Dry Firing a Firearm

[Jon855]

It's perfectly safe to dry fire a firearm, despite many rumors that it is bad to dry fire the firearms. ATOT comment on this please.

 

[laurenlex]

The firing pin has nothing to stop against, therefore, putting undue stress on it.

 

[Conky]

On many models it is not safe to "dry fire" hence the warning.

/end thread

 

[BuckNaked]

Buy some snap caps...

Snap Caps

 

[laurenlex]

Originally posted by: Buck_Naked
Buy some snapcaps...

Very good, these have a spring in them to easy the pain on the firing pin.

 

[KK]

I know with some revovlers that the trigger action gets better after you fire/dry fire them a thousand or so times. Have not seen any gun malfunction because of dry firing.

 

[dug777]

dry firing?

 

[Bozono]

Stick to Duck Hunt.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: laurenlex
The firing pin has nothing to stop against, therefore, putting undue stress on it.

/thread done

 

[DJFuji]

Does this only apply to side arms? We dry fire M16s all the time.

 

[dug777]

Originally posted by: dug777
dry firing?

what is it?

 

[BW86]

Originally posted by: dug777

Originally posted by: dug777
dry firing?

what is it?

The releasing of the firing-pin on an unloaded chamber of a firearm.

 

[DainBramaged]

Originally posted by: laurenlex
The firing pin has nothing to stop against, therefore, putting undue stress on it.

 

[Nebor]

Originally posted by: DJFuji
Does this only apply to side arms? We dry fire M16s all the time.

It messes them up too, that's why they replace them so frequently.

 

[ThisIsMatt]

Originally posted by: Nebor

Originally posted by: DJFuji
Does this only apply to side arms? We dry fire M16s all the time.

It messes them up too, that's why they replace them so frequently.

I thought that was because they're just pieces of sh!t?

 

[lobadobadingdong]

Originally posted by: ThisIsMatt

Originally posted by: Nebor

Originally posted by: DJFuji
Does this only apply to side arms? We dry fire M16s all the time.

It messes them up too, that's why they replace them so frequently.

I thought that was because they're just pieces of sh!t?

the hammer is designed so the majority of the force is placed on the pin at impact, if you dry fire it, the stress is placed on the surrounding edges of the hammer (which doesn't normally happen) and over time causes enough stress to cause mis-fires among other problems (cracked, mis-aligned hammer, etc.)

 

[ThisIsMatt]

Originally posted by: lobadobadingdong

Originally posted by: ThisIsMatt

Originally posted by: Nebor

Originally posted by: DJFuji
Does this only apply to side arms? We dry fire M16s all the time.

It messes them up too, that's why they replace them so frequently.

I thought that was because they're just pieces of sh!t?

the hammer is designed so the majority of the force is placed on the pin at impact, if you dry fire it, the stress is placed on the surrounding edges of the hammer (which doesn't normally happen) and over time causes enough stress to cause mis-fires among other problems (cracked, mis-aligned hammer, etc.)

I was being facetious...haven't there been a lot of complaints about them in general?

 

[Nebor]

Originally posted by: ThisIsMatt

Originally posted by: lobadobadingdong

Originally posted by: ThisIsMatt

Originally posted by: Nebor

Originally posted by: DJFuji
Does this only apply to side arms? We dry fire M16s all the time.

It messes them up too, that's why they replace them so frequently.

I thought that was because they're just pieces of sh!t?

the hammer is designed so the majority of the force is placed on the pin at impact, if you dry fire it, the stress is placed on the surrounding edges of the hammer (which doesn't normally happen) and over time causes enough stress to cause mis-fires among other problems (cracked, mis-aligned hammer, etc.)

I was being facetious...haven't there been a lot of complaints about them in general?

Not since Vietnam, the A3 and A4 revisions along with the M4 are very reliable and loved. Aside from they tend to not kill the people they shoot. That's the only real problem.

 

[dug777]

Originally posted by: Nebor

Originally posted by: ThisIsMatt

Originally posted by: lobadobadingdong

Originally posted by: ThisIsMatt

Originally posted by: Nebor

Originally posted by: DJFuji
Does this only apply to side arms? We dry fire M16s all the time.

It messes them up too, that's why they replace them so frequently.

I thought that was because they're just pieces of sh!t?

the hammer is designed so the majority of the force is placed on the pin at impact, if you dry fire it, the stress is placed on the surrounding edges of the hammer (which doesn't normally happen) and over time causes enough stress to cause mis-fires among other problems (cracked, mis-aligned hammer, etc.)

