Beware of dry firing! It may drastically improve your weapon handling along with aiming and firing capabilities!
@KryzysX
6 ай бұрын
XD
@CUDA1970Terry
6 ай бұрын
During a Ruger Police Armorer school, the Ruger Technician encouraged each trainee to dry fire the then new GP-100. His recommendation was to use a moderate amount of forward pressure on the back of the hammer while pulling the trigger somewhat slowly. He advised that this helps to 'mate' the surfaces of the trigger and hammer. My almost 40 year old Stainless GP-100 is still a smooth working revolver.
@baretruth8438
6 ай бұрын
The younger dude looks like he just time traveled from 1950s 😅
@stevenwilson2605
Жыл бұрын
I was at camp Pendleton in 2002 and I dry fired my M 16 100s if not 1000s of times at the snap in barrels. That's what the PMI coaches instructed us to do.
@justinpalmer9004
7 ай бұрын
"Benadryl Cummerbund? What?" Ahahaha
@teotwawki12
Жыл бұрын
Not the LC9.... but (from personal experience), Ruger is fantastic about fixing the gun for a very fair cost! ...even when you have a used gun and the firing pin flies out the back of the pistol dry firing........just expect the magazine disconnect to be replaced when it's returned....
@darrenerickson1288
Жыл бұрын
Galaxy Quest also for a great Alan Rickman performance.
@seanomeirs8362
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video. I have repaired a few rimfire revolvers, semiautomatic pistols, and rifles, that were excessively dry fired. Can you consider talking about the damage done, and how to swage the damaged area?
@zaca952
Жыл бұрын
You Miss 100% Of The Shots you Don't Take -Wayne Gretzky -Michael Scott
@davek5027
Жыл бұрын
35+ years ago, I was a cadet in the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Academy. We were issued S&W Mod. 15 .38 revolvers, and the range staff told us to dry-fire practice the trigger squeeze as often as we could. After range sessions, I’d go home and clean the revolver and dry fire double action. I must have dry-fired that revolver tens of thousands of times, and the hammer nose was never damaged. That goes for all the other people in our class, and many other classes besides. I don’t remember any cadet ever experiencing any firing pin breakage due to dry fire practice. That same Model 15 still shoots great.
@1yehny
Жыл бұрын
SW15 is a great gun. I like my 14-3 more…it’s a single action w case hardened competition trigger and it’s awesome.
@kylewood8327
Жыл бұрын
I’m sure that was fine back then but I’ve got a couple old 70’s & 80’s Smith revolvers and I’m not dry firing them. Not taking a chance.
@JozlynHensley-dw8cm
Жыл бұрын
What if it’s a 22 caliber i drily fired it and now I’m worried because the firing pin was hitting in between the cylinder where the bullets go
@georgegravette1132
Жыл бұрын
I have a Model 19 from about the same period. Dry-fired it for months until the action was nice and smooth, and then the firing pin snapped off. It was an easy fix, though. I'd just hate for that to happen when I was actually firing the gun in a self-defense situation.
@Burlehmangus
8 ай бұрын
@@JozlynHensley-dw8cm.22’s are actually the one thing you really don’t want to risk dry firing because of rim fire. Rim fire 22s will take some serious damage from dry firing
@chipsterb4946
Жыл бұрын
Snap caps are useful to do function checks and practice loading/unloading, in addition to making dry firing 100% OK.
@Candrsenal
Жыл бұрын
One of my "favorite" early experiences was showing someone a Spanish handgun I had and asking them not to dry fire it. I was lectured about how that is bull and he pulled the trigger anyway. An audible plink was heard across the room. "Welp, that was my firing pin's tip. I guess you know where to order a replacement then?" Fun fact: he never found one and we had to lathe up a copy.
@texasstadium
Жыл бұрын
I hate people like that; that is why I hestitate to let anyone handle my firearms.
@trigonome777
Жыл бұрын
Just out of curiosity, what handgun was it?
@texasstadium
Жыл бұрын
Ruger 22
@cjpatriot2923
Жыл бұрын
Ouch
@michaelgarcia4035
7 ай бұрын
He recently revealed in a recent upload that it was a Spanish Astra 400 or 600 (I forgor)
@paulbingville6485
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the dry wall anchor tip! Another type of gun that should never be dry fired without a snap cap are older side by side double barrel shotguns. Many of the better ones even came with snap caps.
