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Title says it all...just picked it up today, will anything get damaged dry firing? I know some revolvers you aren't supposed to dry fire without snap caps.
Thanks.
Jon
Some of the very best shooters and gunsmiths I know say its fine to dry fire most centerfire actions. Some of the very best shooters and gunsmiths I know say never dry fire anything without snap caps. I am not a great shooter or any sort of gunsmith, so the only answer I can give you is from the Ruger manual.
When the Security Six first came out, Ruger toured the gun shows/trade shows with a Security Six in a machine that constantly dry fired the gun, thousands and thousands of times to prove the strength of the gun, that it could withstand the pounding no problems. However, I never dry fire ANY firearm without snap caps. I'm sorta paranoid of it.
When I worked for a jet engine company in another life, a tool and die designer once told me the following. Parts have a finite life. Every time you perform an operation you effect its life and tolerances by one operation. I have made it a habit of only dry firing for a reason(not just to disperse liberal newscasters) and when I dry fire I use snap caps. Just my nichol's worth.
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Ted
You can probably download a manual from the Ruger website. If your gun is older, the manual may not be exact, but it should give you some insight to your revolver.
The Ruger centerfire revolvers have no problems as far as dry firing. I have own or owned just about every Ruger revolver from SA to DA. I have dry fired many times without a problem. If you want to buy some snap caps to ease your concern thats good. But I can't recall anybody ever having a problem breaking a firing pin or transfer bar by dry firing.
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