Ruger Lcr 22 mag

[Pancho]

I've been watching a lot of comments on Ytube about this gun and find to my amazement that the "gun experts" reviewing the gun dry fire the heck out of it with out snap caps. I was always taught that dry fireing a rim fire gun was a absolute NoNo. Does the design of the Ruger Lcr in rimfire permit this?

 

[Field Tester]

I'm with you. I wouldn't dry fire without snap caps.

 

[rcmodel]

You can dry-fire any .22 RF Ruger has ever made.

You have to dry-fire the Standard Auto pistol to take it apart to clean it.

Many old cheap .22 rimfires had no positive way of stopping the firing pin from hitting the end of the chamber and denting it.

Not so with most all modern designs.

S&W .22 revolvers are one exception, as enough high-speed hammer impacts can eventually break the firing pin.
But it will not harm or dent the chambers either.

Very few if any modern semi-autos have bolt hold-open devices to prevent dry-firing when you run out of ammo in the mag either.
(Ruger 10/22, Marlin Model 60, Browning SA-22, etc.)

They all get dry fired all the time unless you are a most excellent round counter concentrating on counting rounds, instead of the sights!

Would I intentionally dry-fire a modern .22, 10 gazillion times just for the practice?
No.

Would I worry about it every time I lost count and ran dry in the mag tube?
Of course not.
It was designed that way.

rc

 

[Madcap_Magician]

Slightly OT, but it really kills me that Ruger didn't just make this a seven-shot like the S&W 351C, which is twice as expensive and arguably has a worse trigger, but comes out even because of the extra round... >.<

 

[Panzerschwein]

There are some little plastic things for nails you can buy at the hardware store that work great as snap caps for .22s, especially revolver. Not sure what size they are though.

 

[kcofohio]

As rc said, and Ruger states on their web site, that all of their RFs and centerfires can be dry-fired.

 

[MedWheeler]

Cooldill is referring to drywall anchors in post 5. Cannot remember the size (either 4 or 6), but the yellow ones are the same size as .22LR cartridges, and will even mechanically feed in most autoloaders.

When using them as snap-caps, however, turn them in the chambers to give the pin fresh "meat' to hit, as their rims flatten out pretty quickly. When they're all flattened out, replace them.

 

[BLU]

When in doubt.... I finally turn to the manual, (most are on-line these days). Page 12:

DRY FIRING
“Dry Firing” is pulling the trigger of an unloaded revolver for practice and familiarity.TheLCR® can be dry-fired without damage to the firing pin or internal components.
Be sure that the revolver is unloaded before handling. Be sure of your target or back stop, even when dry firing for practice. Do not dry fire the revolver with the plastic ‘safety disc’ on the cylinder.

So... it's ok. (That doesn't mean I would or will, however!)