@b.a.lineman7582
Жыл бұрын
Good to know.. thank you. Those I hold deer.. although I don’t have as many as I’d like to…
@skinnypedaldown5044
Жыл бұрын
Just dont forget to remove it. 🇺🇸👌
@liquorgunsandrhetoric
Жыл бұрын
Ask any competition shooter- they'll tell you they pull the trigger in dry fire 5-10 times for every time they pull the trigger in live fire. Dry fire is the foundation of good gun handling, good transitions, and good visual discipline and patience. Live fire is for working grip and trigger control at speed.
@74KU
Жыл бұрын
I'm a competition shooter (currently not shooting) and no, I NEVER dry fire. Snap caps if I have them or at the least a fresh fired case at the very least. The firing pin has to hit something.. something it isn't designed to hit in normal operation with that kind of force. The primer will "push back" somewhat when the pressure builds in the chamber and this will counteract the spring force.
@williamle8300
Жыл бұрын
You told me I could dry-fire all I want... now my Mathew's bow is in shambles. Thanks a lot guys smdh.
@maxpeters6090
Жыл бұрын
😂
@sdsuch4353
8 ай бұрын
That's funny, thanks
@belowzero8845
8 ай бұрын
😂😂😂
@weldermike7017
Ай бұрын
😆🤣😂
@JW-fq1pp
Жыл бұрын
Rickman also played the bad guy in Quigley Down Under. Nice guns in that movie, too.
@Fister_of_Muppets
Жыл бұрын
Very nice guns in that movie.
@jasonherrington2002
Жыл бұрын
Die Hard is the best Christmas movie ever made!
@shawnm6411
Жыл бұрын
The Smith & Wesson instruction sheet that was supplied with every revolver back in the 70s (the one that was a folded paper with a picture of the revolver on the front) included an instruction that the user should “practice dry-firing with empty revolver,” or words to that effect.
@SaneAsylum
Жыл бұрын
I think Ruger still does (certainly the last few Super-Blackhawks (one Bisley, one plow handle) I have say that).
@chillinraptor7176
Жыл бұрын
Indeed, nothing lasts forever. RIP Alan Rickman
@caseyparker6375
7 ай бұрын
Alan Rickman was an excellent actor, but the next time you watch Die Hard look at the expression on his face as he falls from the building. It is a genuine look of surprise because the director initiated the fall without warning Alan ahead of time.
@brorjordas1979
Жыл бұрын
Oh man... I remember back in the days (the '80s) when I and my bro were kids.. We actually had an easy access to our dad's Colt Peacemaker .22. Yea. That western revolver was way cool. We dry fired it often. I can just wonder how back in the days we did not get ideas to point it at each other nor other living beings etc. We also knew where the ammo was stored (different location) - but somehow no ideas to load the sweet thing came to mind. We did get to shoot it live at times - accompanied with dad, of course. But. From what gotten to know: yea, we temporarily ruined it by dry firing it. Dad got it easily fixed - but still.. Yea. If we back then woulda gotten a technical explanation of how and why (not to) - we coulda avoided it completely. Back then a thing as centerfire or rimfire did not get explained to two very young boys... RIP Bengt Jordas (1954-2022).
@JohnTBlock
Жыл бұрын
I fixed a inexpensive German made .22 lr single-action for a friend, it had been dry-fired so much the chamber mouths were peened out to where a round couldn't load! Replaced the broken frame mounted firing pin with one from Numrich, and removed the chamber peening with a fine rat-tail file, got it back into service....
@johnqpublic2718
Жыл бұрын
You removed metal instead of putting it back in place?
@mattschmitt9924
Жыл бұрын
@@johnqpublic2718 That is the function of a file. How would you have gone about the repair?
@matthewbeaver5026
6 ай бұрын
Wouldn't that mess with headspace?
@JohnTBlock
6 ай бұрын
@matthewbeaver5026 Nope. The "dimple" was where the cheap steel cylinder chambers were struck by the frame-mounted firing pin, during "dry firing", driving metal over time into the bore of the Chamber. The rest of the rebated chamber fully supported the rim of the cartridge, and the new firing pin was still able to crush the rim, setting off the rimfire priming. I just carefully filed the "dimple" down to where a .22 could slide past it easily, and it worked fine. I strongly pointed out WHY it had gotten so battered to the owner, with instructions to NEVER DRY FIRE IT AGAIN, unless he religiously used snap-caps! Far as I know it's still working...
