I know dry firing should have a snap cap or similar to do, but will just pulling the trigger on a striker fired pistol cause any harm? I am pulling quite bad on trigger pulls, just want to practice full length pulls without worrying about cocking it, loading snap caps etc...
Striker fire "dry pull"
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1riot1ranger
CGN Regular
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- Calgary, AB
Zero harm. Dry fire away.
JDForBrkFst
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Roughly North Central AB
From what I've read it should be totally fine. The only firing pin breakage while dry firing I've ever seen was on a 60 year old 60mm mortar practicing manual operation. The tip of that thing must have gone 10 feet in the air, just the tip though. Haha
It's generally accepted as a personal preference thing. I sometimes snap cap, sometimes dry fire... dry.. ?
It's generally accepted as a personal preference thing. I sometimes snap cap, sometimes dry fire... dry.. ?
Depends on the gun, Ruger SR series pistols in 9mm .40 and .45 with the magazine disconnecter installed will wear or damage the striker, with it removed no problem.
Canadian_Zuk
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Pickering, Ontario
Just make sure the mag is installed and there is no issue at all with dry firing the SR series.
Copy and paste from page 17 of the SR9 owners manual.
Going through the actions of cocking, aiming and pulling the trigger on an
unloaded gun is known as “dry firing.” It can be useful to learn the “feel” of your
pistol. Be certain that the pistol is fully unloaded (both the chamber and magazine
are empty) and that the pistol is pointing in a safe direction even when you are
practicing dry firing. The RUGER® SR9 pistols can be dry-fired without
damage to the striker or other components as long as the magazine is inserted.
CAUTION: Dry firing your RUGER® SR9 with the magazine removed may
result in damage or unnecessary wear to the striker blocking mechanism
Or just remove the magazine disconnecters like I did. Takes longer to watch the video on how to do it than it does to actually do it.
Been dry firing everything except rimfires for over 50 years. Broke a couple firing pins, had two hammers break off (one on a S&W, one on a Colt). Oh, and one on an M-14. So it goes. - Dan
It is funny the anecdotes about different guns have nothing to do with how a Glock works. Every gun design is different and every gun will be affected differently by dry fire.
It is physics, the force goes somewhere and if it does not go into a primer, then you are putting a lot of pressure elsewhere. With centre fire, you have to do a lot of dry fire to damage anything, but, you eventually will if you do practice this every day.
Lots of dry fire in a glock will eventually damage the inside wall of the breech face. You need some serious dry fire to do this and this will happen over a very long period of time. It is a non-issue IF we had a decent warranty service repair centre in Canada, Glock most likely give you a new slide. The likelihood of you breaking the slide is very low.
Since we do not have a warranty centre, then once your slide is done, then you need a new gun.
It is physics, the force goes somewhere and if it does not go into a primer, then you are putting a lot of pressure elsewhere. With centre fire, you have to do a lot of dry fire to damage anything, but, you eventually will if you do practice this every day.
Lots of dry fire in a glock will eventually damage the inside wall of the breech face. You need some serious dry fire to do this and this will happen over a very long period of time. It is a non-issue IF we had a decent warranty service repair centre in Canada, Glock most likely give you a new slide. The likelihood of you breaking the slide is very low.
Since we do not have a warranty centre, then once your slide is done, then you need a new gun.
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