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Posted: 5/28/2004 1:57:59 PM EDT
| I'm sure there are posts on this subject but the search function is down and I'm new to the AR world. I assume that dry firing does not damage a properly made AR, is that correct or am I fouled up? Thanks, Don |
How long until "eventually"? My 1978 bought SP1 has been dry fired somewhere between 25,000 and 30,000 times. Still haven't had to use the spare firing pin in the tool box 
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The myth that you should never dry fire any firearm is very old and stubborn. Some people refuse to believe that guns can be dry fired without harm. In a capitalistic society, smart marketers take advantage of ignorant fears by selling people silly devices to solve a problem that doesn't exist. Et voila, snap caps are born. Of course, snap caps that are profiled exactly like loaded rounds do make good action proving dummies. |
Yep and they are great to slip into your buddies magazine mixed with live rounds so he can practice a surprise clearing drill. (Get his permission BEFORE you dick with his equipment). |
No myth, fact with some designs, especially those where the firing pin is retained by a cross pin going through a notch in it, and as mentioned above some rimfires, where the pin strikes the breech face if no cartridge present. Damages both the pin and the breechface. However, there ARE some designs which it is safe to dryfire. The Colt 1911 for one, because there is no sudden impact on any part of the pin when it stops, due to the firing pin spring and the pin being retained by a plate at the rear instead of a cross pin. If in doubt, check with the manufacturer. |
| There was a time when dry firing was bad for most pistols...revolvers and autos. Those were older guns. All modern pistols you can dry fire to your hearts content. There could possibly be a brand out there that says not to dry fire...I wouldnt own one in that case. |
| Dry firing is not good for any firearm, that what snap caps and dry fire devices were made for. For the AR Fulton Armory makes a good one. The gun was designed to have a round in it when the trigger is pulled, so why over stress your gun for a couple of $$$. It's safer. |
Tell that to the Marines. Oh, after they dry-fire a weapon several thousand times, they use that same weapon in combat, where their life depends on the weapon going boom each time they pull the trigger. 
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Army does the same... |
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