Dry Firing marlins?

[thrillhouse700]

Im getting my Marlin 795 today, my buddy has a model 60 and other one has a 10/22. 10/22 tells me his gun can be dry fired with no damage, which I found on this site to be true also. I have always been told to not dry fire rimfires. Can the marlins be dry fired? Or should I just put a spent casing in it to do so?

[jonni]

wat?

I was under the impression that you never dry fire rimfire rifles as it could damage them

[nrakid88]

Iwant the answer for this too, I hope a marlin 60 can be dry fired, thats how I decock the hammer.

[Izzy43]

Rimfires should NEVER be dry fired. When one does that the firing pin strikes the barrel. That will wear out the firing pin prematurely and eventually cause a burr on the barrel which will lead to misfires and extraction problems. Do a little research on the web. Start here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry_fire

[BigDogatPlay]

Marlin 60 or 795, once in a while to let the hammer down on the empty chamber, such as after cleaning, probably not horrible.

Marlin 39... never. You'll break the firing pin in very short order.

[caoboy]

Keep an empty shell for dry firing. Drill a hole in it so you KNOW it is a 'blank' or buy some snap caps. I've been told no on my 795, and I've been told it is ok to dry fire my Ruger 22/45. I just keep a dummy round available to when I'm cleaning.

[XDRoX]

Rimfires should NEVER be dry fired. When one does that the firing pin strikes the barrel. That will wear out the firing pin prematurely and eventually cause a burr on the barrel which will lead to misfires and extraction problems. Do a little research on the web. Start here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry_fire

I don't agree. Dry firing won't hurt anything if it did I wouldn't have any working guns left. I dry fire the hell out of almost all my guns.
A 10/22 must be dry fired when used. How else are you suppose to know when the gun is empty. Am I suppose to keep track of 30 rounds in a banana magazine.

These dry firing arguments are so old. Dry fire away, it won't hurt. I have 9 .22's and I dry fire all of them except my walther P22. I put the safety on it before I dry fire it. And even the P22 has been dry fired countless times because when I was breaking it in it had many FTF's.

[trickyvic]

I don't agree. Dry firing won't hurt anything if it did I wouldn't have any working guns left. I dry fire the hell out of almost all my guns.
A 10/22 must be dry fired when used. How else are you suppose to know when the gun is empty. Am I suppose to keep track of 30 rounds in a banana magazine.

These dry firing arguments are so old. Dry fire away, it won't hurt. I have 9 .22's and I dry fire all of them except my walther P22. I put the safety on it before I dry fire it. And even the P22 has been dry fired countless times because when I was breaking it in it had many FTF's.

How do you dry-fire your gun after you put the safety on?

I would say it's ok every once in a while but don't make a habit of it. I have seen a few dented chambers because of dry firing.

[Joe22]

I don't agree. Dry firing won't hurt anything if it did I wouldn't have any working guns left. I dry fire the hell out of almost all my guns.
A 10/22 must be dry fired when used. How else are you suppose to know when the gun is empty. Am I suppose to keep track of 30 rounds in a banana magazine.

These dry firing arguments are so old. Dry fire away, it won't hurt. I have 9 .22's and I dry fire all of them except my walther P22. I put the safety on it before I dry fire it. And even the P22 has been dry fired countless times because when I was breaking it in it had many FTF's.

This guy is right! Most of the time dry fire is fine and will not damage anything.. Sure some guns its bad because thats how they are made but you can even flip through the Ruger 10/22 manual and it ENCOURAGES dry fire, no problems.. But if your worried thats what the cheap little snap caps are for

[Kruzr]

Rugers, both the 10/22 and the Mk II and III pistols may be dry fired safely because they have a cross pin in the bolt that prevents the firing pin from hitting the edge of the chamber. Just about all the older 22's and some of the newer ones should not be dry fired.

If you do end up peening the edge of the chamber, Brownells makes a tool that smooths the metal again.

I don't know if the Marlin has a free FP that can hit the chamber or not. I suspect the manual will tell you so.

[XDRoX]

How do you dry-fire your gun after you put the safety on?

It's just how a P22 works. The safety slides a plate between the hammer and the firing pin (I think, that what it looks like is happening). Anyway the hammer does fall when the safety is engagedand the trigger is pulled, it just doesn't hit the firing pin.

I'm not saying that dry firing is harmless. It may in fact do damage to some guns. I will argue however that the amount of damage it does it not enough to loose any sleep over.

[SOCMOB]

6 neat little aluminum snap caps are about as many dollars at my "local" gun store. You can get competition dealie-o's with a little flag that stick out too.

When in doubt, at least use an expended .22 brass in there or something.

[wilit]

I have a Marlin 70pss that's a pre-bolt hold open model. So if I don't keep track of how many rounds I've shot (which is never) it's always a dry fire before reloading. I've easily put 5k rounds through it and the firing pin still makes nice deep strikes on the cases.