I brought my first gun home yesterday, a Browning Buck Mark Camper-.22 LR. Perhaps someone could tell me as I have already done it a couple of times, does it hurt the gun to dry fire it? I haven't loaded the gun yet but if I insert an empty clip it cocks the hammer which lead to the dry fire. I won't be able to shoot for a couple of weeks because I haven't completed the new members safety course up at PCDHFC.
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WinchesterStevens
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You should not dry fire if you can avoid it, it's hard on the firing pin. In the meantime, there should be a way to insert the mag without it auto cocking, maybe holding the trigger back while inserting the mag, just a guess, don't try it with a live mag though!
That should only be the case with the 10/22.... I would never dry fire a .22. Just by snap caps. They make them for the .22, but they don't last very long. I'm rigging up my gf's 10/22 with an automatic bolt stop just so we don't dry fire after the last round. Call me anal, but I'd rather not dry fire regardless of what ruger says 
tritium4ever
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With rimfires, it's best not to dry fire unless the manual specifically says it's fine. No sense in risking damage to the chamber. That having been said, you'd probably need to do it quite a few times to have any issues...the occasional one isn't going to blow up your gun.
What I do when I want to dry fire my 597 is pull the bolt back a few millimetres and pull the trigger. Hammer still hits the firing pin but because the bolt is pulled back the pin doesn't reach the chamber. I rarely do this but it's fine for the few times I want to decock the gun without needing an empty .22 case.
What I do when I want to dry fire my 597 is pull the bolt back a few millimetres and pull the trigger. Hammer still hits the firing pin but because the bolt is pulled back the pin doesn't reach the chamber. I rarely do this but it's fine for the few times I want to decock the gun without needing an empty .22 case.
