's sticking a little even with the gun cocked.
Is the safety supposed to be able to be switched on and off when the gun is not cocked?
Next question; dry firing. Please be kind; my other gun is a Glock 19, so I have that perspective on safeties and dry firing.) The manual doesn't address this explicitly, but it does imply dry firing when adjusting the trigger travel stop screw.
Then, when you think of it, whenever you've fired your last shot with a semiauto and the slide is locked back, you've got to release the slide forward, and then the gun is cocked. And if you don't want to store the empty gun cocked (is that bad for some/all pistol designs? I always pull the trigger on my empty Glock 19 and store it with the trigger back), you've got to pull the trigger - another dry fire.
Is it alright to dry fire the S&W Model 41? (And I'm not talking about occassional dry firing; I'm talking about constant dry firing, the kind of dry firing that will make you go blind and grow hair on your palms, the kind of dry firing I do with the Glock 19.)
Many thanks in advance. I hope nothing's broken - but I'm really suspicious about the safety. I did manage to launch the guide rod across the room during my first reassembly. Seems like anything more complicated than a Glock is a test of my abilities.
Is the safety supposed to be able to be switched on and off when the gun is not cocked?
Next question; dry firing. Please be kind; my other gun is a Glock 19, so I have that perspective on safeties and dry firing.) The manual doesn't address this explicitly, but it does imply dry firing when adjusting the trigger travel stop screw.
Then, when you think of it, whenever you've fired your last shot with a semiauto and the slide is locked back, you've got to release the slide forward, and then the gun is cocked. And if you don't want to store the empty gun cocked (is that bad for some/all pistol designs? I always pull the trigger on my empty Glock 19 and store it with the trigger back), you've got to pull the trigger - another dry fire.
Is it alright to dry fire the S&W Model 41? (And I'm not talking about occassional dry firing; I'm talking about constant dry firing, the kind of dry firing that will make you go blind and grow hair on your palms, the kind of dry firing I do with the Glock 19.)
Many thanks in advance. I hope nothing's broken - but I'm really suspicious about the safety. I did manage to launch the guide rod across the room during my first reassembly. Seems like anything more complicated than a Glock is a test of my abilities.