Dry fire

[tanda10506]

Can you damage a revolver (Taurus Raging Bull) by dry firing it?

[bjl333]

You can always use snap caps.

[morrcarr67]

Can you damage a revolver (Taurus Raging Bull) by dry firing it?

Over time yes you can. It is always best to use snap caps.

[tanda10506]

Ok. I was having my friend who is considering buying one handling mine. I guess he wanted to check the trigger pull and dry fired it a few times before I noticed. So 5-7 times on a new gun isn't going to be a problem??

[morrcarr67]

Ok. I was having my friend who is considering buying one handling mine. I guess he wanted to check the trigger pull and dry fired it a few times before I noticed. So 5-7 times on a new gun isn't going to be a problem??

No. Just don't make a habit of it.

[honeywalnutshrimp]

Your fine.. Some people may have some choice words for taurus in general but I think the raging bull series is proven and built like tanks... I've personally dry fired my gp100 hundreds of times and will a hundred times more while practicing...why? Because ruger says I'm suppose to.. So I'm positive 5-7 times on yours is no big deal whatsoever...revolvers are built like tanks plus you have a lifetime warranty on it.. If something goes wrong because of dry firing trust me you don't want that particular raging bull and should send it in.

[gorenut]

cheaper route would be to just get a foam earplug, cut it, then shove it in the back to prevent the hammer from slamming down. Will make dry-firing hell of a lot quieter, cheap insurance (dry-firing is fine for the most part), and compared to snap caps.. you won't have to deal with 6 of em every time you want to dry fire practice.

[BayAreaShooter]

Dry firing a few time should not hurt anything. Well dry firing many times should not be a problem with most all center fire revolvers.

[InGrAM]

Your fine. Just get some snap caps or like gorenut said and use a rubber washer or something like that.

[1nsanity]

I’ve always been and still am in the camp that encourages dry firing Semi autos for practice but came across this one thread concerning revolvers where this one poster, Iowegan, thought that aggressive excessive dry firing can be a bad idea due to peening the cylinder and frame and made me think. Read through this thread and let me know what you guys think?

http://rugerforum.net/ruger-double-action/11178-dry-firing.html

[Cyc Wid It]

Please check to make sure the gun is clear. Then check again. Then proceed.

[UserM4]

Just don't whip the cylinder shut

[luckygunner]

Much more damage from spinning the cylinder or snapping shut. Dry firing isn't going to damage your revolver unless your doing it excessively.

If you do any reloading you can make snap caps on the cheap. Just replace the primer with an eraser and don't load any powder of course.

[gorenut]

http://rugerforum.net/ruger-double-a...ry-firing.html

Seems like he has more against just dry-firing for the sake of breaking in a gun. I am admittedly guilty of doing this sometimes, but I think he might be overstating the damages that can be done.. more of a worst case scenario. I agree with him that you shouldn't just recklessly dry-fire every time, you should really be using it to train how you're going to shoot.