Dry fire

[Wild Weasel]

I know I was always taught to never dry fire a weapon. But there are people that claim that today's fire arms are not harmed by dry firing. What say you OSA? Leave your opinion here.

 

[reddog1]

Unless it's a rimfire, or a KelTec, or a specific gun, I say it's ok.

Dosen't hurt the firearm one bit.

GI's dryfire their M4's a million times in basic.

 

[TwoForFlinching]

Modern centerfire arms, no problems. Rimfires, never ok. Frame mounted pin revolvers, no problem.

Fortunately, there are snap caps out the to do work with.

 

[nemesis]

In addition to the above, you have to dryfire a Glock to break it down.

 

[Johnny]

I am an idiot. Why is it never ok to dry fire a rimfire?

 

[gfercaks33]

I don't know if its right or not but my mosin, sks, and xd9 I always dry fire after cleaning and re assembly so the firing pin isn't pulled back

 

[Buddhaman]

I am an idiot. Why is it never ok to dry fire a rimfire?

The way the rimfire operates is by hitting the rim of the cartridge on one side while the other side is a solid piece of metal (cylinder for revolvers, barrel for semi-s). If you dry fire you strike the barrel or cylinder itself and after enough dry fires you'll damage either the hammer/firing pin or the barrel/cylinder. I had to fix an old revolver for my mother thanks to someone dry firing it.

 

[midman]

The way the rimfire operates is by hitting the rim of the cartridge on one side while the other side is a solid piece of metal (cylinder for revolvers, barrel for semi-s). If you dry fire you strike the barrel or cylinder itself and after enough dry fires you'll damage either the hammer/firing pin or the barrel/cylinder. I had to fix an old revolver for my mother thanks to someone dry firing it.

well I'm an idiot, that explains why my cmmg .22 upper's firing pin just broke a couple days ago, I went to the range, took aim, pulled trigger, click. Took it apart and saw the tip of the firing pin was gone. Note to self "no dry firing anymore

 

[Chard]

Ruger rimfire MKII and MKIII plus 10/22 are designed where if you dry fire them it will not harm them. Their designs limits the forward travel of the firing pin and prevent it from denting the edge of the chamber.

 

[KOPBET]

... you have to dryfire a Glock to break it down.

Pfffft.....