Quick glock question.

[masayuki]

I am sure this has been asked before. Can I damage my brand new Glock 17 by dry firing without dummy rounds?

[tortoisethunder]

Dry firing a Glock is fine.

[five.five-six]

if you can, it's not worth having

buy a 1911












no, you won't hurt it, dry fire a lot

[tortoisethunder]

Glocks are fine pistols as well as most 1911's.

[five.five-six]

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[pingpong]

Do it too much and you might go blind .

There should be no issues with dry firing a Glock. If it was significantly detrimental, we'd probably be seeing a lot of other malfunctions in Glocks as well.

[stphnman20]

You should always dry fire.

[jdewolf]

Nope, you won't harm a thing.

[masayuki]

Thanks everyone. I figured that would be the case. I dry fire a lot.

[TenSeven]

I am sure this has been asked before. Can I damage my brand new Glock 17 by dry firing without dummy rounds?

No.

[MA2]

put a pencil (eraser side towards the pin) and see how far it can go

[Mr. Meeseeks]

put a pencil (eraser side towards the pin) and see how far it can go

Firing pin test. Yeah, that's fun.

To OP, I use snap caps even in revolvers, its better to be safe. They don't cost much, plus they allow you to practice cycling or loading your gun too.

If you look hard enough on the internet you'll find a few threads of folks who have damaged their Glocks with excessive dry firing without snap caps.

Most important thing about dry firing is to keep the live ammo locked up and in another room if possible.

[Porscheguy]

I've killed every celebrity on my TV right through the eyes thanks to plenty dry firing.

[855R]

I've killed every celebrity on my TV right through the eyes thanks to plenty dry firing.

Creepy, unless it's msnbc then thats cool.

[erratikmind]

I tend to use snap caps for all of my centerfire dry firing practice. I figured that the snaps caps come at a minimal cost and I remove the question out of the equation to be on the safe side.