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Posted: 11/1/2008 10:43:27 AM EDT
| Any issues w/ dry firing an AR? |
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i heard it is ok but i dont like to do it. sounds like its no good. The military would tend to disagree with you on that one. Dry firing is fine, just don't do it when your upper and lower are separated. Agree. I have dry fired "AR's" many thousands of times. Functions Check anybody? 
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The problem with these babies is you have to keep putting them back in as you cock the rifle for the next shot. real pain in the ...
snap cap is a fake bullet so to say, its all one piece, and they normally have a soft plastic/rubber bottom and sometimes springs inside of them..... the soft area is for the firing pin to hit with out the chance of dmg |
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The problem with these babies is you have to keep putting them back in as you cock the rifle for the next shot. real pain in the ...
snap cap is a fake bullet so to say, its all one piece, and they normally have a soft plastic/rubber bottom and sometimes springs inside of them..... the soft area is for the firing pin to hit with out the chance of dmg yes it is 
i only have 2, but they come in handy sometimes, if you wanna pracitce..... or your showing your gf how to use the AR snap caps = funny flinching from gf with a it didn't do anything kind of question |
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The problem with these babies is you have to keep putting them back in as you cock the rifle for the next shot. real pain in the ...
snap cap is a fake bullet so to say, its all one piece, and they normally have a soft plastic/rubber bottom and sometimes springs inside of them..... the soft area is for the firing pin to hit with out the chance of dmg The AR doesn't need them. |
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They do make a dry-fire device for the AR. I don't have one, but I do have one for my M1 Garands.
On the M1 the dry-fire device looks like a cylinder that fits into the chamber and holds the bolt halfway open. When you dry-fire, the hammer only drops just a little bit - it hits the bottom of the half-open bolt. Then it takes only about 1/4" of op-rod travel to re cock the hammer for the next dry-fire. Teh device stays in the chamber until you remove it by hand. It's much easier than cycling the bolt full-travel. I expect that the m16 dry fire devices work somewhat similarly....in fact, after looking at pictures of one and thinking about it, I bet it fits in the big slot in the bottom of the bolt, and works like the one in the M1 by only allowing the hammer to fall a little way. Been thinking about buying one.....may have to now.....Dang, this site costs me money! |
| Any Mil/LE grade weapon should be able to be dry fired without issue. Dry firing should be a part of your training regiment. If your weapon cannot withstand dry firing, get something else. If I remember correctly, we dry fired our M16s for a week straight before heading to the range. We called it "Snapping In." |
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Quoted: An asshat friend of mine recently picked up my AR, sans bolt and dry fired it. Hammer hit the lower, obviously. Just one time of this isn't going to hurt, right? Your most likely just fine. To be sure though, inspect for cracks in the area to the rear of the bolt catch, as well as the bolt catch itself. |
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