Dry Firing

[Newb223]

I had always grown up believing that it is bad to dry fire a gun. I was just wondering if this was true or not?

Thanks

 

[Birdmang]

I do it all the time its fine. Just not on my CZ52 or on .22LRs.

 

[Robert]

Dry firing is fine to do in center fire weapons and is a great way to do trigger squeeze training. Dry firing most rim fire weapons is a bad idea as the firing pin usually makes contact with the chamber and could end up getting broken. In any event using good snap caps is not a bad idea.

 

[Uteridge]

Don't dry fire a rimfire weapon. What you can do if you are uncomfortable dry firing a centerfire weapon is buy snap caps. These are not necessary but you can use them if you want. They are great to keep on hand for malfunction drills anyway.

 

[Sam1911]

Here's the difinitive answer: http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=531183

Actually, as that thread is still open and less than a month old, let's direct this conversation there.