Dry firing ruger 10/22?

[wadalaba]

is it ok to dry fire a 10/22?

[sniper4usmc]

I do it all the times..

[damndave]

The manual says it is ok.

[BayAreaShooter]

While the manual says it is alright I do not prefer to dry fire rim fire firearms to much. I only dry fire my guns after a cleaning to do a function test and that is about the extent of it. IMO you will not ruin a 10/22 from occasional dry firing.

[uscbigdawg]

I dry fire the piss out of my 10/22's (plural) and my rimfire pistols. Hell...my Mk2 was given to me by my father who had it for 20 years before I got it.

You're fine. IF something breaks, it's a 10 minute fix and just about everyone has parts for a 10/22.

Rich

[MAD SVT]

it wont break.

[Rust]

I'm going to disagree and say no it's not ok without a snap cap. I've seen 10-22's peen the firing pin or BBL shank right at chamber mouth from dry firing. The pin is an easy fix, the chamber can be fixed with a chamber iron, but it's worth a couple bucks to order 22lr snap caps to not risk the problems.
Can't vouch for this brand in particular, but I would use something along these lines, or a 22lr chamber flag notched so the extractor doesn't pull it out when you reset hammer.

http://www.midwayusa.com/viewProduct/?productNumber=213850

[znode]

The manual says it's fine. Unless your 10/22 has a defect, the firing pin should not hit anything when you dry fire. Unlike many other .22's, the breech face of a 10/22 has a giant cutout specifically so that the gun can be dry fired. When a round is loaded the rim fills the cutout, which the firing pin hits. Without a load, the firing pin just hits air harmlessly.

[XDRoX]

I'm going to disagree and say no it's not ok without a snap cap. I've seen 10-22's peen the firing pin or BBL shank right at chamber mouth from dry firing. The pin is an easy fix, the chamber can be fixed with a chamber iron, but it's worth a couple bucks to order 22lr snap caps to not risk the problems.
Can't vouch for this brand in particular, but I would use something along these lines, or a 22lr chamber flag notched so the extractor doesn't pull it out when you reset hammer.
http://www.midwayusa.com/viewProduct...tNumber=213850

I have 4 10/22's and dry fire all of them all the time with no ill effects. The rifle is designed to dry fire.

The bolt doesn't even stay open after the last shot, so every time anyone shoots a 10/22 they dry fire after the last shot, unless they count the shots, right?

Some of you younger califorians may not own high cap mags, but with 25 round mags no one counted the shots in order to not dry fire the rifle. Even with the 10 rounds factory mags I never count, I simply stop shooting when the trigger doesn't make a bang, just a click.

I would be interested to know if they guys that say they don't dry fire actually count the rounds they shoot???

[trob]

I have 4 10/22's and dry fire all of them all the time with no ill effects. The rifle is designed to dry fire.

The bolt doesn't even stay open after the last shot, so every time anyone shoots a 10/22 they dry fire after the last shot, unless they count the shots, right?

Some of you younger califorians may not own high cap mags, but with 25 round mags no one counted the shots in order to not dry fire the rifle. Even with the 10 rounds factory mags I never count, I simply stop shooting when the trigger doesn't make a bang, just a click.

I would be interested to know if they guys that say they don't dry fire actually count the rounds they shoot???

exactly what I was going to say. thats how you know youre out of ammo, it dry fires.

[uxo2]

happens every time the mag runs dry...

Its an early 80s 10/22 that has a bazilloin bricks though it.

Nothing broken