Dry fire !

[pdh]

Has anyone ever mistakenly dropped the hammer on a empty chamber on the encore?

I did...sort of...was testing some loads...and mixed a dummy round (no primer) in the batch....gotta be more careful...

Hope I did not damage anything.....

[Coltdriver]

The only thing you can harm is the firing pin return spring. 

If you want to see if its ok just get a hex key and remove the firing pin carrier.  Takes about one minute. 

[scsims]

What if the gun fires normally. Wouldn't it indicate it's ok then?

[Coltdriver]

It probably is not harmed.  But you won't know until you take a look.  Its not complicated, takes a simple hex key and in under a minute you could have it out, look at it and put it back in. 

I have dry fired mine.  Did not harm the spring at all.  I learned of this being harmful (some times) after the fact like you and so I took a look at it. 

I understand that what happens is that it can collapse the spring and reduce the firing pin retraction capability of the spring.  In a bad case it can cause the firing pin to stick or cause a soft strike.

[pdh]

Thanks Coltdriver....will take a look tonight. Had no problems after the dryfire....