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Offline Bob96

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Dry Firing ?
« on: July 08, 2007, 08:28:37 PM »
  I was reading that Freedom Arms says to never dry fire their revolvers. Does this apply to all other single actions like Ruger and Colt?  Seems to be ok for S&W double actions. Why is this harmfull in single actions?
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Offline Dusty Wheeler

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Re: Dry Firing ?
« Reply #1 on: July 09, 2007, 04:39:30 AM »
Bob96-
I don't doubt what you saw but I have never heard of this EXCEPT with a rimfire.  Most, if not all, shooting schools advocate extensive dry firing by their students...you would think if there were a problem it would surface from such places.
Tim
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Offline Lloyd Smale

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Re: Dry Firing ?
« Reply #2 on: July 09, 2007, 05:48:42 AM »
I dry fire the crap out of all my guns. I figure if they break and they havent yet, its pretty easy to send em back and get them fixed.
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Re: Dry Firing ?
« Reply #3 on: July 09, 2007, 06:48:01 AM »
I hear the Encore isn't good to dry fire, the firing pin will break. T/C will warranty it, but you're without a gun meanwhile. I dryfire Contenders all the time, no problems yet
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Re: Dry Firing ?
« Reply #4 on: July 09, 2007, 07:02:14 AM »
most of the time if you have a hammer mounted firing pin like a COLT saa you don, dry fire , with a frame mounted pin you can , like a RUGER ! this is a rule of thumb not written in stone ! the thing to ask yourself is if your gun is worth the price of snap caps or not ?
the force on a hammer mounted pin is pretty strong if it doesn't hit a primer or snap cap ! the little pin that holds the firing pin is small !
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Re: Dry Firing ?
« Reply #5 on: July 09, 2007, 07:22:15 AM »
Weasel,

You can use electrical tape to dry-fire an Encore.  Cut a bunch of small pieces, and stick them all together.  Put the stack of tape just above the point where the hammer contacts the firing pin.  I'll post a picture this evening.  Just an "FYI".  ;)

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Re: Dry Firing ?
« Reply #6 on: July 11, 2007, 06:33:55 PM »
snap caps
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Re: Dry Firing ?
« Reply #7 on: July 12, 2007, 09:52:58 AM »
SNAP CAPS !
they protect the firing pin when dry firing a gun , like when it is going in storage and ya want to release the hammer or striker and save the spring from being under pressure for extended lengths of time . The plastic ones with a spring loaded plunger where the primer seem to work well !
Pachmyer used add one for dry fire practice with some of  of their grips .
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Re: Dry Firing ?
« Reply #8 on: July 23, 2007, 05:46:32 AM »
Look at the first paragraph on page 15 of your Ruger New Model Blackhawk, Super Blackhawk, Hunter, and Bisley instruction manual.  There you will find exactly what Ruger has to say about dry firing.
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Re: Dry Firing ?
« Reply #9 on: July 24, 2007, 07:35:21 PM »
I have SERIOUS dry fire history, but only with my Rugers.

Own several Ruger handguns, both revolvers and semi-autos.

Purposley dry fired all them 1000 times.
No bad effects and smoothed all there trigger pulls.

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Re: Dry Firing ?
« Reply #10 on: July 25, 2007, 02:05:44 AM »
I  had the original instructional manual for my Monson model, Dan Wesson and it stated that dry firing is encouraged to develope consistant trigger pull and avoid flinching.  I still have snap caps for all my guns.
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Re: Dry Firing ?
« Reply #11 on: July 25, 2007, 09:38:37 AM »
I was looking at dry fire sites , didn't know ya can buy dry fire guns , did you ?
anyway one site stated any center fire gun less than 40 years old was safe to dry fire and no rim fire should be dry fired !
take that with a grain of salt !
Snap caps came up and one post said to remove a primer from an empty case and cut a pencil eraser to fit the hole , presto a snap cap is born ! Now that's a good idea for all cartridges but obsolete ones for sure !

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Re: Dry Firing ?
« Reply #12 on: July 25, 2007, 12:08:52 PM »
Got a gun in from EMF yesterday.   It contained a Warning Label, not to dry fire their SAA revolvers.      ???
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