Device for rendering a firearm safe for dry fire practice

Canceled

A method for rendering a firearm safe to dry fire comprising:

• inserting in the firearm cartridge chamber a bushing in place of a cartridge;
• and
• inserting through said bushing a length of flexible material having a length which extends through said firearm barrel where a distal end is visible to an observer, and which has a second end extending rewardly from said bushing a distance to be struck by said firearm firing pin when said firearm hammer is released, said flexible material having a hardness which avoids damage to said firing pin.

An article of manufacture which permits a firearm to be safely dry fired comprising:

• a bushing having a diameter to be accepted in a chamber of a variety of firearms of a common caliber, said bushing having a bore for receiving a flexible material which extends from said bushing to the distal end of said barrel where it is visible as an indicator said firearm is safe to dry fire;
• said bushing having a length to permit a firing pin of said firearm to strike an exposed pliant material supported by said bushing when a hammer of said firearm is released.