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Dry firing guns

taurus_mantaurus_man Member Posts: 50 ✭✭
edited February 2008 in Ask the Experts
I have heard that dry firing a centerfire gun is fine to release the firing pin spring pressure, and I have heard not to do it without snap caps. Is it worth it to do this while they are in long term storage, or is it a bad idea to do it without snap caps.
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  • taurus_mantaurus_man Member Posts: 50 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I've heard different opinions regarding this subject. Some say that you should never dry fire your guns and others say that it is OK. I would like to know the truth. Anyone have the correct answer?
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  • GrasshopperGrasshopper Member Posts: 17,048 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Just hold finger on trigger while turning bolt down, not cocked and no tension on spring. Just my 2 cents,,nambu
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  • gsmyth64gsmyth64 Member Posts: 68 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    For the most part, dry firing modern centerfires, even repeatedly, causes no problems at all. That's my opinion as a gunsmith. But speaking as a person who has just lost a friend to a gun stored that way (funeral tomorrow), I would beg you to either keep the actions open, or use a chamber plug/flag of some sort.
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  • taurus_mantaurus_man Member Posts: 50 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    sorry to hear that about your friend gsmyth64...thanks for the info. i was thinking that it wouldn't cause a problem either. that's one thing i am good about, never keeping one in the chamber in front of a cocked pin, except for my little glock 26 while carring concealed, but sometimes that one worries me too.
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  • brickmaster1248brickmaster1248 Member Posts: 3,344
    edited November -1
    i know how you feel gsmyth64... i too had a friend pass away from an accidental discharge. very sad situation
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