Question for glock owners

i just dry fire, apply trigger lock and into the safe it goes. i only use snap caps when practising at home.
 
it's a combat pistol. No snap cap needed, but you can put one in if it make you feel more comfortable. Dry firing a Glock (or any other combat pistol for that matter) will not break your pistol. Dry firing his to be avoided on rimfire pistols thou.
 
I've dry fired Glocks, particularity my old one (an early gen 2) probably tens of thousands of times with no snap cap or dummy rounds. Never broke or damaged the striker. Just dry fire and lock it, no harm will be done.
 
FAQMAT said:
it's a combat pistol. No snap cap needed, but you can put one in if it make you feel more comfortable. Dry firing a Glock (or any other combat pistol for that matter) will not break your pistol. Dry firing his to be avoided on rimfire pistols thou.
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Some rim fires can be dry fired, but it shouldn't be a common practice.
 
I just clear it, pull the trigger, and put it in the safe. Dry fire is perfectly safe in a Glock (after all, you're supposed to dry fire it in preparation for take down & cleaning). Personally, I like knowing that ALL the chambers of ALL my guns are completely empty when they're stored, snap-caps or otherwise. Don't know why - back when I did use them, every time I racked a gun I hadn't used for a while and a (dummy) round ejected, my heart always skipped a couple of beats. Don't run into that any more. At my age, anything that makes my heart skip is...scary...:rolleyes:
 
I wouldn't get into the habit of leaving anything in the chamber, even if it's a snap cap. The possibility of a neglogent discharge is just not worth the risk. PROVE it, and them dry fire it.
 
I put a snap cap in every once in a while, just depends on mood. Not needed though I just like to. But yes, always check your pistol before dry firing or putting it in the safe and pulling it out again. The more checking the better...
 
I don't see the point storing it with a snap cap. The Glock is a service pistol. Built to handle a lot more than dry fire. I make sure to PROVE it safe, pull the trigger to take the tension off the spring trigger lock it and put it in the safe.
 
Dry-firing your Glock once before you put the gun in the safe is fine. But....it's important to note that excessively dry firing a Glock without a snap cap (we're talking thousands of times here) can result in a cracked breach face. I doubt many users dry fire enough that it would be a problem, but it's something Glock owners should be aware of. Also, if you angle the trigger lock slightly you don't have to dry fire it.

I use a snap cap when dry firing. It's a royal pain in the ass, but you can get the trigger to reset without ejecting the round if you are careful. I'm tempted to grind the rim off a snap cap for my dry firing sessions so that I don't have to ginger the slide to reset the trigger, which really slows down the session. I would tap the snap cap out with a wooden dowel when I'm done....not sure if this would hurt the pistol in any way, but I can't imagine how it would.
 
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Clobbersauras said:
Dry-firing your Glock once before you put the gun in the safe is fine. But....it's important to note that excessively dry firing a Glock without a snap cap (we're talking thousands of times here) can result in a cracked breach face. I doubt many users dry fire enough that it would be a problem, but it's something Glock owners should be aware of. Also, if you angle the trigger lock slightly you don't have to dry fire it.

I use a snap cap when dry firing. It's a royal pain in the ass, but you can get the trigger to reset without ejecting the round if you are careful. I'm tempted to grind the rim off a snap cap for my dry firing sessions so that I don't have to ginger the slide to reset the trigger, which really slows down the session. I would tap the snap cap out with a wooden dowel when I'm done....not sure if this would hurt the pistol in any way, but I can't imagine how it would.
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That was only a issue with Gen 1 Glocks
 
Dsiwy said:
That was only a issue with Gen 1 Glocks
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We'll from the info I could find about it it was manly focused on Gen 3 guns. Finding information about the issue is not difficult. I don't mean to come off like the sky is falling, it's not. I dry fire my Glock without a snap cap almost every time I handle it. But if I'm doing an extended dry firing session, I always drop a snap cap in. If nothing else, it gives you a visual cue with the red snap cap that the pistol is not loaded....
 
Clobbersauras said:
We'll from the info I could find about it it was manly focused on Gen 3 guns. Finding information about the issue is not difficult. I don't mean to come off like the sky is falling, it's not. I dry fire my Glock without a snap cap almost every time I handle it. But if I'm doing an extended dry firing session, I always drop a snap cap in. If nothing else, it gives you a visual cue with the red snap cap that the pistol is not loaded....
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Nothing wrong with beening extra safe :) I dont bother release the firing pin for storage, as its only half cocked anyways and not going to cause spring wear :)

Good to know about the Gen 3 BTW
 
Leaving springs compressed within their normal elastic limits won't 'wear' springs, period.

Its just like storing loaded mags. Good to go. Springs are damaged from cycling (fatigue) or exceeding their travel range (plastic deformation).

There is zero reason to dry fire a pistol for storage from a mechanical standpoint unless you use a trigger lock and it interferes.
 
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