Dry firing and decocking the Ruger 10/22

[nathan]

Is it okey to dry fire occasionally if necessary?

I tried to decock it by cocking the bolt back and slowly ease it forward and around 3/4 to closing i slowly pull the trigger and it falls the hammer (decocks).
Does this sound familiar to many who have Ruger 10/22 ?

 

[matrem]

Mine has gone "click" hundreds & hundreds of times after ten.

Pretty sure Ruger would have been forced to correct that by now if it were a problem.

 

[Magoo]

Dry firing is not a problem with the 10/22.

 

[desidog]

Unless you're really good at counting to ten or twenty-five, chances are you'll make it click after every mag. No worries.

/i only count to twenty if i'm wearing sandals.

 

[doubleh]

10/22 owner's manual states plainly that it is OK to dry fire the gun.

 

[briansmithwins]

The 10/22's OEM firing pin is designed in such a way that it doesn't hit the breech of the barrel when dry firing.

Replacement 'go faster' parts may not share that feature.

BSW

 

[Shadow 7D]

The 10/22's OEM firing pin is designed in such a way that it doesn't hit the breech of the barrel when dry firing.

Replacement 'go faster' parts may not share that feature.

BSW

THIS
many .22 designs have pins that may not stop short of the breech, and it's very common for older .22 to have a notch where the pin as galled the barrel by dry firing, (which isn't good for the pin or the barrel.

 

[Reloadron]

As mentioned...

From the owners manual page 19:

8. With the muzzle pointed in a safe direction, push the safety to the “off”
position and pull the trigger to decock it. The rifle can be “dry fired” for
practice as long as it is empty and pointed in a safe direction.

That is by design and since the rifle does not lock the bolt back after the last round in the magazine is fired.

On another note while some rifles like the 10/22 can be dry fired others, well not so much:



No clue where I ever got the above image but a good example of the damage that can be done. Pretty much sums up what Shadow7 covers with a picture.

Ron