Dry fire?

[rayron56]

Hi all, I have a new HK P2000, I was showing it to my father in law so I cleared the firearm & handed it to him to take a look at it. He immediately started to dry fire it about 5 times as DA which made me cringe. Aside from a safety aspect what are your thoughts on dry firing it. I always prefer for somebody who is checking out my pistols to not dry fire them, am I being overly cautious? Again it's an HK P2000 V3. Thanks for the input.

[rayron56]

I know you can potentially cause damage to the firing pin & is up for debate but is that even likely w/a few dry fires here & there?

[RonnieP]

Guns are a lot tougher than most people give them credit. Unless it's a rim fire, dry firing won't be a problem.

Any center-fire gun that gets damaged from being dry fired is a gun that I won't stake my life on.

[a66]

That's a question for the Hkpro.com forum, which says you don't want to do it, but a few times is not going to do anything.

[kygen]

its better than my friend who was trying to flip my glock around on his finger the day after i got it..

[The Paper Pimp]

I don't like it when people dry fire my guns, but I read on another forum that HK pistols can be dry fired up to 30,000 times (the gun in question was the HK USP 45).

[Sir Stunna Lot]

short of a rim-fire gun banging its rim firing pin against the chamber during dry fire, how does one explain the physical harm done to any center-fire gun when dry firing?

[MrExel17]

OP you should be fine dry-fire isnt to bad. But I know the feeling and have the same reaction. SnapCaps does wonders!

[Hopalong]

I would never dry fire someone's gun who handed it to me to check out.

Not because it would harm the gun, but because I don't think it is proper etiquette.

[5thgen4runner]

I dry fire all my center fire guns. And probly hundreds of times nothing has happened.

Sent from five fingers to the face.

[negolien]

It seems the general consensus is no huge issue though snap caps are nice if you're going to dryfire for practice. Dryfiring someone elses firearm repeatedly is bad manners imho though and I always tell people that if they are handling my weapons. It's a little bit of a bad habit and a safety issue too. The more you do it the more comfortable you are and the easier for an accident to happen in general. If it's got a decocker use it... for SA it's the only way to drop the hammer without jacking up your sear. For rimfire and shotguns it's a no no though with shotguns there's really no other way to get it into the mode of not having to press the action bar without dryfirng it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry_fire

[CrippledPidgeon]

Hi all, I have a new HK P2000, I was showing it to my father in law so I cleared the firearm & handed it to him to take a look at it. He immediately started to dry fire it about 5 times as DA which made me cringe. Aside from a safety aspect what are your thoughts on dry firing it. I always prefer for somebody who is checking out my pistols to not dry fire them, am I being overly cautious? Again it's an HK P2000 V3. Thanks for the input.

The P2000 is an evolution of the USP Compact, and I would assume that they would have worked out any problems of dry firing damaging the firing pin long ago.

That being said, it's good manners to not dry fire the pistol unless you've asked for and received permission from the owner. It's not your pistol, and you shouldn't treat it as such. And as the owner, if you don't feel comfortable with someone dry firing your pistol, ask them not to when you hand the pistol to them. A considerate person will likely answer something like "I'd never dry fire a gun without permission," after which you can feel reasonably comfortable to not have to mention it to them again.

[thedonger]

I would never dry fire someone's gun who handed it to me to check out.

Not because it would harm the gun, but because I don't think it is proper etiquette.

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[BisDak]

It will not harm your pistol.

The danger was when your Father-in-law pulled the trigger. I did not see anything posted that he chamber checked before pulling it even if you already did.

What's worst is if he pointed the pistol at anyone while dry firing it.

If that happened to me, In-law relationship would have been in the pits.

When somebody hands me a gun, I ALWAYS chamber check even if I saw him do it in front of me. No disrespect, it's just my standard op.


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[tbc]

Relax. It's an HK. You can dry fire all you want.

If it makes you sleep better, use snap caps or put a small rubber gasket on the end of the firing pin where the hammer strikes.


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