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Posted: 2/8/2006 4:19:02 PM EDT
[#1]
yes with few exceptions
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Posted: 2/8/2006 4:19:08 PM EDT
[#2]
All the time. Has never broken anything.
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Posted: 2/8/2006 4:19:33 PM EDT
[#3]
sorry, but survey says no |
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Posted: 2/8/2006 4:19:59 PM EDT
[#4]
Yes, but not to extremes.
Danny 
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Posted: 2/8/2006 4:20:28 PM EDT
[#5]
I do, no issues to report.
Uncle Sam does it about a million times a day with no issues either |
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Posted: 2/8/2006 4:20:30 PM EDT
[#6]
Yes I do...but never with rimfire.
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Posted: 2/8/2006 4:20:44 PM EDT
[#7]
Dry firing is some of the best trigger control practice available, so yes I do!
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Posted: 2/8/2006 4:20:45 PM EDT
[#8]
Yeah. I missed it, so I edited the post. 
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Posted: 2/8/2006 4:21:08 PM EDT
[#9]
I do, especially a new one.
I like to get used to the pull. |
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Posted: 2/8/2006 4:22:00 PM EDT
[#10]
I see that your post whore techniques are as good as mine |
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Posted: 2/8/2006 4:23:25 PM EDT
[#11]
+1 |
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Posted: 2/8/2006 4:23:41 PM EDT
[#12]
Hours every week. Sometimes through a whole movie or show.
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Posted: 2/8/2006 4:23:45 PM EDT
[#13]
all the time with very few exceptions
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Posted: 2/8/2006 4:23:58 PM EDT
[#14]
Yes, I dry fire as much as possible. It has made all the difference in my live fire accuracy. The only weapons I don't fry fire are my rimfires. I can afford to use live ammo with them! If you own a Glock/HK/SIG/Beretta/1911 and don't dry fire it your doing yourself a disservice.
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Posted: 2/8/2006 4:25:17 PM EDT
[#15]
Yes, though, not my rimfire toys.
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Posted: 2/8/2006 4:26:29 PM EDT
[#16]
It looks like you're alone.
 I do--except for a High Standard Victor. It's a BIG no-no with that one. 
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Posted: 2/8/2006 4:28:43 PM EDT
[#17]
Heck ya, sitting around a snap in 55 gallon drum for hours on end...   I think the dry fire damage is hype from people who 'think' it is bad and people who sell fake rounds with springs etc... |
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Posted: 2/8/2006 4:29:03 PM EDT
[#18]
some guns you can and some guns you can't...depends on the mfg. and the type of firearm...shotguns = never; some handguns = ok, some rifles = ok, revolvers = ok
as a matter of habit though, it has to be done discreetly; you don't want to be pulling triggers randomly because sometime down the road a BIG BANG !! will occur and maybe do some damage... |
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Posted: 2/8/2006 4:29:03 PM EDT
[#19]
Yep but only with those A-zoom dummy cartridges.
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Posted: 2/8/2006 4:30:24 PM EDT
[#20]
I didn't.... 'til Arfcom told me it was ok
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Posted: 2/8/2006 4:30:43 PM EDT
[#21]
I do.
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Posted: 2/8/2006 4:31:09 PM EDT
[#22]
Yup, sure do!
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Posted: 2/8/2006 4:31:21 PM EDT
[#23]
Why not shotguns? EDIT: Can't disassembly my XD without dry firing it...so yeah. I definately dry fire that. |
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Posted: 2/8/2006 4:31:27 PM EDT
[#24]
I don't dry fire my rimfires for obvious reasons. I don't think an occasional dry fire will cause any problems on centerfire.
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Posted: 2/8/2006 4:31:46 PM EDT
[#25]
dont dry fire a CZ52, you will break the firing pin on that one
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Posted: 2/8/2006 4:31:51 PM EDT
[#26]
Sure, with a few execptions.
