Dry fire?

[negolien]

LOL

Hey John Doe I'd like to introduce you to my new Girl Friend....

Soooo having manners is a bad thing in your world?

[rayron56]

Talked to an HK gunsmith and he said it will be a little bit of wear & tear on the springs but not to worry about it.
Thank you all for your responses.

[calif 15-22]

Hate to tell you but if you bought that gun in a gun store, it probably was dry fired 50+ times.

[stilly]

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.

Invest in some A-Zoom snap caps and next time hand it to him with a snap cap in it. Let him dry fire away all he wants to.

I think dry fire really only bugs the 22lr though.

[Mail Clerk]

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,

Generally speaking I never dry fire my firearms unless it's absolutley necessary. Many pistols not have firing pin blocks so if you do it by accident your pin is safe from breakage. I wouldn't do it as a habit though!!

Five times by your father in law your fine/OK but don't so it as a habit though

Mail Clerk

[SoCalEnthusiast]

Have you considered talking to your wife about his actions? Possibly have a talk to him?

[thedonger]

Soooo having manners is a bad thing in your world?

I think you missed my point. Would you try to "Dry Fire" my GF if I introduced you?

[SoCalEnthusiast]

No I would just tell my father in law to "pipe down" and he's being rude.

[tbc]

Lesson learned. Do not show your father in law any gun in the future.


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[SNCaliber]

dry firing is fine for a non rim fire gun as stated above, I do it all the time practicing aiming in the house, but still it is a little disrespectful to do it to someones gun if not asked first.

[Doghouse_Riley]

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.

^^^This. Some folks are very anal about their guns and don't want them dry fired.

That said, like a lot of people have said, on a quality centerfire firearm dry fire is not going to hurt it. In fact, IMO dry fire is an important training regimen. It's easy to do, and can be practised sitting watching TV at home. Doesn't use precious ammo. And has many benefits. http://www.ar15.com/archive/topic.ht...f=118&t=446542

[the86d]

M-16s are dry-fired all the time in bootcamp,
As far as handguns... RTFM.

Ruger SR-9 Dry-fire=kosher with a mag inserted (but you may want to clear the mag and the chamber 1st..). I think it is even okay for an M9/92fs.

Can't you throw a used shell casing in and allow it to smack the used primer again, a few times?

[G60]

It's fine.

It's an HK.

[tbc]

I dry fire all my guns to improve my accuracy.

I also dry fire my GSG 1911 22... it's a hammer fired platform so I inserted a rubber gasket to the area the hammer strikes.




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[davek8s]

I dry fire all my guns, even the rimfires. It's no big deal