Dry fire poll

[captdave77]

I dry fire most of mine but never the .22's...

I was handling a Kimber 1911 in a gun store and after working the action I lowered the hammer down easy and the clerk (1/2 my age) scolded the hell out of me saying that you must dry fire the 1911 or it will wear out something or another???
Now I have no idea but I'd appreiciate someone clarifying this for me...

If that was the case, you would never be able to keep a 1911 loaded without the hammer back.

 

[Bypass]

I dry fire most of mine but never the .22's...

I was handling a Kimber 1911 in a gun store and after working the action I lowered the hammer down easy and the clerk (1/2 my age) scolded the hell out of me saying that you must dry fire the 1911 or it will wear out something or another???
Now I have no idea but I'd appreiciate someone clarifying this for me...

He didn't know what he was talking about Moon. You did it the right way. It is part of the break in process for the sear for me. Stick your thumb between the hammer and the slide repeatedly working the trigger to smooth out the sear. It won't wear anything out.

 

[BIGLEW]

The only time I ever dry fire is when I am at the range or shooting in the back yard. I visually inspect the chamber, rack it several times, then pull the trigger. I have never had any problem with any firearm doing that. I just think it is funny that it is actually a debate! Your gun, dry fire it if you want to.

 

[Patronus]

When I'm looking at someone elses gun I won't dry fire it. If it has a hammer I and I want to feel the SA let off I will let it fall onto my thumb. Once it's mine I will dry fire it as I want. I'm not saying I play cops and robbers with them like they were cap guns but I do occassionally dry fire without fear. I figure if the gun is such a POS that it can't handle a little dry firing I don't want to own it any way. Which may explain, in part, why most of my guns are Glocks. You HAVE to dry fire them to strip them. Another thing I think is a red flag for buying a gun is a warning not to fire +P or +P+ ammo.

 

[sinac84]

I dry fire all the time. Great practice for trigger control

 

[Bypass]

I wish you had made the voting public Dave would have saved me buying jacked up weapons.

 

[Moonpie]

Thanks Cowboy... I thought it was silly but I am not the most knowledgeable on the 1911 format. Still learning.

 

[Bypass]

Thanks Cowboy... I thought it was silly but I am not the most knowledgeable on the 1911 format. Still learning.

Your welcome bro.

 

[Tx]

I've dry fired most of my handguns hundreds of times and have never had a problem. It's good practice on trigger control IMO if you can't get down to the range. I always dry fire at the gun store, because if I'm about to spend big money on a weapon I'd like to know what the trigger feels like, if the trigger sucks I'm not buyin it.

I try not to dry fire rifles, but when I was in the Army we did our M4s thousands of times and never had an issue of failure to discharge a live round afterwards.

So I'm in the boat with if I have dry fired my Sig as well as putting around 15000 - 18000 rounds down the barrel without a spring change there not much getting hurt. But it probley due for a check. Just my 2cents.

 

[Bypass]

I've dry fired most of my handguns hundreds of times and have never had a problem. It's good practice on trigger control IMO if you can't get down to the range. I always dry fire at the gun store, because if I'm about to spend big money on a weapon I'd like to know what the trigger feels like, if the trigger sucks I'm not buyin it.

I try not to dry fire rifles, but when I was in the Army we did our M4s thousands of times and never had an issue of failure to discharge a live round afterwards.

So I'm in the boat with if I have dry fired my Sig as well as putting around 15000 - 18000 rounds down the barrel without a spring change there not much getting hurt. But it probley due for a check. Just my 2cents.

Your never had anyone crack a firing pin while you were on the range?