Dry Firing - Yes, No, Maybe So? - The Definitive Answer...

[Hunt480]

I dry-fire my revolvers all the time,never had a problem...If I'm not mistaken my Ruger SRH manuals actually says they can be dry-fired for practice and familiarity without damage. Of course nothing is as tough as a Ruger. I probably would'nt dry-fire older guns though.

 

[SwampWolf]

If I'm not mistaken my Ruger SRH manuals actually says they can be dry-fired for practice and familiarity without damage.

This is true but apparently all center-fire da revolvers aren't the same: the manual provided with my Taurus center-fire da revolver specifically forbids dry-firing-and I have no idea why.

 

[nalioth]

If I'm not mistaken my Ruger SRH manuals actually says they can be dry-fired for practice and familiarity without damage.

This is true but apparently all center-fire da revolvers aren't the same: the manual provided with my Taurus center-fire da revolver specifically forbids dry-firing-and I have no idea why.

Again, modern firearms manuals are full of lawyerese.

In the legal department of a gun company: "Hey, Mr. Sharque! Somebody could dry fire this revolver, [do something stupid] and sue the company! We'd better add dry firing to the restrictions"

Modern centerfires are able to be dry fired.

 

[cheygriz]

In addition to all of the other benefits, dry-firing helps smooth out the trigger pull after a few thousand pulls.

I've never seen any benefit to snap caps with modern firearms.

I was taught in NRA police firearms instructor school that you dry fire at least 100 times for every round of live fire.