@CW-dl2dd
6 ай бұрын
Was it a Rohm? My grandfather had one
@BN-pd9tf
7 ай бұрын
Good info, but please, stop covering the muzzle with your hand when the slide is in battery. Proof at 3:15 with the Gucci gun, and so on...left hand starting low near the frame rail then sweeping in front of the muzzle and over the front sight to lock the action open. Then again, with the next gun.
@billfischer9887
Жыл бұрын
Love to see Caleb's m51. Took a while to restore mine, but w n at an oddball little gem. As for the great dry-fire debate, it will never be settled because some people (on both sides) always know "better".
@velocityrob
Жыл бұрын
More love for the m51. I have one, rather complicated to work on. It makes me appreciate the simplicity of a 10/22.
@74KU
Жыл бұрын
The firing pin has to hit something.. something it isn't designed to hit in normal operation with that kind of force.
@cheapolegunguy
Жыл бұрын
Before it became a "no-no", I've dry fired my S&W Mod 19 about a "gazillion" times since the 70's without any ill effect whatsoever. I also used to flip the cylinder shut with a flick of the wrist (like in the movies) about a couple of "Bazillion" times and the cylinder and crane are still like the Rock of Gibraltar. That's one tough gun, Thank God!
@roygaisser9230
Жыл бұрын
Man! You outed my secret snap caps!!! On some revolvers the cylinder won't turn because of the flange thickness of the plastic anchor. Just sit there with a file for about 10 minutes and you can thin down about 20 of them. Also, Alan Rickman was the bad guy in another of my favorite movies, Quigley Down Under. He played baddies to the hilt---great actor!
@titanscerw
Жыл бұрын
To the hilt? You mean like Sheriff of Nottingham skewered by Costner in that holywood parody on Robin Hood? :)
@richardryan3
Жыл бұрын
He was the angel Gabriel in “Dogma”.
@MichaelKMorris
Жыл бұрын
Charter arms revolvers can't tolerate it. I got in the habit of dry firing my Glocks and one day tried my little .38. It took only 3 trigger pulls to break the transfer bar right off onto the floor.
@den_see
Жыл бұрын
For Cz B firing pin safety models it is highly recommended to use an oring to be placed at the hammer notch during dry fire to prevent possible damage to the firing pin roll pin.
@MarkAndrewEdwards
Жыл бұрын
Learned that the hard way...
@greencreekranch
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the tip, got my first handgun, a cz75b a couple of weeks ago
@InsanePacoTaco
Жыл бұрын
Does this apply to the SP-01?
@MarkAndrewEdwards
Жыл бұрын
@@InsanePacoTaco I'd say 'yes', the only hammer-fired CZ that might not need to worry is the Shadow 2 or others without a firing pin roll pin.
@den_see
Жыл бұрын
@@InsanePacoTaco if you see a hole where the rear cocking serrations are on the slide then that means the gun has a firing pin/drop safety therefore using an oring is a very good idea during dry fire
@chdnorm
Жыл бұрын
When I was a kid, my first full size rifle was an old mossberg bolt action target rifle. I put thousands of rounds of .22LR thru that rifle. I also spent many hours practicing different shooting positions with dry fire practice. Eventually, the end of the firing pin broke off. My grandfather and I took it to a gunsmith to have it fixed. The rim of the chamber was also pretty deformed. The estimate must have been pretty high, because we left with a brand new 10/22 instead.
@Cole-xq2tl
11 ай бұрын
Rim fire cartridge vs cemter fire. You don't dry fire .22s
@UnknownGamer40464
5 ай бұрын
@@Cole-xq2tlunless the manf tells you you can. The winchester wildcat requires dry firing to field strip after shooting
@hoorayimhelping3978
Жыл бұрын
7:05 - Nothing Lasts Forever is the name of the book that Die Hard is based on. Caleb definitely has Die Hard on the brain
@johnhammer2982
Жыл бұрын
I smoothed out the trigger pull on a Smith & Wesson 629 by adding some oil and dry firing repeatedly. This method was recommended to me by a gunsmith. He was right.
