crestoncowboy
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Many zillions of Ruger 10/22s out there as well that get fired until click many, many, times.
And every winchester 9422/browning BL22/marlin 39/win. 62/ "Henry"/ Ithaca 72/ etc etc.
Many zillions of Ruger 10/22s out there as well that get fired until click many, many, times.
rule doesn't generally apply to newer rimfires
I feel bad because I'm trying to teach my kids gun safety and I told them to read the manual cover to cover.
I took those to mean w/ intentional dry firing, as trigger practice, for example. Not simply to lower the hammer after the last round. Sometimes that simply cannot be done due to the design. In those cases, I just leave the hammer cocked. That's never hurt anything. But again, do check your manual.All the people recommending snap caps - they don't help in this particular situation. Well, on second thought... I guess you could load one as the last round I suppose...
If rimfire guns were so fragile that dry firing them 4 or so times caused significant damage, then there would be a bunch of wealthy gunsmiths out there. You have NOTHING to worry about.Hello... So I took my children shooting this evening. I told them how many rounds I loaded in the magazine. They lost count 4 times and pressed the trigger with no round in the chamber. I know you're not supposed to dry fire rimfire guns, right? I didn't see any visible damage. If there was damage done, what do I look for? It's a Ruger SR-22 rifle. Thanks.
Almost screamed at my bil for dry firing my Wrangler. He's not a gun guy. He's into racing mustang's. Didn't hurt it the 5 times he did it. Told him its not a good idea to dry fire 22s. Kinda like running a engine low on oil. Might not mess things up in the short term. But long term can hurt.
The manual I have for the SR-22 rifle does say it's okay to dry fire. I didn't remember reading that. I should have remembered. I feel bad because I'm trying to teach my kids gun safety and I told them to read the manual cover to cover. I just didn't remember seeing that until I re-read the manual today. .....
Any dry firing should be done with a "snap cap" if you don't have one don't do it!
Snap caps and dry wall anchors are cheap insurance!
Smiles,
That's all well and good. But doesn't address what the OP wrote. He was concerned about firing on an empty chamber when the mag was empty.
Since the SR-22 rifle/10-22 doesn't have last round bolt hold open they are going to get fired with an empty chamber. It happens all the time to me.
It doesn't hurt those firearms.