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Dry Firing
- Thread starter RedFive
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Their full of shit.
Anytime there is another person on the range, even if their just watching, it's a competition to me.
Redfive,
Why don't you just listen to the former Navy SEAL who has probably shot more bullets than you've shot your wad.. ?
Anytime there is another person on the range, even if their just watching, it's a competition to me.
That's how I've always approached flying ... second place (1st loser) is for chumps.
Bro, They warn of excessive firing pin damage. Every 15,000 rounds or two years you should replace your firing pin anyway. The excessive damage is less in seriousness than live fire in the same volume.
Replace all springs and parts that SMACK after 15,000 rounds.
1911 owners already know about springs
A4's has a point, live fire is king. But dry fire in addition to, is better yet.
Revolver != Semi automatic. Revolvers work differently and the firing pin does not move from its spacing.
We spent an entire week doing nothing but dry firing our M16's in boot camp.
Im not so scared of dry firing that I wont do it, HOWEVER I'm also not one to think that it cant be bad just because the military does it during boot camp, or ever for that matter.
I dont know how knowledgeable the average Navy Sailor is regarding firearms. Most of the people who chime in here seem to know their $h!7. That being said we went to fire at Kirkland AFB the other day and I will say the guys running the show there thought they were awesome but infact just did a good job showcasing their ignorance. Especially the 2nd Lt security forces guy who aparently thought his badge was just as awesome as a Trident.
I dont know how knowledgeable the average Navy Sailor is regarding firearms. Most of the people who chime in here seem to know their $h!7. That being said we went to fire at Kirkland AFB the other day and I will say the guys running the show there thought they were awesome but infact just did a good job showcasing their ignorance. Especially the 2nd Lt security forces guy who aparently thought his badge was just as awesome as a Trident.
I was speaking more to the training value of dry firing.
Although, I do believe that it is probably not good to "dry fire" an AR-15 with the upper receiver off it, allowing the trigger assembly to contact the bolt catch (as stated earlier).
I see your point now, thanks for clarifying.
I guess the potential issue that some have with dry firing would be with the hammer forcing the lip of the firing pin into the back of the bolt carrier (M-16)? And over time the lip of the pin/back of the carrier would wear and flatten, exposing more of the firing pin beyond the bolt face? Sounds a little far fetched to me. The hammer spring isn't exactly a strong spring, and I doubt the metallurgy of the firing pin and bolt carrier assembly is that awful. I'm not saying that this wear won't happen over a LONG period of time, but I think that it is the very least of your worries in any modern firearm. Wear is normal in a firearm anyway. Is the fear that the pounding will make the firing pin overexpose itself, resulting in an AD? Once again, sounds far fetched.
I dry fire my weapons a lot at home just to practice trigger squeeze and I haven't noticed any wear on the firing pin or bolt carrier of my AR whatsoever. I can't speak for the Glocks, as I believe their striker mechanism is based on the principle of PFM and I leave it the hell alone.
I dry fire my weapons a lot at home just to practice trigger squeeze and I haven't noticed any wear on the firing pin or bolt carrier of my AR whatsoever. I can't speak for the Glocks, as I believe their striker mechanism is based on the principle of PFM and I leave it the hell alone.