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Seeing the Dry Fire thread in the smokeless area reminded me that I have this thing about dry firing any of my guns. I got in the habit a long time ago that if I have a plug in a gun [I generally remove plugs from long term stored guns], I slip a spend, but cleaned, primer in the pocket. I believe this helps protect the firing pin from over extending itself and prevents spring damage if the gun gets cocked and the trigger pulled when unloaded. My guns all shoot clean so the primers don't need much more than a simple wipe before going back into the plug. When the plug goes back in the gun, the primer is already there and its simple to just pluck it out if the gun is to be loaded and shot.
Ocassionally I'll have someone ask about the muzzies and I bring a couple out to show and I've had instances where they pull the hammer back and pull the trigger before I can say anything so if the gun comes out the plug goes in and that spent primer just furthers its original intended use.
Ocassionally I'll have someone ask about the muzzies and I bring a couple out to show and I've had instances where they pull the hammer back and pull the trigger before I can say anything so if the gun comes out the plug goes in and that spent primer just furthers its original intended use.