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Post by "DoubleAction" on Sept 2, 2009 1:52:15 GMT -5
This is a safe way of determining the function of the firing pin.With the magazine removed,and the chamber checked,in making sure the pistol is unloaded,using a no.2 pencil,insert the eraser end into the muzzle,and let it drop against the breech face.While pointing the muzzle in a safe direction,pull the trigger,and take note of the travel distance of the pencil.If compared with other pistols,you can take notice how much farther the pencil travels from a 1911.The 1911 is designed to have a very strong factory mainspring for a more positive primer ignition during diversed combat conditions.**This is also a good way to check the safety functions of the Decocker.If the Pencil shoots out the end or moves from the action of the firing pin,as the hammer is lowered by the decocker,it may prove to be faulty.
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Post by "DoubleAction" on Oct 11, 2009 14:00:43 GMT -5
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Post by MLB on Oct 13, 2009 11:18:46 GMT -5
We discussed a similar test on the Walther forums while trying to decode the cryptic recall notice on the ppk/s. Apparently, dropping the hammer with your thumb with the safety on could result in a light primer strike, which we replicated on a wooden dowel.
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Post by "DoubleAction" on Oct 28, 2009 0:41:53 GMT -5
I keep a few new pencils in my gun room, when I get through cleaning a pistol. To test the power of the firing pin spring, I take up a safe area in a hall way and let the firing pin shoot the pencil out of the barrel.
**Just make sure the magazine well and chamber is not loaded with live ammunition first ;D
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Post by blueglass on Nov 29, 2014 14:22:35 GMT -5
I liked having the de=cocker system in my 9mm Berretta FS-92 I owned until about a year ago now. Kinda gave me a feeling of a double safety within the gun it self. I only sold it because I never fired it enough at the time and I don't keep safe queens if I can help it. I sell them off.
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