I just received my model 627 Pro. Can I dry fire without hurting anything and is it recommended?

Dry fire away, you wont hurt anything regarding the (stock) firing pin. If you do serious dry firing (several thousand times a year) the cylinder stop notches will show accelerated peening, especially if you have a fast trigger pull with the cylinder slamming to a stop. Peening happens if you shoot a lot anyway so dont worry.

Rimfires are the ones to worry about with dry firing as the pin can ding the chamber edge and create a burr on some makes.

Invest in some snap caps.I wouldn't dry fire any gun without them.

Some folks believe that if you step on a crack, you will break your mother's back. If you are one of those, by all means avoid dryfiring. If you believe, as S&W does, that dryfiring their centerfire revolvers is OK, fire away. I believe S&W.

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Pisgah

Most serious shooters do a lot of dry firing, it builds your muscle memory to the gun and helps to wear it in. If I were you I would use snapcaps loaded into moonclips so that you can practice your reloads at the same time. That way you don't have to worry about doing damage to your revolver and you get the practice with reloading. Snapcaps are cheap, you'll feel better if you use them.

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Son of a Gun...Smith

+1 on what they said. Dry fire away. An LEO friend of mine told me once that he knew of some LEOs that had accidentally shot their TVs. So, of course, be careful. I doubt the issue is unique to LEOs though...

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But then, what do I know?

You can dry fire any centerfire smith revolver

I agree! S&W says the centerfire handguns can be dryfired, so I was shooting some bad guys in a Dirty Harry movie, and guess what. The firing pin snapped off. The model I was dryfiring was a 29-6. Use snap caps!

The primer cushions the hammer fall.
If you're fine with steel slapping steel,don't see where that might peen,or eventually put in stress cracks,dry fire away.

I damaged the firing pin and bushing on a Colt Python (I know, not a Smith) by extensive dry firing after being advised that it would not hurt anything. I still dry fire, but very little.

Dry firing, over time, will take its toll.

Firing pins are Ti. Also why I never recommend extended firing pins, they are steel and have been know to break. New firing pins are 0.495" anyway.

I dry fire my 627 at movies. No problem.

For extended dry firing I use snap caps, however here is what S&W thinks... FAQ #3.

FAQs - Smith & Wesson

Edmo

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