Dry fire - not a problem or avoid at all costs

Vladivar

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I am still new to this world and am looking for some advice regarding dry firing. I have read some opinions that say any kind of dry fire on a rimfire is a bigger sin than drowning kittens - and others that say it's not such a big deal.

I have a Savage MkII and my question revolves around the condition I leave the gun in after cleaning etc. I pull the bolt, get everything a shiny and new looking, then replace the bolt leaving the gun ready to fire but obviously not loaded. Is this a good way to leave it - or do I dry fire to take the pressure off the spring??

Comments welcome.
 
Hi. With most .22 bolt actions you can keep the trigger back as you insert the bolt and it won't #### the hammer/striker.
 
drowning kittens is a sin?
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killin somthn u don eat is a sin. Dryfiring once in a while isn't big deal, doing it systematically is. If I remember correctly Savage is safe to dryfire. And then, you can always chamber spent case and dryfire. Or close the bolt on a piece of thin cardbord or paper folded few times and dryfire. Or, like suggested, simply have trigger depressed while you slide the bolt in at assembly. and after all it is cycling that kills the spring, not storing it compressed
 
It is NOT recommended that you dry fire a .22 rimfire firearm.

Why?

The answer is simple. The firing pin hits the RIM of the cartridge to fire it, not in the centre as on a centrefire (get it?:D) firearm.

Without a cartridge (or snap cap/dummy round) in a rimfire, the firing pin is going to hit the outside of the chamber where the rim of the cartridge would normally rest. This will deform the firing pin, which is NOT a good thing.

Don't dry fire your rimfire firearms without an expended cartridge or snap cap/dummy round in the chamber. It'll save you grief down the road.
 
stole this off rimfirecentral.com

The firing pin (really a plate) in the Savage is designed so that a raised outer portion contacts the barrel face well away from the chamber if you dry fire it. So no harm is done. In any case point the gun in a safe direction, and pull the trigger back before you slide the bolt fully forward and close it. Now slowly slide the bolt forward and close the bolt while holding the trigger back. This will release the firing mechanism slowly.
 
The Savage uses a firing plate, rather than a firing pin. The outer most part of the plate is raised and designed to contact the barrel face well away from the chamber. You will not damage the chamber rim with any reasonable number of dry fires. Eventually you may flatten the outer part of the firing plate, but I suspect that is a rather cheap part to replace if necessary.

You will dry fire your gun no matter how hard you try not to. Sooner or later you will lose count of the number of shots you fire and pull on an empty chamber. Don't lose sleep over it. And, as suggested by other posters just hold the trigger back while you slowly close the bolt, and it will not stay cocked or fire. Store it that way.

Chalkriver beat me to my own post! At least I think I wrote close to the same both times!!
 
Most modern firearms can be dry fired without issue.

Ruger 10/22 (22LR) for example was designed so you can dry-fire. I have done so many thousands of times as it was my first firearm and i got excited lol
 
Probably different 'rules' for all the different makers.

Ruger 10-22 can be dry fired.
From page 17 0f the manual :

8.With the muzzle pointed in a safe direction, push the safety to the “off” position and pull the trigger to decock it. The rifle can be “dry fired” for practice as long as it is empty and pointed in a safe direction.
 
Chalkriver beat me to my own post! At least I think I wrote close to the same both times!!

Thanks for the info Ron .... I remembered reading that on rimfire
and passed it on , Lots of good information and people on both of these websites...but this one is still the best :)
Hey this is # 500 for me G:
 
cz52 said:
It's much easier to remember that it's better not to dry fire any gun, instead of trying to remember which particular gun is OK and which one is not...
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I suppose that's true.. It's however not that hard to determine which ones are ok and which ones are not, from ones own collection..
 
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