Beretta specifically says it's a no-no, so I use a snap-cap. My 17HMR or my P22 doesn't get fired without a snap-cap as well. That's it. Everything else I have has no restrictions about dry firing. |
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Posted: 2/8/2006 4:32:51 PM EDT
[#27]
I try to avoid it, but soemtimes you need to in order to take some apart or leave them decocked for long storage IMO
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Posted: 2/8/2006 4:37:15 PM EDT
[#28]
I do. Less with the rimfires (both of them), but seeing as how I get to the range once a month usually, dry fire with my Glock and AR is invaluable.
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Posted: 2/8/2006 4:58:10 PM EDT
[#29]
Dry firing is an excellent way to work on trigger control and rid yourself of any flinches. Very important tool for improving your shooting skills.
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Posted: 2/8/2006 5:03:38 PM EDT
[#30]
I do with handguns, but not my AR. I don't know why . . .
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Posted: 2/8/2006 5:05:16 PM EDT
[#31]
Yes, but never without a snap-cap.
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Posted: 2/8/2006 5:07:11 PM EDT
[#32]
I
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Posted: 2/8/2006 5:07:31 PM EDT
[#33]
What he said. Sheep |
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Posted: 2/8/2006 5:10:33 PM EDT
[#34]
So the military screws all it's weapons by dry fireing?
We did it all the time. |
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Posted: 2/8/2006 5:13:07 PM EDT
[#35]
All except my rimfires.
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Posted: 2/8/2006 5:14:29 PM EDT
[#36]
I ruined a Tarus aluminum frame revolver by dry firing with no snap cap. The hammer bottomed on the frame above the firing pin bore and swaged it out which screwed up the firing pin bore. With snap caps it would have been OK. |
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Posted: 2/8/2006 6:05:34 PM EDT
[#37]
If you don't have a snap cap and want to drop the hammer on something like a 10-22 or anything else with an internal hammer and want to do no damage you just slightly retract the bolt and pull the trigger. Then ease the bolt forward and the hammer is dropped in a controlled manner.
rj |
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Posted: 2/8/2006 6:08:59 PM EDT
[#38]
I dry fire like crazy, I dont get to the range as much as I would like , but I do dry fire nightly. I have a Glock g21 that has been dry fired at least 5 times a day for the past 9 years.
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Posted: 2/8/2006 6:12:00 PM EDT
[#39]
People who don't dry fire their guns are old codgers who don't know jack about firearms. It's the same group who leave the hammer down on a .45 and LOVE the "game getter" buck horn sights.
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Posted: 2/8/2006 6:12:38 PM EDT
[#40]
I think it originated from old percussion guns where you could bend the nipple. |
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Posted: 2/8/2006 6:12:57 PM EDT
[#41]
I have no issues with dry fireing them. I have had my 10/22 for 20+ years. It has been dry fired so, so many times and its still going stong. So what does that mean?
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Posted: 2/8/2006 6:12:57 PM EDT
[#42]
yup
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Posted: 2/8/2006 6:13:55 PM EDT
[#43]
Modern ones should be ok, just not the old ones with rabbit ears or the old hammerless side by sides. |
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Posted: 2/8/2006 6:15:37 PM EDT
[#44]
SNAP, SNAP, who me???????
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Posted: 2/8/2006 6:15:40 PM EDT
[#45]
+1 |
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Posted: 2/8/2006 6:16:31 PM EDT
[#46]
Everything but the .22LR's. I use a spent brass case to soften the firing pin strike.
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Posted: 2/8/2006 6:17:29 PM EDT
[#47]
Most of them I do. On a few of them I use snap caps.
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Posted: 2/8/2006 6:17:43 PM EDT
[#48]
Yes, but not TOO much...they won't get harmed.
HH |
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Posted: 2/8/2006 6:18:32 PM EDT
[#49]
Generally speaking, in most modern firearms you will cause no harm by dry firing them.
My smallbore target rifle(Anschutz 1813 22lr) has been dry fired tens of thousands of times. I don't know a competitive shooter that is any good that doesn't dry fire. |
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Posted: 2/8/2006 6:20:19 PM EDT
[#50]
YES! All the time. Makes good practice. Gives you a feel on when your trigger will "break" (figuratively speaking).
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