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Offline RLS@home

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Dry Firing Ruger 10/22 - OK?
« on: March 26, 2011, 06:20:37 PM »
So, real quick - is it OK to dry fire my new 10/22 or not?
Asked the same thing about my Ruger MKII & Bearcat on the Rimfire Handgun forum...
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Re: Dry Firing Ruger 10/22 - OK?
« Reply #1 on: March 26, 2011, 07:26:14 PM »
This is taken from the Ruger website. So your guess is as good as mine. I use .22 dummys for dry fireing just in case.

SPECIAL SAFETY NOTE
10/22 TARGET RIFLE ONLY
The special model you have selected is specifically designed for rapid fire precision
target shooting. As such, it demands that you take extra safety precautions.
The trigger of the Target version of the RUGER® 10/22® has a lighter, target
trigger pull than standard 10/22 rifles and carbines, for more precise placement of
shots. You should practice “dry-firing” an empty rifle (with it pointing in a safe
direction) to learn the “feel” of the trigger before ever loading it with ammunition.
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Re: Dry Firing Ruger 10/22 - OK?
« Reply #2 on: March 26, 2011, 08:53:50 PM »
Why take a chance in dry firing a rim fire rifle?

Be smart and use readily available snap caps...

Bill
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Re: Dry Firing Ruger 10/22 - OK?
« Reply #3 on: March 26, 2011, 10:36:59 PM »
I hope it doesn't hurt, since I dry fire alot. Especially when I was tuning the trigger!
Guess I ain't too smart...................I'll take Ruger's word for it.
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Re: Dry Firing Ruger 10/22 - OK?
« Reply #4 on: March 27, 2011, 04:06:40 AM »
I dry fire my Ruger 10/22 and 22/45 at the end of a shooting session, so I can store them with the springs in a relieved position.

The difference I have noticed from one manufacturer to the next about dry firing seems to do with the firing pin design (and maybe the quality).

Certain guns that say "don't dry fire" use a firing pin design such that it is a large diameter cylinder (that the hammer hits) abruptly turned down to a small diameter (that strikes the primer). Dry firing causes stress at the change in diameter causing the small diameter part to break off (maybe due to what materials folks call "notch effect"). Handi's have this type of firing pin, and they say don't dry fire.

The 10/22 and 22/45 have a "rail" for a firing pin. Compared to the duty it sees, it is a very robust design. Rectangular cross section, so no change in diameter, so no "notch effect". That's why I am comfortable with what Ruger says.  Don't know about the Bearcat.

Also, you can bet the term "dry fire" was coined before snap caps were invented. If snap caps were required, you can bet Ruger would have brandnamed a version, and required only their version be used. (just smart marketing).

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Re: Dry Firing Ruger 10/22 - OK?
« Reply #5 on: March 29, 2011, 01:53:26 PM »
Pull a bullet out of a live round dump the powder and fire the primer. You can use it over and over till it is all peaned up from the firing pin. You may be able to use a fired case in a standard chamber but my chambers are tight and make it near imposable to fit a spent round back into the chamber.
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Re: Dry Firing Ruger 10/22 - OK?
« Reply #6 on: March 29, 2011, 01:56:29 PM »
Oh back to the original question, NO!!!!!!!!!    If you dry fire a rimefire you mind as well just kick the gun while your at it.
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Re: Dry Firing Ruger 10/22 - OK?
« Reply #7 on: March 29, 2011, 02:18:40 PM »
I have always dry fired all of my guns for practice. I don't know how many actors I have assinated while watching TV. Probably hundreds! The only gun that dry firing caused a problem with was a Taurus 94 .22lr revolver. Dry firing it caused the coil spring around the firing pin to overlap and get hung up in a compressed position, leaving the firing pin loose inside the frame. Easily fixed, and I used spent brass in the chambers while dry firing after that and had no problems.
I agree that there might arise a problem with a particular rimfire where the firing pin might hit the chamber rim and be damaged. But it's never happened to me.
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