I was being facetious...haven't there been a lot of complaints about them in general?

Not since Vietnam, the A3 and A4 revisions along with the M4 are very reliable and loved. Aside from they tend to not kill the people they shoot. That's the only real problem.

:Q slight problem

 

[Analog]

Originally posted by: Nebor

Originally posted by: ThisIsMatt

Originally posted by: lobadobadingdong

Originally posted by: ThisIsMatt

Originally posted by: Nebor

Originally posted by: DJFuji
Does this only apply to side arms? We dry fire M16s all the time.

It messes them up too, that's why they replace them so frequently.

I thought that was because they're just pieces of sh!t?

the hammer is designed so the majority of the force is placed on the pin at impact, if you dry fire it, the stress is placed on the surrounding edges of the hammer (which doesn't normally happen) and over time causes enough stress to cause mis-fires among other problems (cracked, mis-aligned hammer, etc.)

I was being facetious...haven't there been a lot of complaints about them in general?

Not since Vietnam, the A3 and A4 revisions along with the M4 are very reliable and loved. Aside from they tend to not kill the people they shoot. That's the only real problem.

the .223 in the m-16 doesn't need to necessarily kill. Lighter weight, more rounds, and wounding slows down enemies more than killing does.

 

[SilentRavens]

Originally posted by: yellowfiero

Originally posted by: Nebor

Originally posted by: ThisIsMatt

Originally posted by: lobadobadingdong

Originally posted by: ThisIsMatt

Originally posted by: Nebor

Originally posted by: DJFuji
Does this only apply to side arms? We dry fire M16s all the time.

It messes them up too, that's why they replace them so frequently.

I thought that was because they're just pieces of sh!t?

the hammer is designed so the majority of the force is placed on the pin at impact, if you dry fire it, the stress is placed on the surrounding edges of the hammer (which doesn't normally happen) and over time causes enough stress to cause mis-fires among other problems (cracked, mis-aligned hammer, etc.)

I was being facetious...haven't there been a lot of complaints about them in general?

Not since Vietnam, the A3 and A4 revisions along with the M4 are very reliable and loved. Aside from they tend to not kill the people they shoot. That's the only real problem.

the .223 in the m-16 doesn't need to necessarily kill. Lighter weight, more rounds, and wounding slows down enemies more than killing does.

Well, I always thought out and out killing someone was the fastest way to slow that person down.

 

[ShotgunSteven]

Originally posted by: SilentRavens

Originally posted by: yellowfiero

Originally posted by: Nebor

Originally posted by: ThisIsMatt

Originally posted by: lobadobadingdong

Originally posted by: ThisIsMatt

Originally posted by: Nebor

Originally posted by: DJFuji
Does this only apply to side arms? We dry fire M16s all the time.

It messes them up too, that's why they replace them so frequently.

I thought that was because they're just pieces of sh!t?

the hammer is designed so the majority of the force is placed on the pin at impact, if you dry fire it, the stress is placed on the surrounding edges of the hammer (which doesn't normally happen) and over time causes enough stress to cause mis-fires among other problems (cracked, mis-aligned hammer, etc.)

I was being facetious...haven't there been a lot of complaints about them in general?

Not since Vietnam, the A3 and A4 revisions along with the M4 are very reliable and loved. Aside from they tend to not kill the people they shoot. That's the only real problem.

the .223 in the m-16 doesn't need to necessarily kill. Lighter weight, more rounds, and wounding slows down enemies more than killing does.

Well, I always thought out and out killing someone was the fastest way to slow that person down.

Kill a man, you take one man out of the way. Wound a man, and you tie up additional personnel and resources dealing with him.

 

[SVT Cobra]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: laurenlex
The firing pin has nothing to stop against, therefore, putting undue stress on it.

/thread done

 

[JulesMaximus]

Some older firearms you can break the firing pin by dry snapping it.

Most modern guns though it doesn't matter. Still, snap caps are a good idea. I wouldn't dry fire my Beretta over/under shotgun that's for sure.

 

[bernse]

On a modern firearm (Newer than say WW2) dry firing will not cause a problem, unless you do it an ungodly amount of times.

One exception: Never dry fire a rimfire. You can and will peen the side of the chamber without a shell.

If you have a centerfire, go nuts. Snap caps are a great idea though if you plan on dry firing a lot, plus it is a good tool to teach proper loading/unloading technique.