Dry fireing...does it harm centerfire rifles or pistols?

[41mag]

Smith & Wesson has it in their instruction manuals it is safe to dry fire all of their makes/models except rimfire.
I have Ruger revolvers i have dry fired thousand of times while watching tv to get the trigger a little smoother and to do trigger finger workouts .....

Everything i have ever had i have dry fired sans rimfires.

 

[crippen]

So I will go first..whut did u learnt?

It doesn’t hurt anything. I had always heard its fine for the occasional decock but best not to do so repeatedly without a snap cap. So I looked it up and sure enough it’s pretty much a myth and manufactures say go for it.

 

[Shortcut]

even the 22/45 mark III rugers say it is say to dry fire them as they have a firing pin block. Also have heard 10/22's are safe to dry fire as well.

Centerfire all day long.

 

[WLhunter]

Good to know..but old superstitions die hard! As others said have no problems dry with my glocks but did buy snap caps for the others.

 

[mikey357]

even the 22/45 mark III rugers say it is say to dry fire them as they have a firing pin block. Also have heard 10/22's are safe to dry fire as well.

Centerfire all day long.

Actually, in the Ruger Mark series pistols, the pin that retains the Firing Pin in the Bolt serves to limit the forward travel of the Firing Pin so that it won't "Ding" the Chamber...At least, that's the THEORY...

 

[Shortcut]

Actually, in the Ruger Mark series pistols, the pin that retains the Firing Pin in the Bolt serves to limit the forward travel of the Firing Pin so that it won't "Ding" the Chamber...At least, that's the THEORY...

thanks. thats what I was trying for. LOL

 

[palmettomoon]

I've seen Ruger 22 pistol chamber mouth that were peened so bad from firing pins that I had to use a Jeweler's file to remove the burrs

 

[Barbwire]

I have dry-fired S&W's and Glocks hundreds and probably thousands of times with no problems.

 

[mikey357]

I've seen Ruger 22 pistol chamber mouth that were peened so bad from firing pins that I had to use a Jeweler's file to remove the burrs

As I said, the THEORY is that the Firing Pin Retaining Pin will limit the forward travel of the F/P so that it doesn't ding the Chamber--And IF everything is "In Spec" and UNmodified, it works that way--Sounds like a lotta' "If's" to me...

 

[Ken Ford]

A good carry gun should be OK dry firing.
Compacts, 22s, and cheaper guns I wouldnt take the chance.