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Posted: 1/10/2003 2:28:51 PM EDT
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I do not excessively dry fire any of my weapons and use snap-caps for any training exercises. Yes, .22 rimfires are often more suseptable to damage from dry-firing.
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Posted: 1/10/2003 2:43:49 PM EDT
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Yes. It's O.K. to dry fire your AR.
Matter of fact lots of folks recommend dry firing ARs to familiarize one's self with trigger pull/timing. On another note it's wise to dry fire after cleaning/dissassembly to function check. I always do 4-5 times. |
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Posted: 1/10/2003 3:30:22 PM EDT
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MOST modern center-fire guns are fine for dry-firing. Certainly it isn't going to hurt an AR, and note that military folks spend weeks dry-firing their rifles before ever receiving any ammo.
On a rimfire, the firing pin will strike the barrel or chamber, and will start to peen it over. It doesn't help that .22LR barrels are usually softer steel than other barrels. Also, broken firing pins are common on dry-fired rimfire guns. -Troy |
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