poll: to dry fire or not to dry fire

[oldRoger]

I use snap caps, actually hard plastic dummy rounds in rim fires, but I certainly dry fire modern firearms. Actually snap caps in all guns make sense to me, it forces an extra step in making certain the chamber is clear of ammunition.

 

[badjuijui]

I use snap caps after I found out about them. Supposedly it would be ok to dry fire without them in my 9mm, but they were practically nothing, so why not?

 

[Thuer]

I do not dry fire anything. I do not want the firingpins on my revolvers will break.

 

[boatbum101]

Trigger control is the most important aspect of shooting accurately . Yes I too use snap caps . Dry fire is best way to learn a trigger on any gun .

 

[GKC]

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.

Me too, but if I'm not at the range and just watching the mindless one-eyed window to the insanity of the world, then dry firing (except for rim fires, which I don't have anyway) makes me feel a little better.

I'd probably feel a lot better if I didn't turn on the TV in the first place.

 

[Nobius]

I do but I use snap caps.

 

[3dots]

When I was a kid, Daddy and all my uncles told me never to dry fire. That has just stuck with me and I don't dry fire whether or not it's damaging the weapon.

 

[feralmerril]

Yes, there definetly should have been a option distinguishing between center fire and rim fire. I answered no. But would have answered yes. I suggest reword that poll to just centerfire. It would have a far more accurate opinions. Actualy, I belive in only dry fireing just once in awhile to test the trigger. I belive there is a huge differance in dry fireing rifles as opposed to handguns too. Face it. Lets say you have your guns for sale on a table at a gunshow. Are you comfortable haveing the crowd dry fireing your guns even if you do it yourself at home? No? Thats why many sellers put plastic ties on there guns, signs etc.

 

[Wee Hooker]

Everything here but rimfires and shotguns. Been doing it for 20 years with no issues.

 

[kozmic]

Absolutely, but not too often and of course 'ceptin' the rimfire stuff.

 

[goldenlight]

I dry fire my handguns, some of them anyways. I always use snap caps, though. Always. Snap caps are cheap. New firing pins, not so much.

 

[gdnagle]

Yep have to dry fire to make sure FCG is working proper and trigger practice, but use wall anchors for rim fire.

 

[Silver Dollar]

I have Snap Caps for all of my guns.

 

[laskt9]

Everything but my 22s. Never had a problem. Grandfather never had a problem

 

[rockyrider]

I have dry fired everything I've owned, never had any problems. My theory is: if the gun was that weak, it might as well break on me while I'm learning to shoot it dry fire. I never understood what the .22 rimfire thing was all about.

 

[rwsmith]

The rimfires strike hard metal

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......

If there is no rim to stop the pin, there is hard chamber metal directly under where the rim should be and the pin strikes steel.

And I do dry fire my guns. For snap caps (when I use them) I just use a fired casing with the primer left in.

 

[Darkenfast]

I dry-fire both my 9mm's, usually with Pachmayr snap caps. It really helps with the "triggernometry".

 

[vytoland]

I dry fire ONLY with snap caps...

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

I think we need a poll about pig spit vs frog lube. Which do you use.

 

[Cyrano]

I dry fire everything except rim fires. My 28 ga Darne and 12 ga Charlin have snap caps, the rest have to take their chances. However I have replaced firing pins in a Savage 1907 and a CZ 52.