Dry firing a glock ?

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shona

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Hi,
I have a Glock 40 Cal on the way & wanted to ask if they were safe to Dry Fire.
Reason for asking is the the pistol is due to arrive soon & although I have ordered some A-Zoom
Snap Caps ( After thought ) they aren't due to arrive until later.

Any advice would be appreciated as I would Not want to risk damaging my firing pin
by being impatient,...lol

Thanx
shona
 
No problem. Dry firing a Glock won’t hurt it. The snap caps are absolutely not required, but if it make you feel better, using them is ok too. The gun is designed to be dry fired. You have to dry fire it for disassembly and you can’t have a snap cap in the chamber at this time, soo...
 
shona said:
...I have a Glock 40 Cal on the way & wanted to ask if they were safe to Dry Fire. Reason for asking is the the pistol is due to arrive soon & although I have ordered some A-Zoom Snap Caps ( After thought ) they aren't due to arrive until later. Any advice would be appreciated as I would Not want to risk damaging my firing pin by being impatient...
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Provided that you do it in a safe manner, with the muzzle pointing in a safe direction, always, you should feel free to dry-fire your Glock. As you are aware, a Glock is designed to be dry-fired, necessarily, as a condition of disassembly. Anecdotally, we have heard about some cases of slide breech face peining, but these were all extreme examples, with extreme amounts of dry-fire, and dry-fire against a breech face that was without the benefit of any support from any chambered cartridge, or cartridge case, or snap cap. And, in every case of this of which I've been aware, Glock replaced the damaged slide under warranty. You really don't need to worry about firing pin damage when dry-firing your Glock.
 
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