Dry firing M&P 9FS

[Steelman]

When I picked up my new 9 at the LGS last week I asked about dry firing and the rep told me feel free to dry fire to my hearts content. After reading some of the posts in the forum I am not sure this is a great idea.
Is there a definitive answer on this?
Thanks in advance.

 

[OKFC05]

Dry firing the M&P puts no more strain on the striker mechanism than firing it.
Broken strikers on the M&Ps are very rare.
I have spit the forward part of firing pins on some pistols when dryfiring, but they were different designs.
The only way to be 100% sure that a gun wil never break is to never use it. If you have never ever had any gun break on you, you just haven't shot enough!

 

[WBlacklidge]

There is no problem firing any M&P except for the .22 models as far as I know.

 

[shawn mccarver]

When I picked up my new 9 at the LGS last week I asked about dry firing and the rep told me feel free to dry fire to my hearts content. After reading some of the posts in the forum I am not sure this is a great idea.
Is there a definitive answer on this?
Thanks in advance.

Dry fire to your heart's content. Wow, for once a "gun shop commando" got it right. And, no you do not need snap caps.

 

[Rastoff]

After reading some of the posts in the forum...

That's the trouble with the internet; too many "experts" out there.

This site is fantastic, but still an open site. As such, you will see many opinions. Opinions are like noses, we all have one and they all smell. Unfortunately, this makes it difficult to weed out the good stuff from the bad.

All modern center-fire pistols may be dry fired without damage. As proof of that I present my own pistol. I typically do at least 10 dry presses to every live round fired in all my guns. I currently have 1,789 rounds fired through my M&P .45 which means I have done at least 18,000 dry presses with no damage done to my gun.

 

[Right2BareArms]

Music to my ears. Thank guys.