How to dry fire a single trigger 1863?
Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2016 10:47 pm
I have a friend who wants to learn to shoot one of my 1863s. The only one having double set triggers is having custom work done, so she cannot learn its mechanics on it.
I want her to learn to manipulate its mechanism, including trigger. How to set up the nipple-hammer nose that she can dry fire? I thought about fastening a leather strip across the nipple, but I doubt it will last long. It also may jam within hammer nose. Would using some sort of insert within the hammer nose - I guess taking advantage of "jamming within hammer nose???" - might work. But what to use?
Perhaps a better idea is to stop typing and ask for recommendations from shooters who have solved the problem successfully. So I'll stop now.
I want her to learn to manipulate its mechanism, including trigger. How to set up the nipple-hammer nose that she can dry fire? I thought about fastening a leather strip across the nipple, but I doubt it will last long. It also may jam within hammer nose. Would using some sort of insert within the hammer nose - I guess taking advantage of "jamming within hammer nose???" - might work. But what to use?
Perhaps a better idea is to stop typing and ask for recommendations from shooters who have solved the problem successfully. So I'll stop now.