@agoffgrid640
Жыл бұрын
Definitely dammaged a few old 22's but never any others iv ever dry fired. One thing u forgot is: it's highly discouraged to dry fire a percussion gun.. most of the time u can replace the nipple, but why risk damming it or the hammer or striker on it.
@dann6888
Жыл бұрын
0:28 false. This is an unloaded topic. Myth busted.
@tacticalrabbit308
Жыл бұрын
Dry firing with snapcaps is best
@stuartholladay1875
Жыл бұрын
I don't get to the range as much as I would like to, so I use the iTarget laser system at home. It uses a laser cartridge that functions as a snap cap. I have had catastrophic failures of my Ruger LCP II and Ruger LC380. The firing pin retainer spring of the LC380 broke during a session, and the firing pin and firing pin spring ejected through the hammer port across my thumb and fell to the floor. In another session, the LCP II's hammer broke and flipped out across my shoulder and fell to the floor. Ruger repaired both pistols free of charge, but told me to avoid "excessive" dry fire.
@bc6982
Жыл бұрын
Years ago a friend of mine owned a cheap 25 auto and he would watch cop shows and dry fire it shooting the bad guys on tv. After several months of being cooped up in the winter months and having some health issues, he went out on his farm to shoot it. He loaded it up and fired it, and the magazine emptied with one pull of the trigger. He now had a full auto 25 auto. I'm not sure what happened, but I think maybe all of the dry firing may have peened the bolt face forward enough to cause this. He no longer has the gun.
@thesultanofswing8706
5 ай бұрын
He no longer has the gun. *winks aggressively*
@pauljenkins6877
Жыл бұрын
Forget about dry firing; the real question is: how does Caleb get that razor-sharp part in his hair?
@Nick_B_Bad
Жыл бұрын
@@Daavi85 I get the hard part, I wish my barber used the straight razor after the clippers to really define the part. Also it’s a shame not many if any barber shops will do a straight razor shave, at least where I live.
@FreedomAdvocate
Жыл бұрын
The Canadian Government dry fired the Tikka C-19 (military variant of the Artic) 8,000 times with no damage. Depends on the gun.
@spencerrabb5708
Жыл бұрын
My CZ P-01 had the roll pin that retains the firing pin break after many thousands of dry fires. I have no idea how many dry fires it was, but I imagine a lot more than most people ever do. Thankfully it was a $5 part replacement, and it gave me an excuse to put in the Short reset/ trigger spring kit from Cajun Gun Works. Zero issues since then, and I still love my P-01! Best pistol I’ve ever shot
@S1deshowRob
Жыл бұрын
Yep don’t dry fire a CZ without a snap cap. My P10 came with a snap cap in the case so I never dry fire without it
@ctc2469
Жыл бұрын
Love the p01
@caseyschryber1255
Жыл бұрын
As an owner of a cz p01 as well, isn’t it great being the owner of one of the best pistols ever made (if not the best)
@kbjerke
Жыл бұрын
Alan Rickman was great in Galaxy Quest, too!
@PeterNissen878112
Жыл бұрын
You guys have such an amazing but relaxed banter.
@jonrolfson1686
Жыл бұрын
The firing pin of a Llama .380 ACP (the one that looks like a shrunken 1911, complete with grip safety, swinging link and locking lugs on the barrel) broke while dry firing without a snap cap. Suggests that 1960s Spanish metallurgy might not actually be up to the potential otherwise implied by the locked-breech design.
@Swishersweetcigarilo
Жыл бұрын
Star model b and BM are known for breaking too
@Ryan-1999
Жыл бұрын
I did it once to my .25 pistol. Doing it one time shouldn't hurt anything would it?
@fluffypinkpandas
6 ай бұрын
spanish guns shatter in your hads. noted
@stephencolley334
7 ай бұрын
Long winded unnecessarily!
@barry3792
Жыл бұрын
20 years special operations in the military, 8 combat tours, multiple weapon systems--- I dry fired away, this is exactly what I would expect civilians to overcomplicate
@RicardoGarcia-kj1sg
Жыл бұрын
Beretta PX4 Storm 9 MM manual specifically says it can't be dry fired. Wonder why...but I don't do it.
