Posted on 01/04/2014 6:00:18 PM PST by servo1969
Published on Jan 4, 2014
This [video] discuses the damages that can be caused by dry firing.
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They note that some guns are okay, but others should never be dry fired. Glocks are fine (it’s part of the dis-assembly process, anyways), while antique firearms should never be dry fired.
I keep the little inserts in all my .22s until I want to have a trigger session with live fire. The wall anchors will not feed smoothly through a semi magazine, but they will seat in the firing chamber to allow dry fire practice. The extractor will pull them free of the chamber when you want them out, usually, if you haven’t flattened the plastic rim too much.
They have one of their episodes devoted to gun store etiquette.
I took the Gray Guns course. Those of us with the Sig P226 were advised to practice by dry firing. Bud said if we were able to damage the pistol by dry firing, he would personally pay for the repairs.
Fuggedaboutit with a rimfire ANYthing, though...
Here’s a neat cleaning tip for shotgunners: Take a spent 12 ga. shell, cut the brass off the shell casing, knock the primer out of the middle, push your cleaning rod thru the center hole and fit it into the bore of the gun. The brass keeps the rod centered so it doesn’t scrape the edge of the bore chamber......
I like Eric and Barry’s videos. Been subscribed to their channel for quite some time.
Glad to have them on our side.
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