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9/23/2008 12:40:55 PM EDT
I seem to remember reading on here that someone posted that dry firing the Glock will result in damage. First, is this true? Second, if so then is it better to leave a Glock "cocked" or dry fire it when it is unloaded and being stored?
9/23/2008 12:52:16 PM EDT
[#1]
Well since you have to dry fire it it strip her down it is fine. Been dry firing my Glocks from day 1 and no problems. I usually drop mag, empty chamber, rack slide, inspect chamber, and pull trigger to store.

I actually dry fire all my weapons except some of the .22 lr's. Good training.
9/23/2008 1:02:35 PM EDT
[#2]
You can dry fire it all you want it will not hurt it. Just make sure it is not loaded..


9/23/2008 1:03:29 PM EDT
[#3]
You make the call.

http://www.northeastshooters.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=24122
9/23/2008 1:08:09 PM EDT
[#4]
It seemed weird to not be able to do it. My entire career in the Army we dry fired weapons for training and for storage. Thanks guys. Just wanted to make sure I did not miss anything.
9/23/2008 1:15:10 PM EDT
[#5]
I have Glocks that have been dry fired thousands of times with no ill effects. Those same guns have tens of thousands of rounds through them.
9/23/2008 4:36:04 PM EDT
[#6]
Like someone else said in the NE shooters link, that looks a lot like a failure caused by something else and showed up when dry firing. That pic doesn't worry me one bit. The striker is the size of a primer, so if there was to be a slide failure it would be a lot smaller than that. I see other places where a dry fire failure would show up way before that pic would suggest. I will keep on dry firing my Glocks w/o worry.
9/23/2008 4:53:53 PM EDT
[#7]
I dry fire all the time. Thousands and thousands of times with no issues. I think it's a must do for Glock owners to master the Glock trigger pull.
9/23/2008 5:03:20 PM EDT
[#8]
I also dry fire alot.   I switch back and forth between my Glocks and 1911's.  Dryfiring help me get back into the groove and reacquaint myself with the weapon system.
9/24/2008 3:32:16 AM EDT
[#9]
My duty weapon is a Glock that I have had for about 11 years.  I have dry fired that thing many thousands of times over the years with no problems.  I just qualified the other day and the thing shot perfect.  I didn't, but the gun did.
9/24/2008 8:06:16 AM EDT
[#10]
dry fire is a great way to practice. try putting a quarter on your front sight and pull the trigger without knocking of the coin and keep your sights on your target. do so after you check your chamber about 10 times.  also pulling the trigger and keeping it pulled back rack the slide again and let the trigger up just barely until you feel the reset then pull it again. you will be more accurate after leaning exactly how your trigger feels and this is only done by pulling the trigger several times.