10/22 owners: does your 10/22 dryfire after the last round?

[SigWig]

Hopefully enough poll options

 

[5440fight]

Don't sweat it. No bolt hold open after last shot, so they all do, but the design is such, that unlike other rimfires, no harm in dry firing.

Don't read this either.

 

[300Spartans]

Dry firing your 10/22 will not hurt it.

 

[Nine]

How else do you know you're out of ammo? I can't count to 25 that quick.

 

[5440fight]

How else do you know you're out of ammo? I can't count to 25 that quick.

Or that high. Nine? Why not twelve?

 

[SigWig]

When did they change the owner's manual to say it is ok to dryfire?

 

[Hitzy]

When did they change the owner's manual to say it is ok to dryfire?

There is a firing pin stop in the bolt to keep it from hitting the barrel, dry firing it is fine.

 

[trebor2880]

I try to keep track of the shots,
then put in a snap cap and fire, before storing.

 

[Allstone]

When did they change the owner's manual to say it is ok to dryfire?

From the Ruger 10-22 owner's manual...page 19

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.

http://www.ruger.com/products/_manuals/1022.pdf

Also, what some people are calling .22 "snap caps" aren't meant to be snap caps...but are only meant to prove the cycling of the rimfire.

 

[dead meat]

I`m like some others and don`t count the shots. Don`t do it on purpose though.

 

[supernova]

For over 15 years Ive been dry firing my 10/22 at the end of every mag. All stock internals and zero damage or issues. Dry firing a 10/22 will not hurt it, unless maybe you swapped in some chincy aftermarket parts that cant handle it

 

[BeerBaron]

Dry fire away! No respectable modern rimfire should be harmed by dry firing.

 

[Jahred.F]

If target shooting, I generally count my rounds.

If hunting, I top off the mag at any given opportunity, otherwise a dryfire results in a missed target and a sigh. It does not hurt the rifle.

 

[tjhaile]

From the Ruger 10-22 owner's manual...page 19


http://www.ruger.com/products/_manuals/1022.pdf

Also, what some people are calling .22 "snap caps" aren't meant to be snap caps...but are only meant to prove the cycling of the rimfire.

I always thought that it was fairly common knowledge that 10/22 are intended to be safe for dryfiring, just like it says in the manual.

Even with rimfires that shouldn't be dryfired, loading a dummy round at the end of the magazine seems a bit OCD to me. Once per magazine is nowhere near the frequency of repeated dryfire sessions consisting of several dryfirings each.

 

[mwjones]

It states in my 22/45 owner's manual that "unlike some other rimfire firearms" it is ok to dry fire. I would assume that Ruger would incorporate this groundbreaking technology into their other rimfire firearms as well.

 

[fnrob]

I don't go out of my way to continuously dry fire mine, but I don't worry if I do happen to have it dry fire after the mag is emptied, since as mentioned by others, it is a non issue with the 10/22.

 

[sksavenger]

With my 10/22 it takes me 3 hours to get to the last round in a mag. I give up and grab my 597 long before that

 

[10mark22]

design

By design it will not hurt a 10/22 to dryfire it. Before storing, make sure it is not loaded and pull the trigger as you close the bolt. It works the same way it does on a bolt action, decocks the hammer. Each time I let someone else shoot one of my 10/22's, I let them dryfire it, just to get a feel for the trigger. Better that than to have it go off early when they aren't ready. Later.

 

[Jinxed]

With my 10/22 it takes me 3 hours to get to the last round in a mag. I give up and grab my 597 long before that

3 hours? that sounds a little boring haha

 

[Jahred.F]

With my 10/22 it takes me 3 hours to get to the last round in a mag. I give up and grab my 597 long before that

Are you trying to put 11 rounds in the mag?