poll: to dry fire or not to dry fire

[qennis]

Do you dry fire your handguns?

 

[paladin42]

I dry fire almost everything except the .22s.

 

[44forever]

I dry fire almost everything except the .22s.

What he said.

 

[kennyb]

except the 22's

 

[gr8AmericanBash]

ditto. slkdfskfsjfsjfks

 

[buckeyeshooter1]

yes, good way to 'smooth them up'. No rimfires are dryfired here though.

 

[westcoast362]

I would add to the don't dry fire list Colt SAA's and Lugers.

 

[Class III]

You betcha I dry fire. All but the 22's and the one 17HMR I own.

Class III

 

[Evil Dog]

Never dry fire my Model 41

 

[epj]

It's the only way to learn trigger control and sight picture control without burning tens of thousands of rounds of ammo. When I was first on a military pistol team, I inquired at the armory about the regs concerning dry firing my issued 1911. The response was that they had plenty of firing pins and how many extra ones did I need. I learned to shoot very well by dry firing at the knob on the TV set in my BOQ room and I've been dry firing ever since. Rimfires excepted, though many rimfires have firing pins that will not reach the chamber. I still don't dry fire rimfires.

 

[handejector]

DO NOT dry fire New Departure (Safety Hammerless) Top Breaks. The 32' Safety's in particular are notorious for breaking firing pins.

Any S&W with a hammer mounted FP - Snap, snap, snap (clear it FIRST)
I still don't recommend much of it for top breaks. Parts will be tough to get.

I am very reluctant to DF rimfires, but I have not seen a ding on a kit gun or K-22 WHEN THE GUN IS TIMED PROPERLY. The pins don't reach the bottom of the rim recesses, but I still can't enjoy it and use snap caps.

 

[rpbcab]

I do dry fire my M&P9C and my Ruger SP101 when I am working on my trigger control. I do not do this to my rimfires. Now the big question "why is everyone so opposed to doing it to the rimfires"? I don't because I have always been told that you should not, I have never been told why you should not...... Thanks for the replys......

 

[Cyrano]

I dry fire occasionally, although not 22s for fear of putting a burr on the back face of the chamber. I don't do it so much now that I have a Feinwerkbau 300S rifle, which I shoot for offhand practice in the garage. Somethimes dry firing has problems: I broke the tip of the firing pin on a CZ 52 and a Savage 32. Replacing the CZ firing pin was no problem, but the Savage was another matter. I had to get the part and its 3" long powerful spring into a slot about 1 1/2 inches long. I don't want to have to do it again.

 

[Jim Shugart]

I dry fire occasionally, although not 22s for fear of putting a burr on the back face of the chamber.

Even it this does happen, it's easily taken care of with a little gentle reaming with a pocket knife.

I NEVER turn on the news without something to dry fire.

Can you say 'target-rich' fields?

No more details since I don't want no black choppers or Secret Service guys coming around here.

 

[armadillo]

I keep a few fired 22 LR cases around to put in the chamber(s) so I can dry fire them.

 

[Kanewpadle]

They do make a snap cap for 22LR.

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[JcMack]

I don't dry fire anything. Snap caps are cheap insurance against damage. I've tested S&W Centennial style lightweights in the past by dryfiring in a dark room. Without snap caps about half of the 442, 642, 432's I've tried will produce sparks at the FP bushing area. I dry fired a new model 60 exactly 4 times once and the hammer broke off. Dryfire just about any Colt revolver with a FP in frame and you're looking at an eventual expensive repair. Dryfiring all the autos I know of involves the FP bottoming out in it's channel. Can't be good. The poll asked if I dryfired, and I answered. Please don't criticize me if you practice a different approach.

 

[K.38]

I dry fire everything I own. I do use snap-caps for all dry firing though.

Dry firing is great practice.

 

[ChattanoogaPhil]

I don't dry fire. Not for any particular reason other than if I'm gonna squeeze a trigger a few hundred times in a day I'd prefer to be shooting.

 

[james56]

I dry fire everything except my top breaks and .22's