@fluffypinkpandas
6 ай бұрын
thank you for telling the whole comment section. we will use this valuable data to avoid guns that arent rugged enough to train with
@michaelosborn4414
Ай бұрын
Without a snap cap in place. They recommend the little red plastic ones with the spring inside that are made in Italy I do like the sound of those.
@Super-Kuper
Жыл бұрын
Bubblegum Cabbage Patch
@hookeaires6637
Жыл бұрын
The Beretta Tomcat is the only centerfire I’ve owned that was damaged by dry fire. The tip of the firing pin popped right off at some point and there I was at the range with the pistol a few weeks later (having carried it during the interim) and no bang.
@OriginalEric
Жыл бұрын
Same with mine, to me it looked like the firing pin is machined with a stress riser. Thank goodness I didn't carry mine but it was an awkward range trip until I figured out what the heck happened... Fortunately it was easy to find new firing pins, although I also had to buy a new set of punches to get one small enough to do the install.
@richardbaxter3886
Жыл бұрын
Beretta Manual specifically mentions Not to Dry-Fire. It also mentions not using certain ammo...
@hookeaires6637
Жыл бұрын
@@richardbaxter3886 yeah, I never read the manual. Bought it used. I replaced the FP and sold it. Other micro-compacts in 9mm more effective.
@georgegravette1132
Жыл бұрын
The Beretta Pico had the same problem initially, though Beretta supposedly fixed the problem in later versions. Berettas are great guns, but springs and firing pins seem to be a recurring issue.
@RangeRoninChronicles
Жыл бұрын
I use snap caps exclusively when dry-firing during function tests and practice, and in the case of rim-fire firearms, either a snap cap or dry-wall anchor works just fine, thank you. In some pistols, excessive dry-firing without a snap cap can damage a firing pin stop (CZ and Springfield Armory XDs come to mind).
@74KU
Жыл бұрын
Most guns will be 'damaged' each and every time it is dry fired.. what stop the firing pin from flying down the barrel? where those hard parts meet peening will happen eventually, or outright breakage.
@senioMseD
Жыл бұрын
I’ve heard you can use a #4-6 plastic anchor, the yellow ones, for .22 lr. It worked fine in my 10/22. Oh they talked about it, lol. Sorry.
@roncall-dg9ke
10 ай бұрын
11:47 I own a Magnum Research 45-70 BFR. The manual says do NOT dry fire this gun. It will dislodge firing pin bushing
@garetz2011
20 күн бұрын
I saw three firing pin breakages, all while firing, not during dry fire. If a gun can't be dry fired its designer did something wrong. Sharp corners, bad materials, bad dimensions and lack of tempering. If your DA/SA pistol firing pin broke while dry firing, probably it was already cracked due to firing and inertia just did its job.
@gonerydin4225
Жыл бұрын
There are some centerfire guns with certain conditions for dry fire as well. For example: "CAUTION: Dry firing your RUGER® SR-SERIES with the magazine removed may result in damage or unnecessary wear to the magazine disconnect mechanism and/or striker." RTFM
@fluffypinkpandas
6 ай бұрын
thank you for naming the gun i shouldnt buy “warning. we made this gun kinda poopy. please baby it and never do hardcore training with it”
@CarbonGlassMan
Ай бұрын
I've broken a firing pin twice from dry firing. On a Llama 1911 and on a blowback operated 9mm AR15.
@gerhardmoeller774
2 ай бұрын
Thanks guys! You cleared up a lifetime of confusion for me. Great vid!
@Barbee2617
Жыл бұрын
CZ 52’s have a very fragile original firing pin. They should never be dry fired ever!
@oubliette862
Жыл бұрын
letting slides slam home empty is bad too in my opinion.
@kylebradley3
Жыл бұрын
I think that's kinda specific to 1911 style barrel lockup, but I still think the danger there is overblown unless your barrel is extremely tightly hand fit.
@maynardcarmer3148
Жыл бұрын
I had a Ruger 77/22 that I never dry fired, but would decock it by holding the trigger back while slowly closing the bolt, and still it raised a burr on the edge of the chamber mouth.
