Dry Firing?

[Unit505]

What do you guys use for dry firing your .22's? I installed the set screw in the trigger a little while ago and did not want to dry fire the gun to test it, so I grabbed my .22 blanks for an old starter pistol and fired away! My dog's hate me now, but my trigger is tested and working great. Lol.

On a a side note, I noticed the .22 blanks at Home Depot today for the power tools and see that they have two different blanks. One was a lower power and one was a higher power and both were longer than my .22 starter pistol blanks. Will they work in a rifle?

[chuck s]

You installed WHAT on the trigger? The screw that partially pulls the trigger so the sear doesn't fully engage?! And neither can the safety?!

-- Chuck

[Raimundo]

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[Unit505]

Originally Posted by chuck s

You installed WHAT on the trigger? The screw that partially pulls the trigger so the sear doesn't fully engage?! And neither can the safety?!

-- Chuck

Okay - maybe I read the wrong review.

[chuck s]

This gimmick will certainly cut your trigger weight! No denial there.

But it does so by not allowing the sear to fully engage. The trigger is partially pulled all the time. Also, since the selector on safe should prevent any trigger movement the selector may not engage; or, in the case of the plastic selector on the M&P15-22 the selector will be gouged and eventually not function properly.

Light trigger pull, but by a dangerous method.

-- Chuck

[Unit505]

Thanks for the heads up. I had to remove the set screw anyway. If the pretravel is taken up more than maybe a mm, which is all the slack I have to start with, the disconnector and hammer strike each other just past the point that the trigger resets, slowing the action and causing possible wear and damage. If you do the mod as the video shows, you'll never see the conflict. Opening the reciever and feeling the movement of the hammer, you'll quickly feel the problem.

[bobkarno]

Originally Posted by chuck s

in the case of the plastic selector on the M&P15-22 the selector will be gouged

I'm pretty sure the selector is metal, but it could still get damaged.

[CrazyFingers]

Originally Posted by bobkarno

I'm pretty sure the selector is metal

I'm pretty sure it's not. Separate your upper and lower and take a closer look.

[Hobie1]

The safety on a 15-22 is polymer and can be damaged by trying to force it into safe when the gun isn't cocked. The manual even states so.

I use the set-screw set-up and have a sweet, safe, FCG(4000 rounds now without a hickup, no function problems what so ever). That being said, you are modding the FCG and it might be possible that you could create an un-safe situation.

I don't recommend it because I'm not well versed in FCG mods. Just sayin'

Hobie

[tacticool22]

Dry fire or don't. It's your rifle.
There is no way for the firing pin to break on these modern rifles.
These rifles are made so the firing pin does not hit the face of the breechblock. There is a LOOOONG discussion in another thread.

[.50AE]

Originally Posted by tacticool22

Dry fire or don't. It's your rifle.
There is no way for the firing pin to break on these modern rifles.
These rifles are made so the firing pin does not hit the face of the breechblock. There is a LOOOONG discussion in another thread.

Tested it and you're right (like always) it doesn't come out far enough to hit the breech.

[Unit505]

Shhhhhhh.... Don't tell my wife. I need a good excuse to shoot a blank in the house and scare the hell out of her and the dogs! Lol