Dry Firing

My firearm instructor advise when packing up to PROVE, then point muzzle in safe direction, pull trigger, dry fire guarantee against accidental misfire.

Too bad dry firing a rimfire damages the snap cap which states good for about 5 dry fire.
TV-PressPass said:
Weird. I was taught never to dryfire my guns. Its part of the reason I buy snap caps for everything.
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We dryfire out work rifles(C7s) all the time, no harm in it. I did however, break the firing pin on my XCR from dry firing too much, all in the design of it. But yes, you can dry fire your new AR without any problems.
 
Excuse my ignorance here, but once you dry fire a semi, do you have to manually re-#### the action to dry fire again? Semis operate on the gas from the fired shell do they not? The only semi I use often is a rimfire which I obviously do not dry fire.
 
blasted_saber said:
Excuse my ignorance here, but once you dry fire a semi, do you have to manually re-#### the action to dry fire again? Semis operate on the gas from the fired shell do they not? My only semi is rimfire which I obviously do not dry fire.
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That is correct. What kind os rifle is it ? As stated before some Ruger models are perfectly safe to dry fire.
 
MWL said:
AR15s do not have a firing pin retainer spring.

The firing pin free floats inside the bolt, which sits inside the bolt carrier. The bolt is held in place inside the bolt carrier by the gas rings (either 3 standard rings or one-piece Mcfarland ring) and cam pin. The firing pin is retained by the firing pin retainer that goes through the bolt carrier and holds it from falling out of the bolt, but allows the bolt and firing pin to move more or less independently inside the bolt carrier.

Regards.

Mark
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What he said.

Dry firing ARs is perfectly safe and is practiced regularily by the armed forces. However, like using any machine it will add more wear on the parts over an extensive amount of dry fires. How much wear? Very marginal, but nonetheless. Just be sure to have all metal-on-metal parts lightly lubricated while dry firing just the same as for firing at a range.
 
burnaby said:
My firearm instructor advise when packing up to PROVE, then point muzzle in safe direction, pull trigger, dry fire guarantee against accidental misfire.

Too bad dry firing a rimfire damages the snap cap which states good for about 5 dry fire.
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If you Proved it Safe, that means there's no rounds in the chamber and no loaded magazines attached to the firearm. How does dry firing it guarantee against accidental misfires exactly ? Good thing you did the exam with your instructor, as anyone else would have failed you the moment you put your finger inside the trigger guard . Savvy ???
 
MWL said:
AR15s do not have a firing pin retainer spring.

The firing pin free floats inside the bolt, which sits inside the bolt carrier. The bolt is held in place inside the bolt carrier by the gas rings (either 3 standard rings or one-piece Mcfarland ring) and cam pin. The firing pin is retained by the firing pin retainer that goes through the bolt carrier and holds it from falling out of the bolt, but allows the bolt and firing pin to move more or less independently inside the bolt carrier.

Regards.

Mark
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Well I learned something new, thanks! I need to get more into modern black rifles it seems, wonder if buying them counts towards "educational expences" mmm :D.

Again, I'm sure more guns should be designed to be rugged enough to endure dry firing, but the force on the pin will wear it faster.
 
Problem with PROVING is the mag is still out and bolt is still out so when time to pack gun away, snap mag back in, close the bolt. I prefer to check no round in chamber, close bolt, dry fire, now I'm guarantee firearm can't fire again.

The exam at best is a poor representation of real life in cause you didn't know that. The examiner has to release the hammer cause the student is NOT allow to touch the trigger. We're here to discuss real life safety and not passing some silly useless test.
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If you Proved it Safe, that means there's no rounds in the chamber and no loaded magazines attached to the firearm. How does dry firing it guarantee against accidental misfires exactly ? Good thing you did the exam with your instructor, as anyone else would have failed you the moment you put your finger inside the trigger guard . Savvy ???
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burnaby said:
Problem with PROVING is the mag is still out and bolt is still out so when time to pack gun away, snap mag back in, close the bolt. I prefer to check no round in chamber, close bolt, dry fire, now I'm guarantee firearm can't fire again.

The exam at best is a poor representation of real life in cause you didn't know that. The examiner has to release the hammer cause the student is NOT allow to touch the trigger. We're here to discuss real life safety and not passing some silly useless test.
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I'm still missing the "guaranteed" bit, as dry firing it does nothing to secure a firearm does not fire. Maybe you'd feel more "guaranteed" if you left the bolt completely out ?? Or take the firearm apart completely ? That way it's guaranteed it will not fire too, just like when you make sure there's no rounds in it ..............:rolleyes:
 
I have a couple of Chinese SKS Rifles... i wonder if dry firing would hurt them? they have a free floating Firing pin.
 
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