Any harm dry firing?
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TERMINATOR101CA
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Why not buy a couple of snap caps (~8-12CAD) and you can practice cycling the bolt also, makes it much more realistic, but to answer your question, no , nothing is going to fall apart from dry firing, just normal wear and tear without the fun of the bang.
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hey-uh, how's about hammer-type assemblies, such as an M14s, where that pin gets whacked with a hammer, as opposed to a 'striker' type system (what I'm choosing to call something Mauser style)?
My first thought is that mebbe it'd be nice to give the pin something to pass the shock on to, like a snap-cap.
My first thought is that mebbe it'd be nice to give the pin something to pass the shock on to, like a snap-cap.
only guns you dont dry fire, are multibarrel shotguns where the firing pins dont have a return spring, and .22's that aren't designed to be dry fired. anything else is fine. if you want to be safe, buy some snapcaps, they have a rubber "primer" which slows the firing pin down and reduces shock.
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Dry firing army rifles
I work on an army range and see in excess of 400,000 rounds go through many army rifles on an annual basis. I see about a dozen broken firing pins a year. Our techs say it is exactly because of a hammer style firing mechanism being dry fired way too many times. With a round count like that, however, its hard to say. We segregated some weapons for dry training, and some for firing only, and now it is only the dry training rifles that break firing pins.
Not exactly a scientific experiment, but pretty conclusive in my book.
And keep in mind, we are talking strictly hammer type firing mechanisms. Bolt action strikers are a whole different story, that I don't deal with as much.
If you want a refund on my $0.02, don't forget the taxes...
I work on an army range and see in excess of 400,000 rounds go through many army rifles on an annual basis. I see about a dozen broken firing pins a year. Our techs say it is exactly because of a hammer style firing mechanism being dry fired way too many times. With a round count like that, however, its hard to say. We segregated some weapons for dry training, and some for firing only, and now it is only the dry training rifles that break firing pins.
Not exactly a scientific experiment, but pretty conclusive in my book.
And keep in mind, we are talking strictly hammer type firing mechanisms. Bolt action strikers are a whole different story, that I don't deal with as much.
If you want a refund on my $0.02, don't forget the taxes...
dry fire
Although there is no "conclusive proof" we all know some rifles firing pins can be damaged through dry firing a lot.Cheap insurance if your in doubt,a $20 dollar set of snap caps.If you were to break or damage your pin and wern't using one you would feel pretty dumb knowing there was a preventative measure avail. to you. Just my $.02 worth,I know if I spent $$$$$$ on a high end gear I would use a snap cap.
Although there is no "conclusive proof" we all know some rifles firing pins can be damaged through dry firing a lot.Cheap insurance if your in doubt,a $20 dollar set of snap caps.If you were to break or damage your pin and wern't using one you would feel pretty dumb knowing there was a preventative measure avail. to you. Just my $.02 worth,I know if I spent $$$$$$ on a high end gear I would use a snap cap.
90irocjustin
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I broke my XCR firing pin from dry firing
look at army rifles........... my current issue C7 has seen probably 25 000 rounds live since I've had it and been dry fired at least 5x that much. Have yet to break a firing pin. My rem 700 has had 1000+ rounds through it, and cause I have the army mentality, I dry fire a ton at home. Set up in the basement and dry fire to work on trigger control while making sure I've got proper sight picture. Its the best way to practice hands down. While I'm not totally sold on snap caps, if I had a rifle worth alot, may use snap caps just cause I'm a paranoid freak.
my .02
Matt
my .02
Matt
The pin will take more stress in dry firing than actually hitting the primer or a snap cap. However, most firing pin will last tens of thousands of round. Dry firing weekly will reduce its life by a few thousand rounds.
As it s obvious by posting here, some people don't care. But on rim fire if you do it a couple of hundred times a week, after a few weeks you will see a hammer mark on your gun.
It is like gun cleaning too. Some people don't clean their guns for many months after firing. The residue powder etc can cause corrosion even though they use non-corrosive primer but again in the life time of a gun you probably can't tell the difference.
As it s obvious by posting here, some people don't care. But on rim fire if you do it a couple of hundred times a week, after a few weeks you will see a hammer mark on your gun.
It is like gun cleaning too. Some people don't clean their guns for many months after firing. The residue powder etc can cause corrosion even though they use non-corrosive primer but again in the life time of a gun you probably can't tell the difference.
If you can't access the snap caps, you could try like i did and use a mag full of fired and deprimed brass with a touch of silicone in the primer pocket. Works for thousands of snaps lol and you get to cycle the action too.
can you dryfire a stevens 311a? One of my neibors does.