@philipleckburg8443
11 ай бұрын
As a US Marine, the first week of marksmanship training was called "snapping in". This was sighting in with a condition 4 (completely cleared and unloaded) weapon. We dry fired these M16 A2 rifles thousands of tomes a day at a 55 gallon drum, painted white with the 3 different target variants. Able, dog and B- mod shapes. Dry fire allows for the marksman to know the cycle of the trigger group and to practice sight alignment, sight picture, trigger sqeeze and breath control in congruence with pulse and body position. These, for a basic Marine, are the keystone of building a great marksman. Every Marine is taught these principals of shooting. The tear down and reassembly of your weapon are also integral to making an effective shooter. Dry firing will not hurt any center fired weapon. So long as they are clean and properly lubricated. However, never dry fire a compound bow. That's bad. But dry fire is a great way to know your weapon. Good video gents. Carry on. OOH RAH!!!
@johncarver8125
7 ай бұрын
Stars in 380 (S) and 9 (B Super) NEED SNAP CAPS, from experience. They're also difficult to find and hard to replace. Hope this helps.
@protoculture289
Жыл бұрын
Back many years ago the firing pin on my smith 15-22 chattered into several pieces from dry firing so much. I didn’t know any better back then
@ironmikehallowween
Жыл бұрын
You shouldn’t dry fire a Beretta TomCat either. I have replaced broken firing pins because of such behavior. PS: as mentioned, people shoot holes in their walls all the time from dry firing. My father said to never pull a trigger in the house. That probably saved a few holes in our house. I use A-Zoom snap caps for everything. Thanks for the video.
@fluffypinkpandas
6 ай бұрын
thank you for naming the gun we shouldnt buy if we actually want to train
@andycole5957
8 ай бұрын
Dry firing is a "loaded" question..... No it isn't, if it was loaded, it wouldn't be dry firing!!! LOL!
@spencercollins7589
Жыл бұрын
When im clearing my 22 Semi Automatic (Cooey 64) I have to dry fire as it's cocked on the last round. No way to avoid that. Is that an issue?
@maximilianmustermann5763
Жыл бұрын
Try holding back the bolt with your other hand just a little bit and then dry fire. It should work on most (all?) rimfire guns and it prevents the firing pin from hitting metal. I learned this trick from an experienced rimfire competition shooter with a 2.500 Dollar Pardini pistol.
@spencercollins7589
Жыл бұрын
@@maximilianmustermann5763 tried it. No joy. Would have thought it would work.
@alextryan
4 күн бұрын
This is so unfocused at three minutes in I can't keep watching.
@JaredAF
Жыл бұрын
I've dryfired a Beretta 92 until the tip of the firing pin snapped off. I think there was some issue with the heat treat on those parts because the trigger bar also was wearing extremely quickly and the trigger pull became inconsistent during that dryfiring. Sent it to Beretta, got it back in a month and the gun has been fine ever since, dryfiring it thousands of times.
@JoeO.
Жыл бұрын
Dry firing is inherently deadly with a stabilizing brace, so be careful.
@b.a.lineman7582
Жыл бұрын
Well … if ya dry fire in full auto… it’s safer than semi-auto
@dennishein2812
Жыл бұрын
I’ve got .22 snap caps. I believe I got them from Hornady years ago. I’ve got a Winchester 94 in .25-35 that was made in 1912. When I was a teenager a friend of mine dry fired it a few times and broke the firing pin. I got to admit I’d dry fired it a few times too but it never broke on me. Luckily a modern firing pin (1974) fit.
@wasntmeXYZ
7 ай бұрын
Yes!! It does depend on the gun, definitely it does. I broke the hammer spur off a Ruby Extra some years ago by dry firing it. Still works fine without the spur but now it’s a DAO revolver. 😂😂
@MCBosmans
Жыл бұрын
" ... This is a loaded topic." Did you mean unloaded? (making sure the fire stays dry)
@troymay7362
Жыл бұрын
Got a wild gun story to quell into a smyth, guys! An S&W 637 .38 Special - when dry fired IT SPARKS??? It actually emits a faint but evident light--as if a spec of metal has become molten inside it and creates a "spark"??? Is this true, or is it a smyth??
