Dry Firing your weapon?

[RyanXD]

Does dry firing your handgun good. just curious about this, I hear a lot of different answser and wanna see what everyone else thinks.

BTW: I own a .45 XD and a .40 glock 23.
Thank you



THE PICTURE IS JUST TO USE AT A DRY FIRE.. IT'S NOT ME NOR DO I THINK ITS OK TO DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT!!

[Rosco the Iroc]

It's already being discussed here:
http://forum.pafoa.org/competition-t...how-often.html

[RyanXD]

It's already being discussed here:
http://forum.pafoa.org/competition-t...how-often.html

Oh, I didn't notice that thread.

well maybe a poll won't hurt and everyone that had posted in that thread can vote and we can see overall what people think.

[WhiteShadow]

It depends on the gun, read your manual. 99% of modern Semi Auto's and Revolvers can be dry fired without any damage whatsoever.

My main guns are Sig P226's, a P229, a P239 and two Ruger P95's. All of which i practice dry firing with on a regular basis. They can all handle dry firing just fine.

Actually, dry firing is a great way to loosen up the trigger pull a bit on a brand new gun.


I tell you what might hurt though, breaking one of the major rules of firearms safety like the guy in the OP's picture is doing. He's got his left hand over the muzzle of a what looks to be a cocked 1911. I hope for his sake that theres no round in that chamber. Or he might not be racking a slide again for a long while.

[RyanXD]

It depends on the gun, read your manual. 99% of modern Semi Auto's and Revolvers can be dry fired without any damage whatsoever.

My main guns are Sig P226's, a P229, a P239 and two Ruger P95's. All of which i practice dry firing with on a regular basis. They can all handle dry firing just fine.

Actually, dry firing is a great way to loosen up the trigger pull a bit on a brand new gun.


I tell you what might hurt though, breaking one of the major rules of firearms safety like the guy in the OP's picture is doing. He's got his left hand over the muzzle of a what looks to be a cocked 1911. That guy better hope theres no round in that chamber. Or he might not be racking a slide again for a long while.

chill out dude, its a picture from photobucket. its not me or anyone I know... hahaha

[Nic]

I wouldn't dry fire a .22

As far as that picture goes...

[ham385]

On my DA/SA all i have to do is squeeze the trigger again, so no, it doesn't hurt. But on my DAO striker guns, my weak hand gets a little sore after racking it alot, but I wouldn't really say it 'hurts'

That's a loaded question. Your best bet is to contact the manufacturer, or, they have this new invention called snap caps.

[YBNORMAL]

This may be a wives tale, but I have heard that with rimfire firearms, you need to be carefull that the firing pin is not contacting the breach face. The possibility is there to deform the chamber lip a bit causing seating/feeding problems......

[Rosco the Iroc]

^ humm interesting.
I will take an look at my 10-22 to see if there are any marks on the breech face.

[NathanW]

Dry firing a firearm does very little if any damage to the majority of guns and is by far the best and least expensive practice one can do! Trigger control, sight alignment, and follow through can all be accomplished with this method.