P08 dry firing

sept · 10-20-2004, 06:47 PM

Can someone tell me is dry firing the P08 very bad for it or dose it not hurt
the gun to dry fire it

Pete Ebbink · 10-20-2004, 07:21 PM

Hi Bruce,

I try not to dry fire any of my lugers.

If the gun is cocked AND WITHOUT a round in the chamber, it can be un-cocked by pulling the toggle back only 1/2" or so and then pulling the trigger.

I also got some "dummy rounds" in 9 mm and .30 cal. that Brownells sold. These are bullets of the right weight of a regular bullet that can be cycled in the lugers magazine and through an entire extraction/ejection cycle and can be dry-fired at well. No powder in the casing and no primer...but the same weight/mass as a real bullet.

Last time I was on the Brownells' web site, they still offered the 9 mm but stopped carrying the .30 dummy round...

Regards,

Pete... <img border="0" alt="[typing]" title="" src="graemlins/yltype.gif" />

sept · 10-20-2004, 07:45 PM

thanks Peter thats a good trick I did not know about pulling back the toggel 1/2 inch and
pulling the trigger that will avoid dry nfiring I will use that as I did not think it was good to dry fire it
best regards

John D. · 10-20-2004, 08:02 PM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Pete Ebbink:
...Last time I was on the Brownells' web site, they still offered the 9 mm but stopped carrying the .30 dummy round...

...<hr /></blockquote>Hey Pete..!

You can take a spent .30 round, de-cap it, and cut a pencil erasure to fit in the primer hole. Once it's in, cut the excess erasure off, and you have a very cheap .30 Luger dummy round. If you are REALLY obsessed - you can make 8 of them, and seat bullets into the case (NO POWDER/NO LIVE PRIMER!), mark them with a BLACK "X" across the headstamp - and cycle them....

Just a thought - as I'd never do this.. Well - maybe I would.. Well - if I did do it I wouldn't post that I did..? Hmmm - maybe I just did

Best to you!

John

Lugerdoc · 10-21-2004, 08:27 AM

Dry firing is mostly a problem with rim fires, eg. 22lr. Since the firing pin actually hits the barrel around the chamber area, it can deform the chamber. TH

GunCat · 10-23-2004, 09:09 PM

I've noticed, the firing pin on the luger is SOO quiet, it's hard to tell if it even dry fires.

Is this normal?

John Sabato · 10-25-2004, 10:33 AM

GunCat,

I would clean your breechblock very well and make sure there is no old dirt or other debris in the firing pin recess that the firing pin may be landing on softening the blow... Even if it is acting healthy and not having a problem shooting, there should be a distict "click" when the firing pin drops.

10-20-2004, 06:47 PM	#1
sept New User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: ontario canada Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	P08 dry firing Can someone tell me is dry firing the P08 very bad for it or dose it not hurt the gun to dry fire it

10-20-2004, 08:02 PM	#4
John D. Administrator & Site Owner LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: A Little NE of Somewhere... Posts: 2,651 Thanks: 477 Thanked 515 Times in 128 Posts	</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Originally posted by Pete Ebbink: <strong>...Last time I was on the Brownells' web site, they still offered the 9 mm but stopped carrying the .30 dummy round... ...</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Hey Pete..! You can take a spent .30 round, de-cap it, and cut a pencil erasure to fit in the primer hole. Once it's in, cut the excess erasure off, and you have a very cheap .30 Luger dummy round. If you are REALLY obsessed - you can make 8 of them, and seat bullets into the case (NO POWDER/NO LIVE PRIMER!), mark them with a BLACK "X" across the headstamp - and cycle them.... Just a thought - as I'd never do this.. Well - maybe I would.. Well - if I did do it I wouldn't post that I did..? Hmmm - maybe I just did Best to you! John

10-21-2004, 08:27 AM	#5
Lugerdoc Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: POB 398 St.Charles,MO. 63302 Posts: 5,089 Thanks: 6 Thanked 736 Times in 483 Posts	Dry firing is mostly a problem with rim fires, eg. 22lr. Since the firing pin actually hits the barrel around the chamber area, it can deform the chamber. TH __________________ Tom Heller POB 398 ST.Charles, MO. 63302 Tel 636-447-3006 [email protected]

10-23-2004, 09:09 PM	#6
GunCat User Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 24 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I've noticed, the firing pin on the luger is SOO quiet, it's hard to tell if it even dry fires. Is this normal? __________________ P.08 Luger (Mauser, 1940) Others: Beretta 92FS, Mosin Nagant 91/30, Mauser M48, Beretta 3032

10-25-2004, 10:33 AM	#7
John Sabato Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Capital of the Free World Posts: 10,154 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 2,306 Times in 1,097 Posts	GunCat, I would clean your breechblock very well and make sure there is no old dirt or other debris in the firing pin recess that the firing pin may be landing on softening the blow... Even if it is acting healthy and not having a problem shooting, there should be a distict "click" when the firing pin drops. __________________ regards, -John S "...We hold these truths to be self-evident that ALL men are created EQUAL *and are endowed by their Creator* with certain UNALIENABLE* rights, and among these are life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness..."*

10-20-2004, 07:21 PM	#2
Pete Ebbink User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The USA Posts: 5,919 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Hi Bruce, I try not to dry fire any of my lugers. If the gun is cocked AND WITHOUT a round in the chamber, it can be un-cocked by pulling the toggle back only 1/2" or so and then pulling the trigger. I also got some "dummy rounds" in 9 mm and .30 cal. that Brownells sold. These are bullets of the right weight of a regular bullet that can be cycled in the lugers magazine and through an entire extraction/ejection cycle and can be dry-fired at well. No powder in the casing and no primer...but the same weight/mass as a real bullet. Last time I was on the Brownells' web site, they still offered the 9 mm but stopped carrying the .30 dummy round... Regards, Pete... <img border="0" alt="[typing]" title="" src="graemlins/yltype.gif" />

10-20-2004, 07:45 PM	#3
sept New User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: ontario canada Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	thanks Peter thats a good trick I did not know about pulling back the toggel 1/2 inch and pulling the trigger that will avoid dry nfiring I will use that as I did not think it was good to dry fire it best regards