@seanlukedado2772
7 ай бұрын
A fundamental rule to responsible gun handling is...'never point a gun, empry or loaded, at anything you're not willing to destroy.' So guys, don't point it at your TV while practicing your draws. I'm surprised the host suggested that. Bad advice.
@chriservin5975
8 ай бұрын
Forgive me, I do understand the gripe here. However, There is a Dude who's bonifedes are legendary...former Delta, CIA, he teaches the military as well as LEO's and civilians how to shoot . Has a KZitem channel...he uses wd to clean his guns when they need it...not going to name drop...but I'm gonna stick with the guy who's had almost forty years of trigger time, in austere environments.
@peterhadfield9840
5 ай бұрын
I cracked the breach face on my Gen 4 Glock 22 dry firing after many several thousand dry fires. Glock would not replace stating I dry fired too many times.
@tomasteply1956
Жыл бұрын
Love The Office reference😎
@strilight
Жыл бұрын
There is one absolute truth when it comes to dry firing. No matter what you believe in, no matter how common/cheap the gun is, if it's not yours and you don't have permission, don't do it. On your own guns? You're the only one that gets hurt if something breaks.
@philipscougale2075
Жыл бұрын
I dry fire my Ruger GP100 and my Springfield EMP. I have a Remington 34 and I can’t figure out how to de-cock it without dry firing though.
@RailRoad188
Жыл бұрын
Does the Ruger exception include the 10/22?
@jwc00789
Жыл бұрын
Some Over/Under and Side by Side Shotguns can have their Firing Pins damaged by Dry Fire. Had that happen on an old Fox Model B SxS. Cz75B and other Cz Pistols with the Roll Pin Firing Pin Retainer can damage that Roll Pin with Dry Fire. Placing an O-Ring over the Firing Pin will allow for Dry Fire Practice. Some older Rossi and Taurus Revolvers with the Hammer mounted Firing Pin can break or damage the Firing Pin with dry Fire.
@jasonklir4309
6 ай бұрын
Why does it hurt a hammer mounted firing pin on a centerfire firearm?
@BDiaz1000
29 күн бұрын
I had a mossberg .22 just like the one in the video. It was one of the first guns I ever owned. Lost it in hurricane katrina. I really loved that old rifle.
@Burlehmangus
8 ай бұрын
Personally, I think the protip is to buy the co2 BB gun replica of your gun. I have a dig 1911 scorpion co2 bb that weighs the same as my real deal with the mag and co3 in…and I can just do dry fire routines with the co2 in but no bbs, and have actual blowback and recoil
@martinwalker9386
Жыл бұрын
Ruger MK1 pistols must be dry fired to disassemble. My father told me that during WWII he had a rifle in .35 Remington that would break the firing pin if it was dry fired. Therefore each model is different.
@ymtwoodworks
Ай бұрын
I have to dry fire my Taurus TX 22 SCR for dis assembly. It is in the manual...
@mistergrendel32
Жыл бұрын
Steve and Caleb, would you say you guys are locked & loaded, conservative, potential militia snipers? 😜🤔
@Lollygagger-k4p
8 ай бұрын
I bought a Model 60 new in 1986 - I think. Can't uqite remember, but I still have it. It has seen at least five thousand rounds fired in rapid succession in defense practice. I dry fired it plenty as well. Eventually, while at the range, the hammer nose shattered and impacted into the hole. I took it to my smith, who replaced it, and it's good as new. So, whether dry firing or just thousands of shocks finally broke it doesn't matter, and who can say. Whata I am certain of is that I am a pretty good operator of the Smith &Wesson Model 60 as a result of dry firiong to develop muscle meory and actual rapid fire double action practice. Plinking isn't training. Serious drill does cause wear and tear. It's natural.
@markchoate9021
Жыл бұрын
Are there any restrictions on dry firing any model 1911's? Especially the older ones?
@brianvannorman1465
Жыл бұрын
Alan Rickman also played The Sheriff of Nottingham in Kevin Costner's, "Robin Hood". Stole the entire movie from Costner as far as I am concerned.
@practicalplinking6133
Жыл бұрын
my hate for byeden, pelosi and schumer WILL LAST FOREVER !!
@zillsburyy1
Жыл бұрын
busted
@sgthop
Жыл бұрын
I've only ever damaged one gun by dry firing, and that's the Vz.52 pistol. Only dry fired it once and out came the tip of the firing pin. Thankfully, I had an upgraded one as spare that I was able to swap in, but still. Don't dry fire the Vz.52 lol.
