dry fire question

[jcaoloveshine]

so after i got my marlin 925r today i took it home and inspected it a little. i wanted to feel the pull of the trigger so i pushed the safety to fire and pulled the trigger, hearing a click. the rifle was right out of the box when i did this (only once), so do you guys think this might have damaged the rifle?

[jandmtv]

no, you didnt damage anything, but if you are that worried about it, get some snap caps if you plan to dry fire alot.

[NRAhighpowershooter]

Dry firing on center fire rifles is ok and won't hurt anything. BUT.. I don't like to dry fire rimfire rifles unless I have a empty shell in the chamber.. on rimfires the firingpin hits the breech face when the chamber is empty.. over time the firing pin can become peened (depending on the quality of the firing pin).

[Citadelgrad87]

Not to nag, but you checked it first, right?

[jcaoloveshine]

yeah of course. im just wondering if one dry fire could damage the pin.

[sloguy]

on rimfires the firingpin hits the breech face when the chamber is empty...

not all rimfires. some are intended to be dryfired.

[berg]

I think your manual will have a way to contact Marlin. You might want to just shoot them an email to see what they recommend.

Or heck, give ema call on their toll-free number:
MFC
100 KENNA DRIVE
NORTH HAVEN, CT 06473
PHONE: 800-544-8892

Owner's manual is at this link: http://www.marlinfirearms.com/Firear...ion22/925.aspx

[Fjold]

First, the firing pin doesn't hit the breechface, it travels through the hole in the breechface and crushes the rim of the cartridge against the edge of the chamber. With excessive dryfiring, the most common problems is that the firing pin will peen the edge of the chamber and prevent the ammunition from chambering. Secondly, that the end of the firing pin will peen over and keep it from retracting into the breechface and cause a slam fire.


If you are worried about it, open up the bolt and look at the chamber edge where the firing pin would've hit it to see if the firing pin contacted the edge of the chamber.

[jcaoloveshine]

am i supposed to be looking for a deformation or scratchings? i checked the firing pin and it looks fine but i havent removed the bolt entirely from the rifle.

[fairfaxjim]

Relax, you did't hurt anything. If it was that sensitive, they would have more of them in the warranty repair bin than in service. It is a good idea to check the owner's manual to see if dry firing is specifically prohibited - I checked, and your's isn't. There are reported to be some firearms that warn against it. I personally have owned and used all manner of them since age 8, and am 57 now. I have NEVER damaged one by dry firing it without a snap cap, rim and center fire. Lots of people are real anal about it, and I don't dry fire other's guns because of that, but I dry fire practice with a number of them, and have never had a problem. I wouldn't recommend high volume dry fire for rim fire, more because of the design of most of the firing pins than anything else. Besides, if you break or damage a firing pin, it isn't that big of a deal to get and install a replacment.

[high_revs]

what's defined as high volume here for dry fire? 20? 50? 100? more?

[metalhead357]

what's defined as high volume here for dry fire? 20? 50? 100? more?

more...... a LOT more....try a couple hundred PER SESSION.

[five.five-six]

not all rimfires. some are intended to be dryfired.

and some older ones, the pin strikes the inside of the chamber, eventualy if it dents you can have extraction problems

[Franksremote]

Once rarely ever hurts anything