@fluffypinkpandas
6 ай бұрын
i wont BUY that pistol and save myself the trouble. me me want a clicky clicky
@sgthop
6 ай бұрын
@@fluffypinkpandas Okay? It's not a practical pistol, considering it's a 70 year old design now. People that want a Vz. 52 are collectors.
@fluffypinkpandas
6 ай бұрын
@@sgthop oh then it will be in a display case anyway and never touched
@swolleneyes
Ай бұрын
The Beretta PX4 storm manual states "long term dry firing your px4 may result in damage to the firing pin" and goes on to suggest using snap caps.
@mobilemcsmarty1466
5 ай бұрын
I won't dry-fire a gun unless I'm positive it's ok for that model, even then only with the permission of the owner if it's not mine. often the owner doesn't know so this avoids any looks of horrified surprise. I just went to re-supply with a variety of snap-caps. these don't last forever. some are dark red/brown. yeah, you can generally tell vs. live ammunition but I'm going for the standard dummy-blue color this time to be more obvious. thanks for the reminder! 😎
@michaelosborn4414
Ай бұрын
Ruger LC9S manual doesn’t recommend dry firing without a dummy round in the chamber. My girlfriends dad did that and we went to the range. It wouldn’t shoot. It had broken the firing pin they sent out another one and I put it in for him beretta has a warning not to dry fire without a snap cap in place also. I didn’t believe that until his gun didn’t go bang when you pulled the trigger.
@WalnutandSteel
Жыл бұрын
Love that old Mossberg! Is that a suppressor on the muzzle?
@andybaker1784
Жыл бұрын
When I first saw the Mossberg in the video, I ran to the safe just to make shure my Mossberg 151 was still there.
@pagamenews
Жыл бұрын
I want to add one caveat to this conversation. Dry firing most centerfire will not do direct harm to the gun. HOWEVER, you need to understand that dry firing DOES put as much wear on the (moving) parts as firing live ammunition. So if you decide to dry fire your double-sction revolver 5,000 times, you are subjecting the internal mechanism to the same wear and tear as live firing it 5,000 times.
@davechristopher6462
Жыл бұрын
I just purchased a High Standard Sentinel 101 revolver last week. I pick it up in a few days. Just curious its an older revolver can I dry fire this weapon using snap caps? I read mixed opinions on this topic regarding this brand of firearm. So far 50/50
@auburn886
Жыл бұрын
I have a Taurus Judge that I bought for shooting.45. I was surprised by its accuracy. The manual says no dry firing. I keep that pistol in my desk drawer in my office. I have dry fired it thousands of times. Still shoots great on the range.
@mastabugfish
Жыл бұрын
Apparently, if you dry fire a 1911, JMB will appear out of thin air, slap you in the face and say mean things about your mom. It's on the internet so I know it's true. Also, in other news, I like to make a cheap snap cap by grabbing a fired case, popping in a fresh primer, scoop in some powder, and toss a piece of lead on top. Looks, sounds, and feels just like the real thing when you practice... ymmv.
@MOTO809
Жыл бұрын
I dry fired everything I own for a couple decades until I heard on a KZitem video that I shouldn't.
@reelfishing002
Жыл бұрын
I would love to see a NO dry fire firearms put to the test , 1,000 round test , using microscope to see if there’s actual proof that it’s bad both firing pin and chamber Just thinking out loud here , how does a firing pin OVER TRAVEL , since they should have put into consideration the thickness of the rims on a bullet case .
@garrettbelshe8954
2 ай бұрын
I got snap caps for my revolver to help me practice loading speed. And they trick my brain into thinking I'm being nicer to my perfectly fine firing pin
@chrismoody1342
Жыл бұрын
Is that a Mossberg 151 22LR ? I go into gun shops and people don’t even know what I’m talking about. That Mossberg was the first rifle I ever fired. Can’t even give you what year it was made cause there is no serial number. Seeing it was my fathers I’m going to guess it was sometime in the 50’s.
@wolverinesdreams9293
Жыл бұрын
They both have the same ears 😮 Conspiracy?! Only the government knows 😊
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